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 10 AM on Monday, January 22, 2018.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00518
Filing Date – 1/19/2018
Patent # – 7,261,646
Title – GOLF CLUB HEAD
Patent Owner –  TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
Petitioner – PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2018-00519
Filing Date – 1/19/2018
Patent # – 8,556,877
Title – ABSORBENT PANT GARMENTS HAVING OPTIMIZED LEG OPENING SHAPE
Patent Owner –  KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Petitioner – FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS, 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 # – 90/014,071
Date – 1/19/2018
Patent # – 8,494,581
Inventor –  BARBOSA, Frank A. et al.
Assignee –  INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
Title – SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE FIELD ASSETS VIA WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICES
Co-pending Litigation – Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corporation et al., TXED-2-16-cv-00980

Control # – 90/014,072
Date – 1/19/2018
Patent # – 9,088,532
Inventor –  DORSEY, Jack et al.
Assignee –  TWITTER, INC.
Title – DEVICE INDEPENDENT MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.