Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of petitions 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 10 AM on Tuesday, December 19, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2018-00182
Filing Date – 12/18/2017
Patent # – 9,382,220
Title – METHODS OF SYNTHESIS AND/OR PURIFICATION OF DIAMINOPHENOTHIAZINIUM COMPOUNDS
Patent Owner – WISTA LABORATORIES LTD.
Petitioner – PROVEPHARM INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2018-00294
Filing Date – 12/18/2017
Patent # – 6,736,759
Title – EXERCISE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS
Patent Owner – UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.
Petitioner – APPLE INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2018-00321
Filing Date – 12/18/2017
Patent # – 9,659,314
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAGGING NETWORK TRAFFIC USING EXTENSIBLE FIELDS IN MESSAGE HEADERS
Patent Owner – BRIDGE AND POST, INC.
Petitioner – CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2018-00322
Filing Date – 12/18/2017
Patent # – 9,708,358
Title – MASSIVE PARALLEL METHOD FOR DECODING DNA AND RNA
Patent Owner – THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Petitioner – ILLUMINA, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2018-00330
Filing Date – 12/18/2017
Patent # – 6,339,142
Title – PROTEIN PURIFICATION
Patent Owner – GENENTECH, INC.
Petitioner – PFIZER, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2018-00331
Filing Date – 12/18/2017
Patent # – 9,249,218
Title – PROTEIN PURIFICATION
Patent Owner – GENENTECH, INC.
Petitioner – PFIZER, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2018-00332
Filing Date – 12/18/2017
Patent # – 8,039,724
Title – REMOVABLE ELECTRONIC DRUM HEAD FOR AN ACOUSTIC DRUM
Patent Owner – INMUSIC BRANDS, INC.
Petitioner – ROLAND CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2800
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/014,054
Date – 12/15/2017
Patent # – 8,883,491
Inventor – LIN, Bo et al.
Assignee – NEXCELOM BIOSCIENCE LLC
Title – SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUNTING CELLS AND BIOMOLECULES
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/014,055
Date – 12/15/2017
Patent # – 7,248,223
Inventor – HABIB, Laurent et al.
Assignee – ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
Title – FRACTAL MONOPOLE ANTENNA
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/014,056
Date – 12/15/2017
Patent # – 6,959,293
Inventor – PIRIM, Patrick
Assignee – IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Title – METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC VISUAL PERCEPTION
Co-pending Litigation – Image Processing Technologies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., TXED-2-16-cv-00505