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 parte reexamination at the USPTO.  This listing is current as of 9 AM on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00566
Trial Number – IPR2018-00567
Filing Date – 2/6/2018
Patent # – 9,074,262
Title – NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES THAT CAN BE USED AS PRIMERS AND PROBES IN THE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF ALL SUBTYPES OF HIV-1
Patent Owner –  BIOMERIEUX, INC.
Petitioner – HOLOGIC, INC.
Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2018-00568
Trial Number – IPR2018-00569
Filing Date – 2/6/2018
Patent # – 8,697,352
Title – NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES THAT CAN BE USED AS PRIMERS AND PROBES IN THE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF ALL SUBTYPES OF HIV-1
Patent Owner –  BIOMERIEUX, INC.
Petitioner – HOLOGIC, INC.
Tech Center – 1600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,082
Date – 2/6/2018
Patent # – 7,702,771
Inventor –  EWING, Carrel W. et al.
Assignee –  SERVER TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Title – ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION DEVICE HAVING A CURRENT DISPLAY
Co-pending Litigation – Server Technology, Inc. v. Schneider Electric IT Corporation, 3-06-cv-00698 (NVD Reno); Server Technology, Inc. v. American Power Conversion Corporation et al., NVD-3-15-cv-00329

Control # – 90/014,083
Date – 2/6/2018
Patent # – 9,140,005
Inventor –  MILLER, Philip Glen
Assignee –  ALFRED MILLER CONTRACTING COMPANY
Title – SELF-ALIGNING CORNER BEAD FOR FIREPROOFING STRUCTURAL STEEL MEMBER AND METHOD OF USING SAME
Co-pending Litigation – Alfred Miller Contracting Co v. Carboline Co et al., LAWD-2-17-cv-00988; Alfred Miller Contracting Company v. Stockton Products, Inc., CACD-2-17-cv-05811