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 9 AM on Tuesday, February 28, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-00976
Filing Date – 2/27/2017
Patent # – 8,469,082
Title – HEAT TRANSFER BETWEEN TRACER AND PIPE
Patent Owner – QMAX INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – CONTROLS SOUTHEAST, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00977
Filing Date – 2/27/2017
Patent # – 8,662,156
Title – HEAT TRANSFER BETWEEN TRACER AND PIPE
Patent Owner – QMAX INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – CONTROLS SOUTHEAST, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00978
Filing Date – 2/27/2017
Patent # – 7,739,487
Title – METHOD FOR BOOTING A HOST DEVICE FROM AN MMC/SD DEVICE, A HOST DEVICE BOOTABLE FROM AN MMC/SD DEVICE AND AN MMC/SD DEVICE METHOD A HOST DEVICE MAY BOOTED FROM
Patent Owner – MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SANDISK LLC
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2017-00979
Filing Date – 2/27/2017
Patent # – 7,565,469
Title – MULTIMEDIA CARD INTERFACE METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND APPARATUS
Patent Owner – MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SANDISK LLC
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2017-00980
Filing Date – 2/27/2017
Patent # – 7,086,747
Title – LOW-VOLTAGE LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR SATISFYING AFTER-HOURS LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS, EMERGENCY LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS, AND LOW LIGHT REQUIREMENTS
Patent Owner – BLACKBIRD TECH LLC
Petitioner – EiKO Global, LLC; Halco Lighting Technologies, LLC
Tech Center – 2800
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,914
Date – 2/27/2017
Patent # – 7,839,775
Inventor – CHAN, Douglas S.
Assignee – CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Title – METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHANNEL SENSING MULTIPLE ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS WITH MULTIPACKET RECEPTION
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.