PATROLL

$16,000 for Ideahub entity, AX Wireless, prior art

On August 12, 2022, Unified added 12 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by AX Wireless, LLC, an NPE and IdeaHub subsidiary. The contests will all end on October 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from APEX Standards, Techson IP, InQuartik, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.

$3,000 for Health Tracker Systems prior art

On August 12, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 58 of U.S. Patent 6,582,380. The patent is owned by Health Tracker Systems, LLC, an NPE. The ‘380 patent generally relates to monitoring activity in individuals and providing feedback based on that activity through a device. The patent is currently being asserted against Polar Electro, Casio, Samsung, Fossil, and Michael Kors.

The contest will expire on October 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$1,500 awarded for Interface IP prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Vibhor Dimri and Preeti Dua, who split a cash prize of $1,500 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 7,500,201, owned by Interface IP Holdings, LLC, an NPE. The '201 patent generally relates to graphical input devices, and in particular, to input devices in which users select from a list of choices. It had been asserted against airline companies, along with banks such as JP Morgan and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$3,000 for InnoMemory prior art

On July 30, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,057,960. The patent is owned by InnoMemory, LLC, an NPE. The ‘960 patent generally relates to power consumption in memory devices. It has been asserted against several financial institutions such as Wells Fargo, USAA, Frost Bank, PlainsCapital Bank, and others.

The contest will expire on October 1, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$3,000 for SurgeTech prior art

On July 30, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,334,598. The patent is owned by SurgeTech, LLC, an NPE. The ‘598 patent generally relates to a computer-implemented method of managing online bookings for transportation services inventory. The patent has been asserted against Uber.

The contest will expire on October 1, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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