EXHIBIT 32.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Acacia Research Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2003,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2003 (the
"Report"), I, Clayton J. Haynes, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

                                                   By: /s/ Clayton J. Haynes
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                                                   Clayton J. Haynes
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                                   (Principal Financial Officer)
                                                   November 13, 2003


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("Section 906"), or other document authenticating,
acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form
within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906,
has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.