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 9 AM on Friday, October 28, 2016.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-00131
Filing Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 8,685,048
Title – DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THROUGH THE SCOPE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING
Patent Owner –  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Petitioner – Cook Group Incorporated; Cook Medical LLC
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2017-00132
Filing Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 8,685,048
Title – DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THROUGH THE SCOPE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING
Patent Owner –  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Petitioner – Cook Group Incorporated; Cook Medical LLC
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2017-00133
Filing Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 8,709,027
Title – DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THROUGH THE SCOPE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING
Patent Owner –  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Petitioner – Cook Group Incorporated; Cook Medical LLC
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2017-00134
Filing Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 8,709,027
Title – DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THROUGH THE SCOPE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING
Patent Owner –  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Petitioner – Cook Group Incorporated; Cook Medical LLC
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2017-00135
Filing Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 8,974,371
Title – THROUGH THE SCOPE TENSION MEMBER RELEASE CLIP
Patent Owner –  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Petitioner – Cook Group Incorporated; Cook Medical LLC
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2017-00140
Filing Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 6,340,189
Title – UNIVERSAL DEVICE FOR FACILITATING MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF A SEAT
Patent Owner –  AVENUE INNOVATIONS INC.
Petitioner – E. MISHAN & SONS, INC.
Tech Center – 3600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,845
Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 7,431,003
Inventor –  LUDWIG, Thomas et al.
Assignee –  ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Title – SHEATHED-ELEMENT GLOW PLUG HAVING AN ELASTICALLY MOUNTED GLOW ELEMENT
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.

Control # – 90/013,846
Date – 10/27/2016
Patent # – 6,174,670
Inventor –  WITTWER, Carl T.
Assignee –  UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Title – MONITORING AMPLIFICATION OF DNA DURING PCR
Co-pending Litigation – BioFire Defense, LLC et al v. Fluidigm Corporation, UTD-2-16-cv-00430