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 11 AM on Thursday, December 8, 2016.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-00379
Filing Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 6,079,854
Title – DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIFFUSING LIGHT
Patent Owner – JAKUTA DIODES, LLC
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2017-00381
Filing Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 7,886,122
Title – METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR TRANSMITTING A MEMORY CLOCK SIGNAL
Patent Owner – POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Petitioner – NVIDIA Corporation
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2017-00426
Filing Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 7,832,631
Title – METHOD OF READING CODED RECORDS INCLUDING MAGNETIC INDICIA ON CHECKS DEPOSITED IN AN AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE
Patent Owner – DIEBOLD SELF-SERVICE SYSTEMS DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
Petitioner – Nautilus Hyosung Inc.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2017-00441
Filing Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 8,573,374
Title – HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER
Patent Owner – SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Petitioner – Valeo North America, Inc.; Valeo Embrayages
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-00442
Filing Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 8,573,374
Title – HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER
Patent Owner – SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Petitioner – Valeo North America, Inc.; Valeo Embrayages
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-00443
Filing Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 6,470,399
Title – FLEXIBLE INTERFACE FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST AND AN ANALOG I/O DEVICE CONNTECTED TO THE INTERFACE REGARDLESS THE TYPE OF THE I/O DEVICE
Patent Owner – PAPST LICENSING GMBH & CO. KG
Petitioner – Huawei Device Co., Ltd.; LG Electronics, Inc.; ZTE (USA) Inc.
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2017-00444
Filing Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 6,915,560
Title – APPARATUS FOR CONTRACTING, LOADING OR CRIMPING SELF-EXPANDING AND BALLOON EXPANDABLE STENT DEVICES
Patent Owner – BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Petitioner – EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,873
Date – 12/7/2016
Patent # – 8,075,983
Inventor – MASAKI, Yuuji et al.
Assignee – ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Title – LAMINATED GLASS FOR VEHICLE
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.