Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests 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 10 AM on Friday, August 21, 2015.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2015-01676
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – RE43,931
Title – RADIOTELEPHONES HAVING CONTACT-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME
Patent Owner – TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
Petitioner – TCL CORPORATION; TCL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LTD.; TCT MOBILE LIMITED; TCT MOBILE INC.; TCT MOBILE (US) INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01776
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 7,582,621
Title – BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
Patent Owner – ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Petitioner – COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS X LLC
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01777
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,603,506
Title – METHODS OF TREATING ACNE
Patent Owner – GALDERMA LABORTORIES INC.
Petitioner – DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, LTD.; DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01778
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,603,506
Title – METHODS OF TREATING ACNE
Patent Owner – GALDERMA LABORTORIES INC.
Petitioner – DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, LTD.; DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01780
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 7,767,657
Title – BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
Patent Owner – ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Petitioner – COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS X LLC
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01781
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,827,028
Title – SIDE-BY-SIDE ATV
Patent Owner – POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Petitioner – Arctic Cat, Inc.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01782
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,603,506
Title – METHODS OF TREATING ACNE
Patent Owner – GALDERMA LABORTORIES INC.
Petitioner – DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, LTD.; DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01783
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,827,028
Title – SIDE-BY-SIDE ATV
Patent Owner – POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Petitioner – Arctic Cat, Inc.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01784
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,764,443
Title – METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SURFACE STRUCTURE ON AN IMPLANT, AND SUCH AN IMPLANT
Patent Owner – NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
Petitioner – INSTRADENT USA, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2015-01785
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 7,767,657
Title – BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
Patent Owner – ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Petitioner – COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS X LLC
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01786
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,714,977
Title – CONDENSING SKELETAL IMPLANT THAT FACILITATE INSERTIONS
Patent Owner – NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
Petitioner – INSTRADENT USA, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2015-01787
Filing Date – 8/21/2015
Patent # – 7,926,978
Title – CONDENSING SKELETAL IMPLANT THAT FACILITATE INSERTIONS
Patent Owner – NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
Petitioner – INSTRADENT USA, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
New CBM Review Requests
Trial Number – CBM2015-00176
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 8,881,027
Title – TELEFORUM PARTICIPANT SCREENING
Patent Owner – BROADNET TELESERVICES, LLC
Petitioner – SHOUTPOINT, INC.; VICTORY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – CBM2015-00177
Filing Date – 8/20/2015
Patent # – 9,081,485
Title – CONFERENCE SCREENING
Patent Owner – BROADNET TELESERVICES, LLC
Petitioner – SHOUTPOINT, INC.; VICTORY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Tech Center – 2100
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/020,089
Date – 8/14/2015
Patent # – 8,328,872
Inventor – DUFFIELD, William E. et al.
Assignee – GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Title – INTERVERTEBRAL FUSION IMPLANT
Co-pending Litigation – Globus Medical, Inc. v. DePuy Synthes Products, LLC and DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., No. 13-cv-854 (D. Del.)