Listed below are all new filings before the 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 Friday, May 26, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-01488
Filing Date – 5/25/2017
Patent # – 6,407,213
Title – METHOD FOR MAKING HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES
Patent Owner –  GENENTECH, INC.
Petitioner – Pfizer, Inc.
Tech Center – 1600

New CBM Review Petitions

Trial Number – CBM2017-00053
Filing Date – 5/25/2017
Patent # – 8,146,077
Title – INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH MENU GENERATION, AND HANDWRITING AND VOICE MODIFICATION OF ORDERS
Patent Owner –  AMERANTH, INC.
Petitioner – STARBUCKS CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2100

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,962
Date – 5/25/2017
Patent # – D627,032
Inventor –  GIMBERT, Scott W.
Assignee – GIMBERT, Scott W.
Title – LINE GUIDE RING FRAME FOR FISHING RODS
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.

Control # – 90/013,963
Date – 5/25/2017
Patent # – 8,883,157
Inventor –  CLUBE, Jasper Rupert
Assignee – KYMAB LIMITED
Title – TARGETING RARE HUMAN PCSK9 VARIANTS FOR CHOLESTEROL TREATMENT
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.