8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)           June 14, 2005
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                           Acacia Research Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                   000-26068            95-4405754
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  (State or other jurisdiction       (Commission          (IRS Employer
       of incorporation              File Number)       Identification No.)


     500 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA               92660
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     (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code         (949) 480-8300
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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     SECTION 9    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (c)   Exhibits. The following exhibits are included with this Form 8-K:

     1.1   vFinance Investments, Inc. Finder's Agreement
     1.2   Waterford Capital Incorporated, Finder's Agreement
     1.3   Brean Murray & Co., Inc. Finder's Agreement


                                   SIGNATURES

     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,
                                         a Delaware corporation


Date:  June 30, 2005                     By: /s/ Paul R. Ryan
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                                            Paul R. Ryan,
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

EX-1.1

                                  EXHIBIT 1.1


[vFinance Investments, Inc. logo]


                               FINDER'S AGREEMENT

     FINDER'S AGREEMENT dated as of June 14, 2005 (this "Agreement") by and
between Combimatrix Corporation (the "Company") and vFinance Investments, Inc.
(the "Finder").

     WHEREAS, the Finder has organized a series of meetings between the Company
and various Institutional Investors ("Targets") as described in Section 3 below
with the main objective of increasing the Company's visibility among investors
and identifying potential sources of financing for the Company. These meetings
are free of cost for the Company and the Company has the right to accept and/or
reject the meetings scheduled by the Finder.

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the parties hereto agree
as follows:

     1.   In the event the Company receives financing of any form from the
          Institutional Investors ("Targets") listed below, their subsidiaries,
          partners, and/or related parties (individually or collectively, a
          "Transaction"), for a period of 12 months from the date of this
          Agreement, the Company shall pay the Finder a five percent (5%) fee on
          any form of equity funding and/or one percent (1%) fee on any form of
          debt funding with respect to a Transaction. The fee is calculated by
          applying the above mentioned rate to the Aggregate Consideration (as
          defined in Section 2 below) in a Transaction, and it is due within 30
          days of each such Transaction.

     2.   Aggregate Consideration is defined and computed as the total proceeds
          paid by the targets to the Company in connection with a Transaction.

     3.   Targets: Redacted



     4.   The Finder assumes no obligations, other than to identify said
          Target(s) and organize meetings for the Company. The Finder does not
          undertake any other duties beyond the same, nor shall it obtain or
          assemble any information, render any analytical support or inputs or
          spend any time in furtherance of this Agreement beyond what has been
          described herein.

     5.   The Company shall provide to the Finder full, timely, complete and
          accurate information regarding any Transaction that is completed with
          any of the Target (s) that were introduced by the Finder.

     6.   The Finder hereby represents and warrants that it is a broker-dealer
          registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
          and regulations thereunder, as well as applicable state securities
          laws and regulations. The Finder further represents and warrants that
          its activities in connection with this Agreement shall be in
          accordance with and in compliance with such laws and regulations.

     7.   Any controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, this
          Agreement, to the making, performance, or interpretation of it, shall
          be settled by arbitration in New York, New York, or as otherwise
          mutually agreed upon by the parties, under the commercial arbitration
          rules of the American Arbitration Association then existing, and any
          judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having
          jurisdiction over the subject matter of the controversy. If any legal
          action or any arbitration or other proceeding is brought for the
          enforcement of this Agreement or because of an alleged dispute,
          breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of the
          provisions of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing party or
          parties shall recover reasonable attorney's fees and other costs
          incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any other relief
          to which it or they may be entitled.





     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties' duly authorized agents hereto have
executed this Finder's Agreement on the day and year first above written.


VFINANCE INVESTMENTS, INC.                    COMBIMATRIX CORPORATION


By:______________________________             By:_______________________________
Name: Jonathan C. Rich                        Name:
Title: EVP - Investment Banking               Title:
Date:                                         Date:

EX-1.2

                                  EXHIBIT 1.2


Acacia Research Corporation made an oral agreement with Waterford Capital
Incorporated, a Texas corporation, as follows:

Acacia Research Corporation (the "Company "). The Company shall pay to Waterford
Capital Incorporated, a Texas corporation (the "Finder"), five percent (5%) of
the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any equity of the
Company made on or before June 29, 2005, to any purchaser first introduced to
the Company by the Finder.

EX-1.3

                                   EXHIBIT 1.3


Acacia Research Corporation made an oral agreement with Brean Murray & Co., Inc.
a New York corporation, as follows:

Acacia Research Corporation (the "Company "). The Company shall pay to Brean
Murray & Co., Inc. a New York corporation (the "Finder"), five percent (5%) of
the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any equity of the
Company made on or before June 29, 2005 to any purchaser first introduced to the
Company by the Finder.