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, October 15, 2015.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00047
Filing Date – 10/14/2015
Patent # – 8,640,183
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING USING ALTERNATIVE LINKBASES
Patent Owner –  CONVERGENT MEDIA SOLUTIONS LLC
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 2400

New CBM Review Petitions

Trial Number – CBM2016-00006
Filing Date – 10/14/2015
Patent # – 6,871,325
Title – INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH MENU GENERATION
Patent Owner –  AMERANTH TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Petitioner – APPLE INC.; EVENTBRITE, INC.; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC..
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – CBM2016-00007
Filing Date – 10/14/2015
Patent # – 6,384,850
Title – INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH MENU GENERATION
Patent Owner –  AMERANTH TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Petitioner – APPLE INC.; EVENTBRITE, INC.; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC..
Tech Center – 2100

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,606
Date – 10/14/2015
Patent # – 6,398,548
Inventor –  MUHAMMAD, Chishti et al.
Assignee –  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Title – METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETH
Co-pending Litigation – Align Technology, Inc. v. ClearCorrect, Inc. et al., No. 4-11-cv-00695 (S.D. Tex)

Control # – 90/013,607
Date – 10/14/2015
Patent # – 7,125,248
Inventor –  PHAN, Loc X. et al.
Assignee –  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Title – ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A DENTAL APPLIANCE
Co-pending Litigation – Align Technology, Inc. v. ClearCorrect, Inc. et al., No. 4-11-cv-00695 (S.D. Tex)

Control # – 90/013,608
Date – 10/14/2015
Patent # – 8,921,332
Inventor –  CHOULIKA, Andre et al.
Assignee –  CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
Title – CHROMOSOMAL MODIFICATION INVOLVING THE INDUCTION OF DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA CLEAVAGE AND HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION AT THE CLEAVAGE SITE
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.