Listed 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 9 AM on Thursday, April 7, 2016.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00849

Filing Date – 4/6/2016

Patent # – 8,389,007

Title – PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING GELLING AGENT

Patent Owner –  PURDUE PHARMA L.P.; THE P.F. LABORATORIES, INC.; PURDUE PHARMACEUTICALS L.P.

Petitioner – Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Tech Center – 1600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,717

Date – 4/6/2016

Patent # – 7,003,357

Inventor –  KREIKEMEIER, Bruce et al.

Assignee –  VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC.

Title – METHOD AND MEANS FOR READING THE STATUS OF AND CONTROLLING IRRIGATION COMPONENTS

Co-pending Litigation – Valmont Industries, Inc. v. Lindsay Corporation, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Case No. 1 :15-cv-00042-LPS-CBJ