iListed 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 9:15 AM on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2016-00944
Filing Date – 4/25/2016
Patent # – 8,241,284
Title – VESSEL SEALER AND DIVIDER WITH NON-CONDUCTIVE STOP MEMBERS
Patent Owner – COVIDIEN AG
Petitioner – ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00952
Filing Date – 4/25/2016
Patent # – 9,121,412
Title – EFFICIENT, LOW PRESSURE RATIO PROPULSOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES
Patent Owner – UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Petitioner – General Electric Company
Tech Center – 3700
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,737
Date – 4/25/2016
Patent # – 6,667,286
Inventor – DETTINGER, Johannes et al.
Assignee – BUCK-CHEMIE GMBH
Title – ADHESIVE SANITARY AGENT
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
