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 Thursday, December 28, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00314
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 6,821,540
Title – PROCESS FOR TREATING VEGETABLES AND FRUIT BEFORE COOKING
Patent Owner –  MCCAIN FOODS LIMITED
Petitioner – J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2018-00364
Trial Number – IPR2018-00365
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 9,606,907
Title – MEMORY MODULE WITH DISTRIBUTED DATA BUFFERS AND METHOD OF OPERATION
Patent Owner –  NETLIST, INC.
Petitioner – SK HYNIX INC.; SK HYNIX AMERICA INC.; SK HYNIX MEMORY SOLUTIONS INC.
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2018-00371
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 7,237,036
Title – FAST-PATH APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DATA CORRESPONDING A TCP CONNECTION
Patent Owner –  ALACRITECH, INC.
Petitioner – DELL INC.
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2018-00372
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 7,337,241
Title – FAST-PATH APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DATA CORRESPONDING TO A TCP CONNECTION
Patent Owner –  ALACRITECH, INC.
Petitioner – DELL INC.
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2018-00374
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 9,055,104
Title – FREEING TRANSMIT MEMORY ON A NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE PRIOR TO RECEIVING AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT TRANSMIT DATA HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY A REMOTE DEVICE
Patent Owner –  ALACRITECH, INC.
Petitioner – DELL INC.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2018-00375
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 7,673,072
Title – FAST-PATH APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA CORRESPONDING TO A TCP CONNECTION
Patent Owner –  ALACRITECH, INC.
Petitioner – DELL INC.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2018-00400
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 7,124,205
Title – NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE THAT FAST-PATH PROCESSES SOLICITED SESSION LAYER READ COMMANDS
Patent Owner –  ALACRITECH, INC.
Petitioner – CAVIUM, INC.
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2018-00401
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 7,945,699
Title – OBTAINING A DESTINATION ADDRESS SO THAT A NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE CAN WRITE NETWORK DATA WITHOUT HEADERS DIRECTLY INTO HOST MEMORY
Patent Owner –  ALACRITECH, INC.
Petitioner – CAVIUM, INC.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2018-00403
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 8,805,948
Title – INTELLIGENT NETWORK INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTOCOL PROCESSING
Patent Owner –  ALACRITECH, INC.
Petitioner – CAVIUM, INC.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2018-00404
Filing Date – 12/27/2017
Patent # – 8,935,351
Title – ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CONTENT AND HEADER RESTRICTIVE RECIPIENT HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  VAPORSTREAM INC.
Petitioner – SNAP INC.
Tech Center – 2400

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,060
Date – 12/22/2017
Patent # – 6,511,257
Inventor –  SEAUX, Ores Paul et al.
Assignee –  NEWPARK MATS & INTEGRATED SERVICES LLC
Title – INTERLOCKING MAT SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LOAD SUPPORTING SURFACES
Co-pending Litigation – Newpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC v. Checkers Industrial Products, LLC, PAWD-1-17-cv-00142; Load Supporting Systems, Including Composite Mat Systems, ITC-337-3281