iListed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR), covered business methods review (CBM), and post grant review (PGR). Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 10 AM on Monday, April 3, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-01192
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 8,769,602
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE, VISUAL COMPLEMENT TO AN AUDIO PROGRAM
Patent Owner – MUSIC CHOICE
Petitioner – Stingray Digital Group Inc.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2017-01198
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 8,538,498
Title – TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH, AND PROVISION OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) BASED ADVERTISING INFORMATION TO, AUTOMOBILES
Patent Owner – SILVER STATE INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01217
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 8,989,445
Title – IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
Patent Owner – IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01218
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 8,983,134
Title – IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
Patent Owner – IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01220
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 8,709,494
Title – PLACENTAL TISSUE GRAFTS
Patent Owner – MIMEDX GROUP, INC.
Petitioner – VIVEX BIOMEDICAL, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01223
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 9,399,060
Title – MULTIVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATE COMPOSITION
Patent Owner – WYETH LLC
Petitioner – MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01227
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 7,682,612
Title – TREATMENT OF HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES ASSOCIATED WITH CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS USING CHIMERIC ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODY
Patent Owner – BIOGEN INC.; GENENTECH, INC.
Petitioner – CELLTRION, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01228
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 8,805,001
Title – IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
Patent Owner – IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01229
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 8,206,711
Title – TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA USING ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODIES
Patent Owner – BIOGEN INC.; GENENTECH, INC.
Petitioner – CELLTRION, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01230
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 7,682,612
Title – TREATMENT OF HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES ASSOCIATED WITH CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS USING CHIMERIC ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODY
Patent Owner – BIOGEN INC.; GENENTECH, INC.
Petitioner – CELLTRION, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01231
Filing Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 7,650,015
Title – IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
Patent Owner – IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
New PGR Petitions
Trial Number – PGR2017-00018
Filing Date – 4/2/2017
Patent # – 9,380,739
Title – METHODS AND USES FOR IMPROVED SOWING OF SEEDS
Patent Owner – EXOSECT LIMITED
Petitioner – BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP
Tech Center – 1700
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,930
Date – 3/31/2017
Patent # – 5,804,375
Inventor – GELFAND, David H. et al.
Assignee – ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
Title – REACTION MIXTURES FOR DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS
Co-pending Litigation – Cepheid v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., et. al., CAND-3-12-cv-04411
