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 Friday, February 16, 2018.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00579
Trial Number – IPR2018-00580
Filing Date – 2/15/2018
Patent # – 8,724,622
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VOIP MESSAGING
Patent Owner –  UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.
Petitioner – APPLE INC.
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2018-00597
Trial Number – IPR2018-00598
Filing Date – 2/15/2018
Patent # – 7,067,952
Title – STATOR ASSEMBLY MADE FROM A MOLDED WEB OF CORE SEGMENTS AND MOTOR USING SAME
Patent Owner –  INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
Petitioner – NIDEC CORPORATION; AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00653
Trial Number – IPR2018-00655
Filing Date – 2/15/2018
Patent # – 8,208,569
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATION
Patent Owner –  OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Petitioner – HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2018-00656
Filing Date – 2/15/2018
Patent # – 8,717,204
Title – METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DATA
Patent Owner –  REALTIME DATA, LLC
Petitioner – RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00657
Filing Date – 2/15/2018
Patent # – 8,096,896
Title – GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A COMPOSITE CROWN
Patent Owner –  TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
Petitioner – PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
Tech Center – 3700

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,093
Date – 2/15/2018
Patent # – 9,493,211
Inventor –  REITER, Markus et al.
Assignee –  SRAM, LLC
Title – CHAINRING
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.