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 10 AM on Friday, October 16, 2015.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00046
Filing Date – 10/15/2015
Patent # – 8215440
Title – DRIVE TRAIN FOR A VEHICLE WITH CONNECTABLE SECONDARY AXLE
Patent Owner –  GKN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
Petitioner – JTEKT CORPORATION
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Oblon
Tech Center – 3600

Trial Number – IPR2016-00048
Filing Date – 10/15/2015
Patent # – 8887910
Title – LOW PROFILE PROTECTIVE COVER CONFIGURABLE AS A STAND
Patent Owner –  M-EDGE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; M-EDGE ACCESSORIES, LLC
Petitioner – SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; PURE GEAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2016-00049
Filing Date – 10/15/2015
Patent # – 7786133
Title – CHEMICALLY MODIFIED SMALL MOLECULES
Patent Owner –  ASTRAZENECA PLC
Petitioner – NEPTUNE GENERICS, LLC
Petitioner’s Legal Rep. – Gonsalves Law Firm
Tech Center – 1600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,609
Date – 10/15/2015
Patent # – 8,749,248
Inventor –  MURPHY, John J.
Assignee –  COMSONICS, INC.
Title – SHIELDING FLAW DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT IN QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATED CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.