Listed 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 10 AM on Wednesday, March 19, 2014.

New IPR Requests

Trial Number – IPR2014-00512
Filing Date – 3/18/2014
Patent # – 8,673,550 (different claims and grounds than IPR2014-00513)
Title – MSP NANOPORES AND RELATED METHODS
Assignee –  THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION & UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Petitioner – Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2014-00513
Filing Date – 3/18/2014
Patent # – 8,673,550 (different claims and grounds than IPR2014-00512)
Title – MSP NANOPORES AND RELATED METHODS
Assignee –  THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION & UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Petitioner – Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1600

New CBM Review Requests

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,182
Date – 3/18/2014
Patent # – 6,292,547
Inventor –  KATZ, Ronald A.
Assignee –  Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP
Title – TELEPHONIC-INTERFACE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.