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 12:45 pm on Monday, September 15, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-01488
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 6,012,103
Title – SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURING A PERIPHERAL DEVICE WHERE CONFIGURATION INFORMATION IS DOWNLOADED FROM THE HOST AND A CIRCUIT SIMULATES DISCONNECTION AND RECONNECTION OF THE PERIPHERAL DEVICE
Patent Owner – CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Petitioner – BlackBerry Corp.; BlackBerry Ltd.
Tech Center – 2700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01489
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 8,646,768
Title – QUICK SPIN HOLDER FOR TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES
Patent Owner – PYTHON SAFETY, INC.
Petitioner – Ty-Flot, Inc.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01490
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 8,197,863
Title – HOP ACIDS AS A REPLACEMENT FOR ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL FEED
Patent Owner – JOHN I. HAAS, INC.
Petitioner – SS Steiner, Inc.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01491
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 7,090,873
Title – HOP ACIDS AS A REPLACEMENT FOR ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL FEED
Patent Owner – JOHN I. HAAS, INC.
Petitioner – SS Steiner, Inc.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01492
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 6,493,770
Title – SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURING A PERIPHERAL DEVICE BY DOWNLOADING INFORMATION FROM A HOST AND ELECTRONICALLY SIMULATING A PHYSICAL DISCONNECTION AND RECONNECTION TO RECONFIGURE THE DEVICE
Patent Owner – CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Petitioner – BlackBerry Corp.; BlackBerry Ltd.
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2014-01493
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 5,652,084
Title – METHOD FOR REDUCED PITCH LITHOGRAPHY
Patent Owner – DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
Petitioner – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Tech Center – 1100
Trial Number – IPR2014-01494
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
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 – IPR2014-01495
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 6,249,825
Title – SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURING A PERIPHERAL DEVICE BY DOWNLOADING INFORMATION FROM A HOST AND ELECTRONICALLY SIMULATE A PHYSICAL DISCONNECTION AND RECONNECTION TO RECONFIGURE THE DEVICE
Patent Owner – CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Petitioner – BlackBerry Corp.; BlackBerry Ltd.
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2014-01496
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 8,059,015
Title – CAPACITANCE SENSING MATRIX FOR KEYBOARD ARCHITECTURE
Patent Owner – CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Petitioner – BlackBerry Corp.; BlackBerry Ltd.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01497
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 8,531,278
Title – ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
Patent Owner – MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Petitioner – TRW Automotive US LLC
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01499
Filing Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 8,531,279
Title – ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
Patent Owner – MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Petitioner – TRW Automotive US LLC
Tech Center – 2600
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,343
Date – 9/12/2014
Patent # – 6,955,680
Inventor – SATOU, Yuichirou et al.
Assignee – STRYKER CORPORATION
Title – COUPLING VIBRATION ULTRASONIC HAND PIECE
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
