October 11, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporate Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Mr. Bernard Nolan

	Re:	Marathon Patent Group, Inc.
		Registration Statement on Form S-3
		Filed September 13, 2017
		File No. 333- 220438

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 4:15 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on October 13, 2017, or as soon thereafter as possible.

The Company hereby acknowledges the following:

	●	that should the 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;

	●	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

	●	the Company may not assert staff comments and 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