Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that it has named Phillip Mitchell, Ph.D. as Vice President, Engineering.

During his 25 year career, Dr. Mitchell has held a number of positions in the technology industry including North American Marketing Manager of Polytec, Manager, Technology Development of Newport Corporation, Engineering/Business Manager for Laser Products of JMAR Technologies, Technical & Product Marketing Manager of Melles Griot and Senior Member of Technical Staff, Hughes Research Laboratories.

Acacia Chairman & CEO, Paul Ryan commented, "Dr. Mitchell is a great addition to our engineering team. His industry experience, particularly in laser technology and electro-optic instrumentation, will be extremely valuable as we continue to expand our leadership position in technology licensing."

Dr. Mitchell is a named inventor of a number of issued and pending patents and was awarded a Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellowship and the Hughes "Recognition of Innovation & Excellence in Laser Technology & Applications."

Dr. Mitchell holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University.

ABOUT ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION

Acacia Research’s subsidiaries develop, acquire, and license patented technologies. Acacia Research’s subsidiaries control 89 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.