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 9:30 AM on Thursday, November 12, 2015.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00174
Filing Date – 11/11/2015
Patent # – 8,090,862
Title – INITIATING AN ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL FOR RECEIVING STREAMING CONTENT
Patent Owner –  NONEND INVENTIONS N.V.
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2016-00181
Filing Date – 11/11/2015
Patent # – 6,375,570
Title – GAMING DEVICE DISPLAYING AN EXHIBITION FOR REPLACING VIDEO REELS
Patent Owner –  IGT
Petitioner – ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00182
Filing Date – 11/11/2015
Patent # – 6,375,570
Title – GAMING DEVICE DISPLAYING AN EXHIBITION FOR REPLACING VIDEO REELS
Patent Owner –  IGT
Petitioner – ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00187
Filing Date – 11/11/2015
Patent # – 7,826,592
Title – CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY WITH A FLAT-PANEL IMAGER
Patent Owner –  WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
Petitioner – VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Tech Center – 2800

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,626
Date – 11/11/2015
Patent # – 9,168,538
Inventor –  WADDELL, Charles Houston
Assignee –  GLOBAL PLASMA SOLUTIONS, LLC
Title – ION GENERATOR MOUNTING DEVICE
Co-pending Litigation – Global Plasma Solutions, LLC vs. Plasma Air International, Inc. et al., GAND-1-15-cv-03768, filed October 27, 2015