iListed 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 10:15 AM on Monday, April 7, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-00556
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 8,278,351
Title – NATURAL MARINE SOURCE PHOSPHOLIPIDS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Assignee – NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGIES & BIORESSOURCES, INC.
Petitioner – ENZYMOTEC LTD.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00568
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 7,455,134
Title – HYBRID VEHICLES
Assignee – PAICE LLC & ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.
Petitioner – FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00570
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 8,214,097
Title – HYBRID VEHICLES
Assignee – PAICE LLC & ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.
Petitioner – FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00571
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 7,104,347
Title – HYBRID VEHICLES
Assignee – PAICE LLC & ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.
Petitioner – FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00578
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 6,896,775
Title – HIGH-POWER PULSED MAGNETICALLY ENHANCED PLASMA PROCESSING
Assignee – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – THE GILLETTE COMPANY
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00579
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 7,104,347
Title – HYBRID VEHICLES
Assignee – PAICE LLC & ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.
Petitioner – FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00580
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 6,896,773
Title – HIGH DEPOSITION RATE SPUTTERING
Assignee – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – THE GILLETTE COMPANY
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00581
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 8,273,565
Title – METHODS OF INCREASING DIHYDROXY ACID DEHYDRATASE ACTIVITY TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION OF FUELS, CHEMICALS, AND AMINO ACIDS
Assignee – GEVO, INC.
Petitioner – BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00582
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 8,149,124
Title – PERSONAL SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEM
Assignee – PRAGMATUS MOBILE LLC
Petitioner – SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00583
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 7,068,430
Title – METHOD OF MAKING HIGHLY DISCRIMINATING OPTICAL EDGE FILTERS AND RESULTING PRODUCTS
Assignee – SEMROCK, INC.
Petitioner – Edmund Optics, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-00585
Filing Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 6,259,381
Title – METHOD OF TRIGGERING AN EVENT
Assignee – EMPIRE IP LLC
Petitioner – eBay Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00584
Filing Date – 4/7/2014
Patent # – 7,864,503
Title – CAPACITIVE TYPE TOUCH PANEL
Assignee – HILLTOP TECHNOLOGY LLC
Petitioner – Digital Empire Limited
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,200
Date – 4/3/2014
Patent # – 7,293,385
Inventor – MCCORMICK, Michael L.
Assignee – O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS, INC.
Title – MODULAR TRIGGER GROUP FOR FIREARMS AND FIREARM HAVING A MODULAR TRIGGER GROUP
Co-pending Litigation – O.F. Mossberg and Sons, Inc. v. Timney Triggers, LLC and Timney Manufacturing, Inc., United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Civil Action No. 3:12-CV-00198-SRU
Control # – 90/013,201
Date – 4/4/2014
Patent # – 6,059,576
Inventor – BRANN, Theodore L.
Assignee – LOGANTREE LP
Title – TRAINING AND SAFETY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AID IN PROPER MOVEMENT DURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.
