Listed 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 10:15 AM on Tuesday, December 8, 2015.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00188
Filing Date – 12/7/2015
Patent # – 9,017,680
Title – METHODS OF ADMINISTERING ANTI-TNFALPHA ANTIBODIES
Patent Owner –  ABBVIE BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD
Petitioner – Coherus BioSciences Inc.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Fish & Richardson P.C.
Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2016-00189
Filing Date – 12/7/2015
Patent # – 9,073,987
Title – METHODS OF ADMINISTERING ANTI-TNFALPHA ANTIBODIES
Patent Owner –  ABBVIE BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD
Petitioner – Coherus BioSciences Inc.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Fish & Richardson P.C.
Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2016-00294
Filing Date – 12/8/2015
Patent # – RE44,815
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHILLING INLET AIR FOR GAS TURBINES
Patent Owner –  TAS ENERGY INC.
Petitioner – Stellar Energy Americas, Inc.
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Venable
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 # – 90/013,645
Date – 12/3/2015
Patent # – 6,634,477
Inventor –  BENETON, Sebastien et al.
Assignee –  LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
Title – CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.

Control # – 90/013,647
Date – 12/4/2015
Patent # – 7,870,249
Inventor –  BROWN, Stephen J.
Assignee –  ROBERT BOSCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
Title – NETWORKED SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND REMOTE MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS
Co-pending Litigation – Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. v. Cardiocom, LLC, 3:14-CV-01575 (N.D. Cal.)