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 10:15 AM on Monday, September 21, 2015.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2015-01912
Filing Date – 9/18/2015
Patent # – 8,929,555
Title – DATA ENCRYPTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Patent Owner –  TRANSPACIFIC IP I LTD.
Petitioner – GREAT WEST CASUALTY COMPANY; BITCO GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION; BITCO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2015-01929
Filing Date – 9/18/2015
Patent # – 6,047,781
Title – MULTI-ACTIVITY OFFSHORE EXPLORATION AND/OR DEVELOPMENT DRILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS
Patent Owner –  TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC.
Petitioner – SEADRILL AMERICAS, INC.; SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS AURIGA, LLC; SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS VELA, LLC; SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS NEPTUNE, LLC
Tech Center – 3600

Trial Number – IPR2015-01930
Filing Date – 9/18/2015
Patent # – 6,763,424
Title – PARTIAL BLOCK DATA PROGRAMMING AND READING OPERATIONS IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
Patent Owner –  LONGITUDE FLASH MEMORY SYSTEMS S.A.R.L.
Petitioner – Apple Inc.
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2015-01931
Filing Date – 9/18/2015
Patent # – 6,763,424
Title – PARTIAL BLOCK DATA PROGRAMMING AND READING OPERATIONS IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
Patent Owner –  LONGITUDE FLASH MEMORY SYSTEMS S.A.R.L.
Petitioner – Apple Inc.
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2015-01932
Filing Date – 9/18/2015
Patent # – 8,121,872
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING SEATS FOR A TICKETED EVENT
Patent Owner –  MLB ADVANCED MEDIA, L.P.
Petitioner – FRONT ROW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Tech Center – 3600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,590
Date – 9/18/2015
Patent # – 7,066,041
Inventor –  NIELSEN, Jens Jorgen
Assignee –  LINAK A/S
Title – LINEAR ACTUATOR
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.