PTO Litigation Center Report – April 10, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests 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 Thursday, April 10, 2014.

New IPR Requests

Trial Number – IPR2014-00594
Filing Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 7,145,442
Title – VEHICLE OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM
Assignee –  VEHICLE OPERATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC., BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC, AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2014-00598
Filing Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 6,805,779
Title – PLASMA GENERATION USING MULTI-STEP IONIZATION
Assignee –  ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2014-00599
Filing Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 7,119,960
Title – METHOD OF MAKING HIGH PERFORMANCE OPTICAL EDGE AND LASER-LINE FILTERS AND RESULTING PRODUCTS
Assignee –  SEMROCK, INC.
Petitioner – Edmund Optics, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2014-00600
Filing Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 7,145,442
Title – VEHICLE OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM
Assignee –  VEHICLE OPERATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC., BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC, AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2014-00601
Filing Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 7,145,442
Title – VEHICLE OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM
Assignee –  VEHICLE OPERATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC, AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2014-00602
Filing Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 7,145,442
Title – VEHICLE OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM
Assignee –  VEHICLE OPERATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC., FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2014-00603
Filing Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 7,145,442
Title – VEHICLE OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM
Assignee –  VEHICLE OPERATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC, AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600

New CBM Review Requests

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,203
Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 6,179,033
Inventor –  DEMERS, Norman P.
Assignee –  TIRE SERVICE EQUIPMENT MFG. CO.
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEATING TUBELESS TIRES
Co-pending Litigation – TIRE SERVICE EQUIPMENT MFG. Co., INC. v. GAITHER TOOL CO., U.S. Dist. Ct. Minn., Case No. 0:13-cv-02996-DWF-TNL

Control # – 90/013,204
Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 7,120,462
Inventor –  KUMAR, Rajendra
Assignee –  INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
Title – PORTABLE COMPUTING, COMMUNICATION AND ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE WITH CENTRAL PROCESSOR CARRIED IN A DETACHABLE HANDSET
Co-pending Litigation – Intellectual Ventures I et al. v. Motorola Mobility, Inc., Civil Action No. 11-908 (SLR) (D. Del).

Control # – 90/013,205
Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 6,557,054
Inventor –  REISMAN, Richard R.
Assignee –  INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
Title – METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING UPDATES BY PRESENTING DIRECTORY OF SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR USER INSTALLATION THAT IS NOT ALREADY INSTALLED ON USER STATION
Co-pending Litigation – Intellectual Ventures I et al. v. Motorola Mobility, Inc., Civil Action No. 11-908 (SLR) (D. Del); Covered Business Method Review of the ‘054 patent was requested on March 10, 2014 (CBM2014-00083)

Control # – 90/013,206
Date – 4/9/2014
Patent # – 6,658,464
Inventor –  REISMAN, Richard R.
Assignee –  INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
Title – USER STATION SOFTWARE THAT CONTROLS TRANSPORT, STORAGE, AND PRESENTATION OF CONTENT FROM A REMOTE SOURCE
Co-pending Litigation – Intellectual Ventures I et al. v. Motorola Mobility, Inc., Civil Action No. 11-908 (SLR) (D. Del); Covered Business Method Review of the ‘464 patent was requested on March 10, 2014 (CBM2014-00084)

 

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