iListed 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 Friday, September 12, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-01479
Filing Date – 9/11/2014
Patent # – 6,896,773
Title – HIGH DEPOSITION RATE SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.; Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC); TSMC North America Corp.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01481
Filing Date – 9/11/2014
Patent # – 6,896,773
Title – HIGH DEPOSITION RATE SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.; Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC); TSMC North America Corp.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01482
Filing Date – 9/11/2014
Patent # – 6,896,775
Title – HIGH-POWER PULSED MAGNETICALLY ENHANCED PLASMA PROCESSING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.; Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC); TSMC North America Corp.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01483
Filing Date – 9/11/2014
Patent # – 8,519,973
Title – APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A CONDUCTIVE OBJECT AT A LOCATION
Patent Owner – CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Petitioner – BlackBerry Corporation; BlackBerry Limited
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01485
Filing Date – 9/11/2014
Patent # – 5,779,566
Title – HANDHELD GOLF REPORTING AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD
Patent Owner – L AND H CONCEPTS, L.L.C.
Petitioner – SkyHawke Technologies, LLC
Tech Center – 3700
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,342
Date – 9/11/2014
Patent # – 7,943,216
Inventor – LIU, Zhenguo et al.
Assignee – INVISTA North America S.A.R.L.
Title – METHOD TO MAKE SINGLE-LAYER PET BOTTLES WITH HIGH BARRIER AND IMPROVED CLARITY
Co-pending Litigation – United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Invista North America, S.A.R.L. and Auriga Polymers Inc. v. M&G USA Corp. and M&G Polymers USA, LLC, Case No. 11-1007 (Oct 21, 2011 )).
