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 9:45 AM on Friday, October 7, 2016.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-01896
Filing Date – 10/6/2016
Patent # – 8,022,118
Title – DRAG REDUCTION OF ASPHALTENIC CRUDE OILS
Patent Owner –  LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
Petitioner – BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2016-01901
Filing Date – 10/6/2016
Patent # – 8,450,249
Title – DRAG REDUCTION OF ASPHALTENIC CRUDE OILS
Patent Owner –  LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
Petitioner – BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2016-01903
Filing Date – 10/6/2016
Patent # – 8,426,498
Title – DRAG REDUCTION OF ASPHALTENIC CRUDE OILS
Patent Owner –  LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
Petitioner – BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2016-01905
Filing Date – 10/6/2016
Patent # – 8,450,250
Title – DRAG REDUCTION OF ASPHALTENIC CRUDE OILS
Patent Owner –  LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
Petitioner – BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2017-00006
Filing Date – 10/6/2016
Patent # – 7,382,334
Title – DIGITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  T-REX PROPERTY AB
Petitioner – Broadsign International, LLC
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2017-00029
Filing Date – 10/6/2016
Patent # – 8,538,226
Title – FIBER OPTIC EQUIPMENT GUIDES AND RAILS CONFIGURED WITH STOPPING POSITION(S), AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AND METHODS
Patent Owner –  CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
Petitioner – Panduit Corp.
Tech Center – 2800

New CBM Review Petition

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,829
Date – 10/5/2016
Patent # – 5,606,951
Inventor –  SOUTHERN, Michael P. et al.
Assignee –  ORBITAL ENGINE COMPANY PTY LIMITED
Title – ENGINE AIR SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Co-pending Litigation – Orbital Australia Pty Ltd. et al v. Daimler AG et al., VAED-3-14-cv-00808; Orbital Australia Pty Ltd et al v. Daimler AG et al., MIED-2-15-cv-12398