iListed below are all new filings before the PTAB of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM). Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 11:30 AM on Monday, April 11, 2016.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2016-00853
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 8,648,717
Title – PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
Patent Owner – M2M SOLUTIONS LLC
Petitioner – SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA, INC., SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. AND RPX CORP.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00854
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 5,993,451
Title – CANNULATED SUTURE ANCHOR DRILL GUIDE
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00855
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 8,337,149
Title – GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT
Patent Owner – UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Petitioner – General Electric Company
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00857
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 8,246,292
Title – LOW NOISE TURBINE FOR GEARED TURBOFAN ENGINE
Patent Owner – UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Petitioner – General Electric Company
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00862
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 8,689,568
Title – COOLING HOLE WITH THERMO-MECHANICAL FATIGUE RESISTANCE
Patent Owner – UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Petitioner – General Electric Company
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00863
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 7,358,174
Title – METHODS OF FORMING SOLDER BUMPS ON EXPOSED METAL PADS
Patent Owner – AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00865
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 7,358,174
Title – METHODS OF FORMING SOLDER BUMPS ON EXPOSED METAL PADS
Patent Owner – AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00866
Filing Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 7,358,174
Title – METHODS OF FORMING SOLDER BUMPS ON EXPOSED METAL PADS
Patent Owner – AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
Tech Center – 2800
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,720
Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 6,262,013
Inventor – SMITH, Kim R. et al.
Assignee – ECOLAB INC.
Title – SANITIZING LAUNDRY SOUR
Co-pending Litigation – Ecolab, Inc. v. Gurtler Chemicals, Inc., Case No. 14-cv-00495 (US Dist. Ct. of Minn.)
Control # – 90/013,721
Date – 4/8/2016
Patent # – 7,177,833
Inventor – MARYNOWSKI, John M. et al..
Assignee – DCFB LLC
Title – AUTOMATED TRADING SYSTEM IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING EXCHANGE
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
