iListed 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 Wednesday, December 9, 2015.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2016-00287
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 6,784,552
Title – STRUCTURE HAVING REDUCED LATERAL SPACER EROSION
Patent Owner – DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00288
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 6,784,552
Title – STRUCTURE HAVING REDUCED LATERAL SPACER EROSION
Patent Owner – DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00289
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 5,965,924
Title – METAL PLUG LOCAL INTERCONNECT
Patent Owner – DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00290
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 5,965,924
Title – METAL PLUG LOCAL INTERCONNECT
Patent Owner – DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00291
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 5,732,375
Title – METHOD OF INHIBITING OR ALLOWING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT
Patent Owner – SIGNAL IP, INC.
Petitioner – TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00292
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 6,012,007
Title – OCCUPANT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIR BAG SYSTEM
Patent Owner – SIGNAL IP, INC.
Petitioner – TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00293
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 5,714,927
Title – METHOD OF IMPROVING ZONE OF COVERAGE RESPONSE OF AUTOMOTIVE RADAR
Patent Owner – SIGNAL IP, INC.
Petitioner – TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00295
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 9,074,440
Title – SHAKER AND DEGASSER COMBINATION
Patent Owner – M-I LLC
Petitioner – FPUSA, LLC
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00296
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 7,926,978
Title – LIGHT SET WITH SURFACE MOUNTED LIGHT EMITTING COMPONENTS
Patent Owner – COSMO LIGHTING INC.
Petitioner – Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00297
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – 8,865,688
Title – COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF BOWEL DISEASES WITH GRANULATED MESALAMINE
Patent Owner – DR. FALK PHARMA GMBH
Petitioner – GENERICO, LLC; FLAT LINE CAPITAL, LLC
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 # – 90/013,648
Date – 12/7/2015
Patent # – 9,156,522
Inventor – LIU, Ying-Chih
Assignee – Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
Title – HYDRAULIC BRAKE MECHANISM
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
