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 9 AM on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00520
Filing Date – 1/22/2018
Patent # – 8,267,534
Title – EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY
Patent Owner –  MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Petitioner – SMR Automotive Systems USA, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00521
Filing Date – 1/22/2018
Patent # – 9,532,816
Title – ROD REDUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE
Patent Owner –  K2M, INC.
Petitioner – ORTHOPEDIATRICS CORP.
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 # – 90/014,073
Date – 1/19/2018
Patent # – 7,708,034
Inventor –  GUDENBURR, Douglas G. et al.
Assignee –  DUCTMATE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Title – SELF LOCKING SHEET METAL DUCT WITH A SEALANT
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.