SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OKAMOTO MERRICK D (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC. 1180 N. TOWNE CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 100 (Street) LAS VEGAS NV 89144 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Marathon Patent Group, Inc. [ MARA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/04/2020
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/30/2020		C		356,463(3)	A	$0.91	410,338	D(4)
Common Stock	09/30/2020		C		357,486(5)	A	$1.96	767,824	D(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.58	05/04/2020		D			5,000,000	(1)	10/12/2028	Common	5,000,000	$0	0	D
RSUs	$0	05/04/2020		A			1,819,767	(2)	05/04/2021	Common	1,819,767	$0	1,819,767	D
RSUs	$0	06/30/2020		D			454,942	(2)	05/04/2021	Common	454,942	$0.91	1,364,825	D
RSUs	$0	09/30/2020		D			454,942	(2)	05/04/2021	Common	454,942	$1.96	909,883	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Vesting fifty (50%) percent on the date of grant and twenty-five (25%) percent on each six (6) months anniversary of the date of grant provided awardee is still eligible under the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan subject to acceleration following a change of control. Amount of shares listed is pre-the April 8, 2019 1:4 reverse stock split and equates to 1,250,000 shares post split. These were exchanged on 5/4/20 for an equivalent number of RSUs.

2. Vesting quarterly in equal amounts of 454,941 per quarter starting June 30, 2020.

3. 454,942 shares which vested net of 98,479 shares forfeited for tax purposes.

4. Includes 53,875 shares owned by First State Capital, Inc., of which Mr. Okamoto is the beneficial owner.

5. 454,942 shares which vested net of 97,456 shares sold for tax purposes.

	/s/ Merrick Okamoto	10/13/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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