PTO Litigation Report – August 25, 2017


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 9 AM on Friday, August 25, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-01903
Filing Date – 8/24/2017
Patent # – RE45,862
Title – POWER CONVERSION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING
Patent Owner –  SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – Power Integrations, Inc.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Fish & Richardson P.C.
Tech Center – 3900

Trial Number – IPR2017-01994
Filing Date – 8/24/2017
Patent # – 6,243,315
Title – COMPUTER MEMORY SYSTEM WITH A LOW POWER DOWN MODE
Patent Owner –  JAMES B. GOODMAN
Petitioner – HP INC.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Shelton Coburn
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2017-01995
Filing Date – 8/24/2017
Patent # – 9,220,698
Title – METHOD FOR DELIVERING A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION TO PATIENT IN NEED THEREOF
Patent Owner –  POZEN INC.; HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.
Petitioner – MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Perkins Coie LLP
Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2017-02002
Filing Date – 8/24/2017
Patent # – 8,450,475
Title – HYALURONIC ACID-BASED GELS INCLUDING LIDOCAINE
Patent Owner –  ALLERGAN INDUSTRIE, SAS
Petitioner – TEOXANE S.A.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Tech Center – 1600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,003
Date – 8/24/2017
Patent # – 9,738,908
Inventor –  WU, Fangting
Assignee – SYSTEM BIOSCIENCES, LLC
Title – CRISPR/CAS SYSTEMS FOR GENOMIC MODIFICATION AND GENE MODULATION
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.


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