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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001683168-20-002473
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200728
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200803
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200803

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:	001-37721
		FILM NUMBER:		201069573

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 PARK PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92614
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9494808300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 PARK PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92614
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>July 28, 2020</B></P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(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">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>001-37721</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>95-4405754</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>4 Park Plaza, Suite 550</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Irvine, California</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>92614</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(949)
480-8300</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Not applicable</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<U>see</U> General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR>
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        &#9744;
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></TD></TR>
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        &#9744;
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title of each class</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Trading Symbol(s)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name of each exchange on which registered</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ACTG</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right; margin: 0pt 1in 0pt 0">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change in Fiscal Year.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On July 28, 2020, the Board of Directors
(the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of Acacia Research Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) adopted a Certificate of Amendment (the &ldquo;Bylaw
Amendment&rdquo;) of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the &ldquo;Bylaws&rdquo;) to provide that (i) unless
the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States shall
be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any claims under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (ii) consistent
with the Company&rsquo;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws may be amended or repealed either by approval
of 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote on such action or by the approval of the Board, for those
amendments to the Bylaws for which Board approval alone is sufficient under the General Corporation Law of Delaware .</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing description of the Bylaw Amendment
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaw Amendment, a copy of
which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 9.01.</B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exhibits</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Description of Exhibit</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="acacia_ex0301.htm">Certificate of Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Acacia Research Corporation</A></FONT></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 hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: August 3, 2020</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>/s/ Clifford Press&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0">Exhibit 3.1</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT<BR>
OF<BR>
THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS<BR>
OF<BR>
ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION<BR>
a Delaware corporation</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby
certifies that she is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Acacia Research Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
&ldquo;<B>Corporation</B>&rdquo;), and that the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Bylaws</B>&rdquo;)
were amended by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, effective as of July 28, 2020, as follows:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.25in">Section 6.9 of Article 6 of the Bylaws is hereby amended by deleting Section 6.9 in its entirety
and replacing it with the following:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in 0pt 1.05in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.45in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in 0pt 1.05in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.45in">&ldquo;Section
6.9. <U>Amendments.</U> These Bylaws may be amended or repealed either by approval of 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of the
corporation entitled to vote on such action or by the approval of the Board of Directors, for those amendments to the Bylaws for
which approval of the Board of Directors alone is sufficient under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.45in">Article 6 of the Bylaws is hereby amended to add a new Section 6.15 that reads as follows:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in 0pt 1.05in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in 0pt 1.05in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;Section
6.15. <U>Federal Forum Selection.</U> Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the
federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint
asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Any person or entity purchasing, otherwise acquiring,
or continuing to own any interest in shares of capital stock of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented
to this provisions of this Section.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing amendments
to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation have not been modified, amended, rescinded or revoked and remain in
full force and effect on the date hereof.</P>

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