PTO Litigation Report – February 22, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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 12 PM on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-00927

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 8,218,481

Title – METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Patent Owner –  EVOLVED WIRELESS LLC

Petitioner – APPLE INC.; MICROSOFT CORPORATION; MICROSOFT MOBILE OY; MICROSOFT MOBILE INC. (f/k/a NOKIA INC.)

Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2017-00930

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 8,170,884

Title – USE OF VOICE-TO-REMAINING AUDIO (VRA) IN CONSUMER APPLICATIONS

Patent Owner –  BENHOV GMBH, LLC

Petitioner – K/S HIMPP

Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2017-00934

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 8,768,147

Title – SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDES WITH PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING FEATURES

Patent Owner –  ROVI GUIDES, INC.

Petitioner – COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2017-00958

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 7,023,034

Title – SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED IMAGE SENSITIVITY

Patent Owner –  PANASONIC CORPORATION

Petitioner – Sony Corporation

Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2017-00959

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 8,591,897

Title – ANTI-ERBB2 ANTIBODY ADJUVANT THERAPY

Patent Owner –  GENENTECH, INC.

Petitioner – Celltrion, Inc.

Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2017-00960

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 7,023,034

Title – SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED IMAGE SENSITIVITY

Patent Owner –  PANASONIC CORPORATION

Petitioner – Sony Corporation

Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2017-00961

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 8,940,437

Title – METHOD OF FABRICATING STRUCTURED PARTICLES COMPOSED OF SILICON OR A SILICON-BASED MATERIAL AND THEIR USE IN LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Patent Owner –  NEXEON LTD.

Petitioner – OneD Material LLC

Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2017-00962

Filing Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 7,585,140

Title – VEHICLE AND CARGO TRANSPORT RATCHETING TIE DOWN APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

Patent Owner –  COTTRELL, INC.

Petitioner – BOYDSTUN EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING, LLC

Tech Center – 3600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,910

Date – 2/21/2017

Patent # – 6,505,240

Inventor –  BLUMENAU, Trevor I.

Assignee –  TREVOR BLUMENAU, LLC

Title – AMELIORATING BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SETS OF CONTENT OVER A NETWORK

Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.

 

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