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 9:30 AM on Monday, March 7, 2016.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00680
Filing Date – 3/4/2016
Patent # – 9,095,348
Title – MOISTURE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR CONTACT ELECTROCOAGULATION
Patent Owner –  HOLOGIC, INC.
Petitioner – MINERVA SURGICAL, INC.
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00685
Filing Date – 3/4/2016
Patent # – 9,095,348
Title – MOISTURE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR CONTACT ELECTROCOAGULATION
Patent Owner –  HOLOGIC, INC.
Petitioner – MINERVA SURGICAL, INC.
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00713
Filing Date – 3/4/2016
Patent # – 6,551,327
Title – ENDOSCOPIC STONE EXTRACTION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED BASKET
Patent Owner –  STONE BASKET INNOVATIONS LLC
Petitioner – COOK MEDICAL LLC
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00714
Filing Date – 3/4/2016
Patent # – 8,446,275
Title – GENERAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WELLNESS APPLICATION USING DATA FROM A DATA-CAPABLE BAND
Patent Owner –  ALIPHCOM, INC.
Petitioner – FITBIT, INC.
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2016-00715
Filing Date – 3/6/2016
Patent # – 8,402,580
Title – FABRIC SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  SHEEX, INC.
Petitioner – BEDGEAR, LLC
Tech Center – 3600

Trial Number – IPR2016-00717
Filing Date – 3/6/2016
Patent # – 8,874,677
Title – MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  TRIPLAY, INC.
Petitioner – WhatsApp Inc.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2016-00718
Filing Date – 3/6/2016
Patent # – 8,874,677
Title – MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  TRIPLAY, INC.
Petitioner – WhatsApp Inc.
Tech Center – 2400

New CBM Review Petitions

There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,697
Date – 3/4/2016
Patent # – 7,064,763
Inventor –  LINDHOLM, John Erik et al.
Assignee –  NVIDIA CORPORATION
Title – SINGLE SEMICONDUCTOR GRAPHICS PLATFORM
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.

Control # – 90/013,698
Date – 3/4/2016
Patent # – 8,682,079
Inventor –  OUZOUNIS, Georgios
Assignee –  DIGITALGLOBE, INC.
Title – AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF BUILT-UP FOOTPRINTS FROM HIGH RESOLUTION OVERHEAD IMAGERY THROUGH MANIPULATION OF ALPHA-TREE DATA STRUCTURES
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.