Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR), covered business methods review (CBM), and post grant review (PGR). Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 10 AM on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2016-00825
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – RE43,729
Title – PROCESSOR WHICH CAN FAVORABLY EXECUTE A ROUNDING PROCESS COMPOSED OF POSITIVE CONVERSION AND SATURATED CALCULATION PROCESSING
Patent Owner – GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Petitioner – ARM, Ltd.
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2016-00917
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 8,821,541
Title – SUTURE ANCHOR WITH INSERT-MOLDED RIGID MEMBER
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00918
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 8,821,541
Title – SUTURE ANCHOR WITH INSERT-MOLDED RIGID MEMBER
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00919
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 8,141,154
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING DYNAMICALLY GENERATED EXECUTABLE CODE
Patent Owner – FINJAN, INC.
Petitioner – Symantec Corp.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2016-00920
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 8,042,288
Title – ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A TEXTILE UPPER
Patent Owner – NIKE, INC.
Petitioner – adidas AG
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00921
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 7,814,598
Title – ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A TEXTILE UPPER
Patent Owner – NIKE, INC.
Petitioner – adidas AG
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00922
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 8,266,749
Title – ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A TEXTILE UPPER
Patent Owner – NIKE, INC.
Petitioner – adidas AG
Tech Center – 3700
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
New PGR Petitions
Trial Number – PGR2016-00017
Filing Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 9,267,077
Title – CHROME-FREE METHODS OF ETCHING ORGANIC POLYMERS WITH MIXED ACID SOLUTIONS
Patent Owner – ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
Petitioner – MacDermid, Inc.
Tech Center – 1700
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,729
Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 8,707,855
Inventor – DEMIGLIO, Ronald R. et al.
Assignee – EKO BRANDS, LLC
Title – BEVERAGE BREWING DEVICE
Co-pending Litigation – Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, Inc. et al., WAWD-2-15-cv-00522
Control # – 90/013,730
Date – 4/19/2016
Patent # – 5,861,511
Inventor – GODA, Hiroshi et al.
Assignee – SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
Title – PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF 3 PIPERAZINYLBENZISOTHIAZOLES
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.