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 partereexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 10 AM on Monday, September 18, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-02104
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 7,079,926
Title – TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TRAIN OR TRAINS
Patent Owner – SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
Petitioner – WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02108
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 8,508,751
Title – CAPTURING REAL-TIME VIDEO WITH ZOOMING CAPABILITY AND SCANNING HIGH RESOLUTION STILL IMAGES OF DOCUMENTS USING THE SAME APPARATUS
Patent Owner – PATHWAY INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – AVER INFORMATION INC., AND IPEVO, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02110
Trial Number – IPR2017-02112
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 7,623,982
Title – METHOD OF TESTING AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS THEREOF
Patent Owner – SEMICAPS PTE LTD.
Petitioner – HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2017-02113
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 6,571,003
Title – SKIN IMAGING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Patent Owner – THE PROCTOR & GAMBLE COMPANY
Petitioner – Quantificare, Inc.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02114
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 7,268,863
Title – NATURAL FIBER SPAN REFLECTOMETER PROVIDING A SPREAD SPECTRUM VIRTUAL SENSING ARRAY CAPABILITY
Patent Owner – THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (ADELOS, INC., EXCLUSIVE LICENSEE)
Petitioner – Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2017-02115
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 6,033,809
Title – LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTROLYTE THEREOF
Patent Owner – UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Petitioner – SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2017-02116
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 6,927,001
Title – NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
Patent Owner – UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Petitioner – SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2017-02122
Filing Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 8,705,929
Title – FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE WITH INTERNAL CABLE SPOOL
Patent Owner – COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – CLEARFIELD, INC.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2017-02064
Filing Date – 9/16/2017
Patent # – 7,113,502
Title – COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner – ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Petitioner – SONY CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2600
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/014,013
Date – 9/15/2017
Patent # – 9,603,462
Inventor – MARKOWITZ, Evan
Assignee – GREEN POINT DÉCOR, LLC
Title – ANTI-SLIP PROTECTIVE COVER
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
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