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 partereexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 11 AM on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2015-00731
Filing Date – 2/13/2015
Patent # – RE42,368
Title – RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXERS WITH SERVO CONTROL AND DYNAMIC SPECTRAL POWER MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES
Patent Owner – CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
Petitioner – JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2015-00732
Filing Date – 2/13/2015
Patent # – 6,615,233
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DOCUMENTS BETWEEN A SERVER COMPUTER AND A CLIENT COMPUTER
Patent Owner – VANTAGE POINT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – Unified Patents Inc.
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2015-00736
Filing Date – 2/13/2015
Patent # – 7,707,591
Title – INTEGRATION OF AUDIO OR VIDEO PROGRAM WITH APPLICATION PROGRAM
Patent Owner – CEDATECH HOLDINGS, LLC
Petitioner – RPX CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2015-00737
Filing Date – 2/13/2015
Patent # – 5,975,019
Title – CLUMPING ANIMAL LITTER
Patent Owner – OIL-DRI CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Petitioner – NESTLÉ PURINA PETCARE COMPANY
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2015-00738
Filing Date – 2/14/2015
Patent # – 6,143,032
Title – INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT
Patent Owner – TLIF, LLC
Petitioner – BIOMET SPINE, LLC
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2015-00739
Filing Date – 2/14/2015
Patent # – RE42,678
Title – RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXERS WITH SERVO CONTROL AND DYNAMIC SPECTRAL POWER MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES
Patent Owner – CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
Petitioner – JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2015-00740
Filing Date – 2/14/2015
Patent # – 8,332,475
Title – MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner – TRIPLAY COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
Petitioner – WhatsApp Inc.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2015-00742
Filing Date – 2/16/2015
Patent # – 8,640,905
Title – CONTAINER
Patent Owner – CML&J LLC
Petitioner – MILLERCOORS LLC
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2015-00729
Filing Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 7,280,097
Title – HUMAN INTERFACE INPUT ACCELERATION SYSTEM
Patent Owner – APLIX IP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Petitioner – SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2015-00745
Filing Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 7,404,660
Title – LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES
Patent Owner – INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SONY CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2015-00749
Filing Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 7,300,194
Title – LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES
Patent Owner – INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SONY CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2015-00752
Filing Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 8,215,816
Title – LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES
Patent Owner – INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SONY CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2015-00753
Filing Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 7,537,370
Title – LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES
Patent Owner – INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SONY CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2015-00754
Filing Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 8,592,454
Title – NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE OF SAME
Patent Owner – TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
Petitioner – ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2015-00708
Filing Date – 2/18/2015
Patent # – 6,889,620
Title – METHOD FOR PRESCRIBING SITE-SPECIFIC FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS
Patent Owner – FARMER’S EDGE PRECISION CONSULTING INC.
Petitioner – GEOSYS-INTL, INC.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2015-00709
Filing Date – 2/18/2015
Patent # – 7,171,912
Title – METHOD FOR PRESCRIBING SITE-SPECIFIC FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS
Patent Owner – FARMER’S EDGE PRECISION CONSULTING INC.
Petitioner – GEOSYS-INTL, INC.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2015-00711
Filing Date – 2/18/2015
Patent # – 7,343,867
Title – METHOD FOR PRESCRIBING SITE-SPECIFIC FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS
Patent Owner – FARMER’S EDGE PRECISION CONSULTING INC.
Petitioner – GEOSYS-INTL, INC.
Tech Center – 3600
New CBM Review Requests
Trial Number – CBM2015-00077
Filing Date – 2/14/2015
Patent # – 7,925,981
Title – SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING WEB SERVICES VIA A FRAMEWORK OF INTERFACES
Patent Owner – HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Petitioner – ServiceNow, Inc.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – CBM2015-00078
Filing Date – 2/16/2015
Patent # – 6,218,930
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY POWERING ACCESS EQUIPMENT OVER A 10/100 SWITCHED ETHERNET NETWORK
Patent Owner – NETWORK-1 SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Petitioner – Sony Corporation of America
Tech Center – 2700
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,444
Date – 2/16/2015
Patent # – 6,218,930
Inventor – KATZENBERG, Boris et al.
