Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
Restricted Spending Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation, has entered into a settlement and license agreement with U.S. Bancorp.   This agreement resolves patent litigation, Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-03785, that was pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
   
 
ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
   
   
   
Date:  November 3, 2009
By:          /s/ Paul R. Ryan                                                
 
Name:   Paul R. Ryan
 
Title:     Chairman and Chief  Executive Officer