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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001683168-21-001474
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210416
ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210420
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210420

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:		21837560

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		767 3RD AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 602
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		949-480-8300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		767 3RD AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 602
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
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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>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;8-K</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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>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):&nbsp;<B>April
16, 2021</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 32%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>001-37721</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 32%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>95-4405754</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 51%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>767 3rd Avenue, Suite 602</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>New York, NY</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code): <B>(949) 480-8300</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT>&nbsp;Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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of the Act:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ACTG</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The NASDAQ Capital Market, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule&nbsp;12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).&#9; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT> Emerging
growth company</P>

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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&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act. &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Explanatory Note</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">This Current Report on Form
8-K/A (this &ldquo;Amendment&rdquo;) amends the current report on Form 8-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on April 13, 2021 (the &ldquo;Original Report&rdquo;) by Acacia Research Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),
concerning the Company&rsquo;s decision to engage BDO USA, LLP (&ldquo;BDO&rdquo;) as its independent registered public accounting firm
following the dismissal of Grant Thornton LLP (&ldquo;GT&rdquo;) as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm.
This Amendment is being filed to update Item 4.01 of the Original Report and to add Item 9.01 to file GT&rsquo;s letter to the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;), furnished to the Company on April 16, 2021. Except as specifically described above, (i)
this Amendment does not reflect events occurring subsequent to the filing of the Original Report and (ii) no other substantive changes
have been made to the disclosure set forth in the Original Report.</P>

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  <TD STYLE="width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Changes in Registrant&rsquo;s Certifying Accountant.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As previously disclosed in
the Original Report, on April 10, 2021, the Audit Committee (the &ldquo;Audit Committee&rdquo;) of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors
(the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) recommended to the Board the dismissal of GT as its independent registered public accounting firm on April 10,
2021, which decision was approved by the Board and communicated to GT on April 10, 2021. On April 12, 2021, the Audit Committee appointed
BDO as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.</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 Company requested that
GT furnish a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made in this Current Report. A copy of GT&rsquo;s
letter to the SEC, dated April 15, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Amendment.</P>

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  <TD STYLE="width: 90%"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. &nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exhibits</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 83%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">16.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="acacia_ex1601.htm">Letter of Grant Thornton LLP dated April 15, 2021.</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-align: justify; 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="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Dated:&nbsp;April 20,&nbsp;2021</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0">Exhibit 16.1</P>

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  <TD STYLE="width: 66%">April 15, 2021<BR>
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Office of the Chief Accountant<BR>
100 F Street, NE<BR>
Washington, CD 20549<BR>
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RE: Acacia Research Corporation<BR>
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File No. 001-37221<BR>
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  <TD>Dear Sir or Madam:</TD></TR>
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  <TD>We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K of Acacia Research Corporation
dated April 12, 2021, and agree with the statements concerning our Firm contained therein.</TD></TR>
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  <TD>Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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