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 parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 11 AM on Monday, September 11, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-02069
Filing Date – 9/8/2017
Patent # – 7,456,828
Title – JOYSTICK DEVICE
Patent Owner –  DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS INC.
Petitioner – SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2017-02076
Filing Date – 9/8/2017
Patent # – 8,531,971
Title – METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING OF PACKET DATA SERVICE
Patent Owner –  HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Petitioner – Cisco Systems, Inc.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2017-02077
Filing Date – 9/8/2017
Patent # – 8,531,971
Title – METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING OF PACKET DATA SERVICE
Patent Owner –  HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Petitioner – Cisco Systems, Inc.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2017-02078
Filing Date – 9/8/2017
Patent # – 7,155,308
Title – ROBOT OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  IROBOT CORPORATION
Petitioner – Shenzhen Zhiyi Technology Co. Ltd., d/b/a iLife
Tech Center – 3600

Trial Number – IPR2017-02086
Filing Date – 9/11/2017
Patent # – 6,440,706
Title – DIGITAL AMPLIFICATION
Patent Owner –  THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Petitioner – AMBRY GENETICS CORPORATION
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.