UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 23,310	$ 10,084	$ 73,468	$ 32,791
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues - intellectual property operations	20,959	9,847	52,404	28,748
Engineering and development expenses - industrial operations	108	172	420	593
Sales and marketing expenses - industrial operations	1,391	1,613	4,333	5,385
General and administrative expenses	11,124	11,605	33,428	33,071
Total costs and expenses	33,582	23,237	90,585	67,797
Operating loss	(10,272)	(13,153)	(17,117)	(35,006)
Equity securities investments:
Change in fair value of equity securities	(4,074)	8,823	(35,519)	18,783
Gain (loss) on sale of equity securities	0	0	28,861	(9,360)
Earnings on equity investment in joint venture	0	3,375	0	3,375
Net realized and unrealized (loss) gain	(4,074)	12,198	(6,658)	12,798
Non-recurring legacy legal expense	(2,000)	0	(14,857)	0
Change in fair value of the Series B warrants and embedded derivatives	0	1,525	0	8,241
Gain on derivatives - energy operations	8,034	0	5,546	0
Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange	130	(70)	(72)	25
Interest expense on Senior Secured Notes	0	(130)	0	(1,930)
Interest income and other, net	2,022	2,195	9,810	9,943
Total other income (expense)	4,112	15,718	(6,231)	29,077
(Loss) income before income taxes	(6,160)	2,565	(23,348)	(5,929)
Income tax (expense) benefit	(5,497)	197	2,673	(641)
Net (loss) income including noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	(11,657)	2,762	(20,675)	(6,570)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	(2,339)	(1,126)	(1,953)	(1,126)
Net (loss) income attributable to Acacia Research Corporation	(13,996)	1,636	(22,628)	(7,696)
Loss per share:
Net loss attributable to common stockholders - Basic	$ (13,996)	$ (1,741)	$ (22,628)	$ (15,703)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - Basic	99,854,723	94,328,452	99,893,336	67,072,835
Basic net income (loss) per common share (in usd per share)	$ (0.14)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.23)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders - Diluted	$ (13,996)	$ (3,164)	$ (22,628)	$ (15,703)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - Diluted	99,854,723	99,122,973	99,893,336	67,072,835
Diluted net income (loss) per common share (in usd per share)	$ (0.14)	$ (0.03)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.23)
Intellectual property operations
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 486	$ 1,760	$ 19,442	$ 6,330
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues - intellectual property operations	5,707	5,470	18,473	15,218
Industrial operations
Revenues:
Total revenues	7,007	8,324	22,183	26,461
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues - intellectual property operations	3,523	4,377	10,849	13,530
Energy operations
Revenues:
Total revenues	15,817	0	31,843	0
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues - intellectual property operations	$ 11,729	$ 0	$ 23,082	$ 0