Listed below are all new filings before the PTAB of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex partereexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 9 AM on Thursday, January 25, 2018.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00274
Filing Date – 1/24/2018
Patent # – 7,834,586
Title – MULTIFUNCTIONAL CHARGER SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  FUNDAMENTAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC
Petitioner – ZTE (USA) Inc.; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00530
Filing Date – 1/24/2018
Patent # – 6,790,459
Title – METHODS FOR TREATING DIABETES VIA ADMINISTRATRION OF CONTROLLED RELEASE METFORMIN
Patent Owner –  ANDRX CORPORATION; ANDRX LABORATORIES, INC.; ANDRX LABORATORIES (NJ), INC.; ANDRX EU LTD.; ANDRX PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC; TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
Petitioner – AUROBINDO PHARMA USA 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

There have been no new reexam requests posted since the last report.