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, January 26, 2016.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2016-00483
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 6,511,499
Title – CORKSCREW SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00484
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 6,214,031
Title – CORKSCREW SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00485
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 7,195,634
Title – CORKSCREW SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00486
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 6,511,499
Title – CORKSCREW SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00487
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 7,195,634
Title – CORKSCREW SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner – ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00495
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 8,066,076
Title – CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR SUBSEA FLOW INTERFACE EQUIPMENT
Patent Owner – ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
Petitioner – FMC Technologies, Inc.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00496
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 7,245,874
Title – INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TELEPHONY NETWORK
Patent Owner – ELBIT SYSTEMS LAND AND C4I LTD.
Petitioner – HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00497
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 6,111,506
Title – METHOD OF MAKING AN IMPROVED SECURITY IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT INCLUDING CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION INSERT UNIT
Patent Owner – IRIS CORPORATION BERHAD
Petitioner – DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Tech Center – 2700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00500
Filing Date – 1/22/2016
Patent # – 7,864,163
Title – PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING STRUCTURED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
Patent Owner – APPLE INC.
Petitioner – INTELLECTUAL INTEGRITY, LLC
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2016-00499
Filing Date – 1/23/2016
Patent # – 7,822,552
Title – CONTROL DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF A MARINE SEISMIC STREAMER
Patent Owner – WESTERNGECO, LLC
Petitioner – PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES INC.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00498
Filing Date – 1/25/2016
Patent # – 6,154,844
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A DOWNLOADABLE SECURITY PROFILE TO A DOWNLOADABLE
Patent Owner – FINJAN, INC.
Petitioner – BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC.
Tech Center – 2700
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,685
Date – 1/25/2016
Patent # – 7,249,372
Inventor – BONNSTETTER, Bill J.
Assignee – TARGET TRAINING INTERNATIONAL, LTD
Title – NETWORK BASED DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD
Co-pending Litigation – Target Training International Ltd. v. Extended Disc North America, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:10-CV-03350; On appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; No. 15-1873. Target Training International Ltd. v. Extended DISC International Oy, Civil Action No. 4:11-cv-2531; On appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; No.15-1856.
Control # – 90/013,686
Date – 1/25/2016
Patent # – 8,747,173
Inventor – SCHULTZ, Timothy M. et al.
Assignee – HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Title – FLOTATION DEVICE
Co-pending Litigation – Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company d/b/a HSM v. R&D Plastics of Hickory, Ltd. et al., NCWD-5-14-cv-00093
