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). Since the last report, no new requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted. This listing is current as of 10 AM on Thursday, December 15, 2016.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-00430
Filing Date – 12/14/2016
Patent # – 6,088,802
Title – PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED SECURITY FUNCTIONALITY
Patent Owner – SPEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 2700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00476
Filing Date – 12/14/2016
Patent # – 8,707,617
Title – GREENHOUSE AND FORCED GREENHOUSE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner – HOUWELING NURSERIES OXNARD, INC.
Petitioner – J.M. van der Hoeven B.V.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-00487
Filing Date – 12/14/2016
Patent # – 9,295,482
Title – PATIENT SELECTABLE JOINT ARTHROPLASTY DEVICES AND SURGICAL TOOLS
Patent Owner – CONFORMIS, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00488
Filing Date – 12/14/2016
Patent # – 9,295,482
Title – PATIENT SELECTABLE JOINT ARTHROPLASTY DEVICES AND SURGICAL TOOLS
Patent Owner – CONFORMIS, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00491
Filing Date – 12/14/2016
Patent # – 8,517,668
Title – LOW NOISE TURBINE FOR GEARED TURBOFAN ENGINE
Patent Owner – UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Petitioner – General Electric Company
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00494
Filing Date – 12/14/2016
Patent # – 7,632,219
Title – EXERCISE MACHINE
Patent Owner – NAUTILUS, INC.
Petitioner – ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00495
Filing Date – 12/15/2016
Patent # – 8,323,155
Title – EXERCISE MACHINE
Patent Owner – NAUTILUS, INC.
Petitioner – ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
Tech Center – 3700
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
New PGR Petitions
Trial Number – PGR2017-00008
Filing Date – 12/14/2016
Patent # – 9,283,239
Title – COMPOSITIONS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF ZOLEDRONIC ACID OR RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME
Patent Owner – ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC
Petitioner – GRÜNENTHAL GMBH
Tech Center – 1600
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
There have been no new reexam requests posted since the last report.