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 9:30 AM on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00156
Filing Date – 11/6/2017
Patent # – 9,187,559
Title – MULTIPLE-VARIABLE DOSE REGIMEN FOR TREATING IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Patent Owner –  ABBVIE BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD
Petitioner – SANDOZ INC.
Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2018-00157
Filing Date – 11/6/2017
Patent # – 7,682,243
Title – METHOD FOR PROVIDING ONLINE GAME WHICH CHANGES PILOT DATA AND UNIT DATA IN GEAR AND SYSTEM THEREOF
Patent Owner –  GAME AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Petitioner – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2018-00154
Filing Date – 11/7/2017
Patent # – 7,809,233
Title – TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABINET WITH CONNECTOR STORAGE
Patent Owner –  COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – CLEARFIELD, INC.
Tech Center – 2800

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,044
Date – 11/6/2017
Patent # – 9,752,761
Inventor –  LENTINE, Lou
Assignee –  TELEBRANDS CORP.
Title – LANDSCAPE LIGHT
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.

Control # – 90/014,045
Date – 11/6/2017
Patent # – 8,822,148
Inventor –  ISMAGILOV, Rustem F. et al.
Assignee –  THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Title – METHOD OF PERFORMING PCR REACTION IN CONTINUOUSLY FLOWING MICROFLUIDIC PLUGS
Co-pending Litigation – RainDance Technologies, Inc. et al v. 10X Genomics, Inc., DED-1-15-cv-00152