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 8:30 AM on Friday, February 24, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-00966
Filing Date – 2/23/2017
Patent # – 9,166,243
Title – FLOW BATTERY WITH INTERDIGITATED FLOW FIELD
Patent Owner – UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Petitioner – Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00970
Filing Date – 2/23/2017
Patent # – 7,478,191
Title – METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING USB PERIPHERALS BETWEEN USB HOSTS
Patent Owner – MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
Petitioner – Delphi Technologies, Inc.
Tech Center – 2100
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,913
Date – 2/23/2017
Patent # – 9,109,418
Inventor – NORRIS, Dennis
Assignee – AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES U.S. LP
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THE INTEGRITY OF A PIPELINE
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.