Acacia Research

Acacia Research Corporation
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: ACTG
Industry	Patent Licensing & Monetization
Founded	1993; 31 years ago
Founder	Paul Ryan
Headquarters	New York City, US
Key people	Clifford Press (CEO); Alfred V. Tobia, Jr. (CIO);
Revenue	US$88 million (2021)
Operating income	US$15 million (2021)
Net income	US$149 million (2021)
Total assets	US$799 million (2021)
Total equity	US$419 million (2021)
Number of employees	287 (December 2021)
Subsidiaries	Acacia Research Group LLC
Website	acaciaresearch.com

Acacia Research Corporation is a publicly traded American company based in

patent litigation.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Acacia was incorporated in California

special purpose entity for each set of patents that it enforces. The patent owner assigns the infringed patents to the subsidiary and the subsidiary then licenses the patents to companies who are infringing. Acacia and the patent owner split any revenues generated from licensing the patents on a 50/50 basis.^[11]^[12]^[6] Acacia's second division, CombiMatrix, constituted its life sciences business.^[9] This division, which Acacia held from 2002 until 2007, operated as a subsidiary.^[13]^[14] Invitae acquired CombiMatrix in 2017.^[15]

Since the year 2000, Acacia has generated $1.4 billion in revenue from licensing patents and has paid out more than $731 million to

litigated 1,412 cases, four of which were not through a subsidiary.^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b Acacia Research Corporation Form 10-K, received February 26, 2010,
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Acacia Research Corporation 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 31 March 2022.
^ "Acacia Research Corp Share Price: ACTG (Acacia Research Corp) Stock Price Today & Updates | INDmoney".
^ Los Angeles Times
^ USPTO Assignment Database - Acacia Patent Acquisition Corp
^ ^a ^b USPTO Assignment Database - Acacia Research Group
^ Acacia Technologies - Why work with Acacia?
^ "Acacia Research Corporation 10-K Annual Report". www.sec.gov.
^
Security and Exchange Commission
. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
^ "Acacia Research Corporation (ACTG) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
^ Los Angeles Times
^ Acacia Technologies - Why work with Acacia?
^ Anand, Geeta (2001-07-03). "Roche, CombiMatrix to Develop Genetics-Based Laboratory Tools". WSJ.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
^ "Form 10-K". SEC.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
^ Pedersen, Amanda (2017-08-01). "Invitae is Going After Prenatal Screening in a Big Way". MDDIonline.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30.
^ Acacia Research: Overview
^ SEC.gov Acacia Research 2018 10-Q
^ RPX Corporation - Acacia Research

External links

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[10-K-1] Acacia Research Corporation Form 10-K, received February 26, 2010,

[10K-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Acacia Research Corporation 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 31 March 2022.

[3] "Acacia Research Corp Share Price: ACTG (Acacia Research Corp) Stock Price Today & Updates | INDmoney".

[4] Los Angeles Times

[5] USPTO Assignment Database - Acacia Patent Acquisition Corp

[:0-6] USPTO Assignment Database - Acacia Research Group

[7] Acacia Technologies - Why work with Acacia?

[8] "Acacia Research Corporation 10-K Annual Report". www.sec.gov.

[:1-9] 
Security and Exchange Commission
. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

[yahoo-10] "Acacia Research Corporation (ACTG) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

[11] Los Angeles Times

[12] Acacia Technologies - Why work with Acacia?

[13] Anand, Geeta (2001-07-03). "Roche, CombiMatrix to Develop Genetics-Based Laboratory Tools". WSJ.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-30.

[14] "Form 10-K". SEC.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-30.

[15] Pedersen, Amanda (2017-08-01). "Invitae is Going After Prenatal Screening in a Big Way". MDDIonline.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30.

[16] Acacia Research: Overview

[17] SEC.gov Acacia Research 2018 10-Q

[18] RPX Corporation - Acacia Research

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