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 partereexamination at the USPTO.  This listing is current as of 10 AM on Thursday, January 28, 2016.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00505
Filing Date – 1/27/2016
Patent # – 8,343,186
Title – FULLY THREADED SUTURE ANCHOR WITH TRANSVERSE ANCHOR PIN
Patent Owner –  ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00506
Filing Date – 1/27/2016
Patent # – 8,623,052
Title – SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner –  ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00507
Filing Date – 1/27/2016
Patent # – 8,801,755
Title – SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner –  ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00508
Filing Date – 1/27/2016
Patent # – 8,801,755
Title – SUTURE ANCHOR
Patent Owner –  ARTHREX, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; ARTHROCARE CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00509
Filing Date – 1/27/2016
Patent # – 5,945,993
Title – PICTOGRAPH-BASED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF LIGHTING LOADS
Patent Owner –  INTUITIVE BUILDING CONTROLS, INC.
Petitioner – CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.
Tech Center – 2100

New CBM Review Petitions

There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,688
Date – 1/27/2016
Patent # – 9,181,527
Inventor –  SENTMAN, Charles L.
Assignee –  THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Title – T CELL RECEPTOR-DEFICIENT T CELL COMPOSITIONS
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.