NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) announced today that its Advanced Skeletal Innovations LLC and Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC subsidiaries have entered into a settlement agreement with Covidien LP f/k/a Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, a subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc. The agreement resolves litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. ABOUT ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION Founded in 1993, Acacia Research