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 11:30 AM on Thursday, July 3, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-01093
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 7,955,794
Title – MULTIPLEX NUCLEIC ACID REACTIONS
Patent Owner – ILLUMINA, INC.
Petitioner – ARIOSA DIAGNOSTICS
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01104
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 5,414,761
Title – REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM
Patent Owner – UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
Petitioner – Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01105
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 5,463,750
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING VIRTUAL ADDRESSES IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION PIPELINES AND SEPARATE TLB’S FOR EACH PIPELINE
Patent Owner – VANTAGE POINT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2300
Trial Number – IPR2014-01106
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 5,255,313
Title – INFRARED UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM
Patent Owner – UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
Petitioner – Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01107
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 7,496,342
Title – DOWN-CONVERTING ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS, INCLUDING CONTROLLED DISCHARGE OF CAPACITORS
Patent Owner – PARKERVISION, INC.
Petitioner – DR. MICHAEL FARMWALD & RPX CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01109
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 7,831,930
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE FOR A REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATION
Patent Owner – UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
Petitioner – Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2014-01110
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 8,474,183
Title – COLORED OR FRAGRANCED HORTICULTURAL/AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Patent Owner – ENCAP, LLC
Petitioner – THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01111
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 6,407,779
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INTUITIVE UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM
Patent Owner – UEI CAYMAN INC.
Petitioner – Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01112
Filing Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – RE39,059
Title – COMPUTER PROGRAMMABLE REMOTE CONTROL
Patent Owner – UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
Petitioner – Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2100
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,283
Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 7,162,729
Inventor – SCHEIN, Steven M. et al.
Assignee – STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.
Title – TELEVISION SCHEDULE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR MULTIPLE PROGRAM OCCURENCES
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.
Control # – 90/013,284
Date – 7/2/2014
Patent # – 6,241,739
Inventor – WALDRON, Stephen H.
Assignee – ALTAIR INSTRUMENTS INC.
Title – MICRODERMABRASION DEVICE
Co-pending Litigation – Altair Instruments, Inc. v. Rodan & Fields, LLC, United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, Case No. CV13-07448 GW (SHx).
