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 10 AM on Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2016-00235
Filing Date – 11/30/2015
Patent # – 8,883,280
Title – POLYMERIC MATERIAL FOR AN INSULATED CONTAINER
Patent Owner – BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION
Petitioner – Borealis AG
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00242
Filing Date – 11/30/2015
Patent # – 6,677,082
Title – LITHIUM METAL OXIDE ELECTRODES FOR LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES
Patent Owner – U CHICAGO ARGONNE LLC
Petitioner – Umicore S.A.; Umicore USA Inc.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Fish & Richardson P.C.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00253
Filing Date – 11/30/2015
Patent # – 6,680,143
Title – LITHIUM METAL OXIDE ELECTRODES FOR LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES
Patent Owner – U CHICAGO ARGONNE LLC
Petitioner – Umicore S.A.; Umicore USA Inc.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Fish & Richardson P.C.
Tech Center – 1700
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,639
Date – 11/30/2015
Patent # – 7,124,847
Inventor – GIROUARD, Bruno et al.
Assignee – BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
Title – FRAME CONSTRUCTION FOR A VEHICLE
Co-pending Litigation – Bombardier Recreation Products Inc. and BRP U.S. INC. v. Arctic Cat, Inc., United States District Court for District of Minnesota, Case No. 0:12-cv-02706
Control # – 90/013,640
Date – 11/30/2015
Patent # – 7,124,848
Inventor – GIROUARD, Bruno et al.
Assignee – BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
Title – FRAME CONSTRUCTION FOR A VEHICLE
Co-pending Litigation – Bombardier Recreation Products Inc. and BRP U.S. INC. v. Arctic Cat, Inc., United States District Court for District of Minnesota, Case No. 0:12-cv-02706
Control # – 90/013,641
Date – 11/30/2015
Patent # – 5,601,557
Inventor – HAYHURST, John O.
Assignee – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Title – ANCHORING AND MANIPULATING TISSUE
Co-pending Litigation – Smith & Nephew Inc. et al. v. Arthrex, Inc., case no. 3:04-cv-00029-MO (D. Or. 2004); Smith & Nephew Inc. et al. v. Arthrex, Inc., case no. 3:08-cv-00714-MO (D. Or. 2008)
Control # – 90/013,642
Date – 12/1/2015
Patent # – 9,190,275
Inventor – FUJII, Nobutoshi et al.
Assignee – SONY CORPORATION
Title – BONDING SUBSTRATES WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THROUGH INSULATING FILM
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
