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 9:30 AM on Thursday, July 9, 2015.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2015-01558
Filing Date – 7/8/2015
Patent # – 8,658,430
Title – MANIPULATING DROPLET SIZE
Patent Owner – RAINDANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – 10X GENOMICS, INC.
Tech Center – Not Provided
Trial Number – IPR2015-01560
Filing Date – 7/8/2015
Patent # – 7,129,091
Title – DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT AND REACTION
Patent Owner – THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Petitioner – 10X GENOMICS, INC.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2015-01562
Filing Date – 7/8/2015
Patent # – 8,150,374
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ASSIGNING AND REVOKING ACCESS CREDENTIALS USING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION EQUIPPED MOBILE PHONE
Patent Owner – ASSA ABLOY AB
Petitioner – SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2015-01563
Filing Date – 7/8/2015
Patent # – 7,706,778
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ASSIGNING AND REVOKING ACCESS CREDENTIALS USING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION EQUIPPED MOBILE PHONE
Patent Owner – ASSA ABLOY AB
Petitioner – SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,545
Date – 7/8/2015
Patent # – 8,512,512
Inventor – PSCHORN, Thomas et al.
Assignee – ANDRITZ INC.
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREEXTRACTION OF HEMICELLULOSE THROUGH USING A CONTINUOUS PREHYDROLYSIS AND STEAM EXPLOSION PRETREATMENT PROCESS
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/013,546
Date – 7/8/2015
Patent # – 8,251,997
Inventor – MICHELSON, Gary K.
Assignee – WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Title – METHOD FOR INSERTING AN ARTIFICIAL IMPLANT BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT VERTEBRAE ALONG A CORONAL PLANE
Co-pending Litigation – Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. v NuVasive, Inc., CASD Case No. 3:12-cv-20738-CAB-MDD; NuVasive, Inc. v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. Fed. Cir. Case Nos. 15-1049 and 15-1050, and Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. v. NuVasive, Inc. Case No. 15-1058