Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patent for Vehicle Location Technology

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--Acacia Research Corporation announced today that Acacia Patent Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that is part of the Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has acquired rights to a patent relating to vehicle location technology.

"As Acacia's licensing success grows, more companies are selecting us as their partner for the licensing of their patented technologies," commented Paul Ryan, Acacia Chairman and CEO. "Acacia is rapidly becoming the leader in technology licensing and we continue to grow our base of future revenues by adding new patent portfolios," concluded Mr. Ryan.

This patented technology generally relates to systems capable of locating vehicles and providing subsequent services from a remote location. It covers satellite-based location systems, such as GPS, and is applicable to vehicle tracking, vehicle assistance services and other similar services.

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The Acacia Technologies group develops, acquires, and licenses patented technologies. Acacia controls 78 patent portfolios, which include U.S. patents and certain foreign counterparts, covering technologies used in a wide variety of industries including audio/video enhancement & synchronization, broadcast data retrieval, computer memory cache coherency, credit card fraud protection, database management, data encryption & product activation, digital media transmission (DMT_®), digital video production, dynamic manufacturing modeling, enhanced Internet navigation, image resolution enhancement, interactive data sharing, interactive television, laptop docking station connectivity, microprocessor enhancement, multi-dimensional bar codes, resource scheduling, spreadsheet automation, and user activated Internet advertising.

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