Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 9 AM on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

New IPR Requests

Trial Number – IPR2016-01022

Filing Date – 5/10/2016

Patent # – 6,492,686

Title – INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING BUFFERING CIRCUITRY WITH SLEW RATE CONTROL

Patent Owner –  NORTH STAR INNOVATIONS INC.

Petitioner – NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORP.

Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2016-01023

Filing Date – 5/10/2016

Patent # – 5,665,772

Title – O-ALKYLATED RAPAMYCIN DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE, PARTICULARLY AS IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS

Patent Owner –  NOVARTIS AG

Petitioner – BRECKENRIDGE PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.

Tech Center – 1200

Trial Number – IPR2016-01025

Filing Date – 5/10/2016

Patent # – 6,484,257

Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING N NUMBER OF SIMULTANEOUS CRYPTOGRAPHIC SESSIONS USING A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

Patent Owner –  ZITOVAULT, LLC.

Petitioner – INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION; SOFTLAYER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Tech Center – 2100

New CBM Review Requests

There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

There have been no new reexam requests posted since the last report.