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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019687-14-001975
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140515
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140516
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140516

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000934549
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794]
		IRS NUMBER:				954405754
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26068
		FILM NUMBER:		14849867

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		7TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9494808300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		#
		CITY:			NEWPORT BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92660
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<B>May 15, 2014</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>500 Newport Center Drive,</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Newport Beach, California</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>92660</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<U>see</U> General Instruction
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Acacia Research Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
held its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;) on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at its headquarters
located at 500 Newport Center Drive, 7th Floor, Newport Beach, California. At the Annual Meeting, the Company&rsquo;s stockholders:
(a) elected Edward W. Frykman and William S. Anderson to serve on the Board as Class II directors for a term of three years expiring
upon the Company&rsquo;s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;
(b) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2014; and (c) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company&rsquo;s
named executive officers for the 2013 fiscal year.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As of March 21, 2014, the record date for
the Annual Meeting, the Company had 50,041,123 shares of its common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting,
45,393,349 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote. The
following sets forth detailed information regarding the voting results at the Annual Meeting:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Proposal 1</B>: Election of two Class
II directors to serve on the Board for a term of three years expiring upon the Company&rsquo;s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders
or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Votes For</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Votes Withheld</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Broker Non-votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">Edward W. Frykman</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">37,734,881</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">1,776,875</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">5,881,593</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">William S. Anderson</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">38,559,866</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">951,890</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">5,881,593</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Proposal 2</B>: Ratification of the appointment
of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2014.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Votes Against</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">44,009,384</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">1,208,063</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">175,902</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">0</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Proposal 3</B>: Approval, on a non-binding,
advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Votes Against</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Votes Abstaining</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">26,996,948</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">12,287,616</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">227,192</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: center; padding-left: 5.4pt">5,881,593</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;May 16, 2014</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><U>/s/ Matthew
    Vella</U></FONT><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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