0001415889-15-000061.txt : 20150206 0001415889-15-000061.hdr.sgml : 20150206 20150106172139 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-15-000061 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Marathon Patent Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001507605 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 010949984 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., STE. 380 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90025 BUSINESS PHONE: (800) 804-1690 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., STE. 380 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90025 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: American Strategic Minerals Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111213 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VERVE VENTURES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101210 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm maracorresp_jan62015.htm
Marathon Patent Group, Inc.
11100 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 380
Los Angeles, CA 90025
 
January 6, 2015
 

VIA EDGAR

United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Jan Woo

Re:          Marathon Patent Group, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-200394


Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Marathon Patent Group, Inc. (the “Company”) respectfully requests that the effective date of the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will become effective at 5:00 pm., Washington D.C. time, on January 8, 2015, or as soon thereafter as possible.  The Company acknowledges that: 1) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; 2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and 3) the Company may not assert  the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
 

 
MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.
 
By:  /s/ Francis Knuettel II
Name: Francis Knuettel II
Title:  Chief Financial Officer