Assignee – NETWORK-1 SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY POWERING ACCESS EQUIPMENT OVER A 10/100 SWITCHED ETHERNET NETWORK
Co-pending Litigation – Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v. Alcatei-Lucent USA Inc., et al., Case No. 6:11-cv-492-LED (E. D. Tex. filed Sept. 15, 2011)
Control # – 90/013,445
Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 6,011,040
Inventor – MULLER, Hans Rudolf et al.
Assignee – MERCK & CIE
Title – USE OF TETRAHYDROFOLATES IN NATURAL STEREOISOMERIC FORM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION SUITABLE FOR INFLUENCING THE HOMOCYSTEINE LEVEL, PARTICULARLY FOR ASSISTING THE REMETHYLATION OF HOMOCYSTEINE
Co-pending Litigation – Merck & CIE, South Alabama Medical Science Foundation and Pamlab LLC vs. Macoven Pharmaceuticals, Gnosis S.p.A., Gnosis US.A., Inc. and Gnosis Bioresearch S.A., Case No. 6:12-00027-LED (E.D. Texas)
Control # – 90/013,447
Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 6,254,904
Inventor – BAILEY, Steven W. et al.
Assignee – SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Title – FOOD AND VITAMIN PREPARATIONS CONTAINING THE NATURAL ISOMER OF REDUCED FOLATES
Co-pending Litigation – Merck & CIE, South Alabama Medical Science Foundation and Pamlab LLC vs. Macoven Pharmaceuticals, Gnosis S.p.A., Gnosis US.A., Inc. and Gnosis Bioresearch S.A., Case No. 6:12-00027-LED (E.D. Texas)
Control # – 90/013,449
Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 5,648,024
Inventor – GALAS, Stephen
Assignee – BAYER CROPSCIENCE N.V.
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RELEASABLY FUSING MOLD LENS PIECES
Co-pending Litigation – Bayer CropScience AG, Bayer CropScience NV v. Dow AgroSciences LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-00047-RAJ-TEM
Control # – 90/013,451
Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 7,674,490
Inventor – BAILEY, Steven W. et al.
Assignee – SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Title – FOOD AND VITAMIN PREPARATIONS CONTAINING THE NATURAL ISOMER OF REDUCED FOLATES
Co-pending Litigation – Merck & CIE, South Alabama Medical Science Foundation and Pamlab LLC vs. Macoven Pharmaceuticals, Gnosis S.p.A., Gnosis US.A., Inc. and Gnosis Bioresearch S.A., Case No. 6:12-00027-LED (E.D. Texas)
Control # – 90/013,452
Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 5,561,236
Inventor – LEEMANS, Jan et al.
Assignee – BAYER CROPSCIENCE N.V.
Title – GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS EXHIBITING RESISTANCE TO GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE INHIBITORS, DNA FRAGMENTS AND RECOMBINANTS FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF SAID CELLS AND PLANTS
Co-pending Litigation – Bayer CropScience AG, Bayer CropScience NV v. Dow AgroSciences LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-00047-RAJ-TEM
Control # – 90/013,453
Date – 2/17/2015
Patent # – 5,648,477
Inventor – LEEMANS, Jan et al.
Assignee – BAYER CROPSCIENCE N.V.
Title – GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS EXHIBITING RESISITANCE TO GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE INHIBITORS, DNA FRAGMENTS AND RECOMBINANTS FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF SAID CELLS AND PLANTS
Co-pending Litigation – Bayer CropScience AG, Bayer CropScience NV v. Dow AgroSciences LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-00047-RAJ-TEM
Control # – 90/013,454
Date – 2/18/2015
Patent # – 5,749,905
Inventor – GLINER, Bradford E. et al.
Assignee – PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Title – ELECTROTHERAPY METHOD UTILIZING PATIENT DEPENDENT ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS
Co-pending Litigation – Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV/Philips Electronics North America Corporation v Zoll Medical Corporation,USDC for District of MA, Civil No. 1 0-cv-11 041-NMG; Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV/Philips Electronics North America Corporation v Zoll Lifecor Corp, USDC for Western Dist. of PA, Civil No. 12-1369