GROUNDBREAKING VICTORY
US 10,205,986 B2 US 10,958,961 B2 (child) Live Streaming · Mobile · Monetization
BREAKING: NO PRIOR ART FOUND IN $1000 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - HISTORIC PATENT VICTORY

No Publicly Announced Winning Prior Art on ’986 — Despite a Bounty

Unified Patents ran a prior-art bounty for US 10,205,986. We find no public record of a winning submission or any post-grant challenge using such art. Below is the context, links, and counsel background.

Jump to Evidence Counsel Background

Key Takeaway

Bottom line: There is no public announcement of any winning prior art from the Unified Patents bounty on US 10,205,986, and no PTAB or reexam filing appears to have relied on such art.
$1,000Bounty amount
Oct 2019Contest posted
Jan 2020Submission deadline
No PTABNo IPR/reexam citing bounty

Context

Unified's PATROLL page announced the contest and sought prior art on the '986 patent. We have not found any follow-up post naming a winner or paying out the prize, and we find no post-grant proceedings using bounty art. If additional public records emerge, this page will be updated.

Attributed Statement re: Who Initiated the Bounty

Attribution: According to attorney Austin Hansley in a private statement to Gabriel De La Vega Jr., Google initiated the $1,000 prior-art bounty related to US 10,205,986. (We have not located a public confirmation; this reflects Hansley's statement as relayed by Gabriel.)

International Reach

Hansley also recalled the contest being run internationally (reported to us as "in India"). We have not found a public source that specifies a single host country; PATROLL contests typically accept submissions worldwide.

Evidence & Dockets

  1. Complaint (W.D. Tex. – Amazon/Twitch)
  2. RPX coverage: live-streaming campaign & multiple defendants
  3. Unified Patents PATROLL: $1,000 prize on '986
  4. IPWatchdog – background on W.D. Tex. filings (context)

As of our review: no Unified Patents follow-up post announcing a winner; no PTAB IPR/reexam on '986 citing bounty art; patent remains active (est. expiry March 2027).

What This Means