$2,000 awarded for Dominion Harbor entity, Monument Peak Ventures, imaging patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Dinesh Swamy, was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,233,684, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘684 patent generally relates to imaging methods that use affective information. The patent had been asserted against Acer and Hitachi.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• US 8561095

$2,000 awarded for Douglas G. Richardson animation patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Vibhor Dimri, was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,035,644, owned by Douglas G. Richardson. The patent was formerly owned by Cine Graphic Solutions, an NPE and a subsidiary of Strategic Intellectual Solutions, LLC. The ‘644 patent generally relates to providing animation in electronic communications, such as emails and websites and had been asserted against Motorola, Samsung, and Fujifilm.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• US 6278466

• “Representing Moving Images with Layers” (“Wang”)

Fortress IP entity Neo Wireless '366 cellular patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,467,366, owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and Fortress IP entity. The ‘366 patent generally relates to a method and apparatus in a multi-carrier cellular wireless network with random access to improve receiving reliability and reduce interference of uplink signals of a random access, while improving the detection performance of a base station receiver by employing specifically configured ranging signals. The patent has been asserted against several automotive companies such as Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, GM, Toyota, Honda, and Ford.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

• US 20050058058

• US 20050195791

• US 7496028

$10,000 for IQar automotive patents prior art

Unified added 5 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by IQar, Inc., an NPE. The patents generally relate to power management in a vehicle engines. All 5 patents are currently being asserted against Tesla. The contests will end on September 30, 2023. 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 Techson IP, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.

US 7,925,426 - Power Management Systems and Devices

US 8,972,161 - Power Management Systems and Devices

US 10,829,002 - Vehicle Destination Prediction

US 10,850,616 - Using Vehicle Systems to Generate a Route Database

US 10,882,399 - Electric Vehicle Power Management System

$2,000 for Jeffrey M. Gross entity, Gametronics, signal control patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,614,667, owned by Gametronics, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘667 patent generally relates to an ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter. The patent has been asserted against Nintendo, Sony, and 8Bitdo Technology.

The contest will expire on September 30, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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