Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex partereexamination at the USPTO.  This listing is current as of 9 AM on Friday, January 19, 2018.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00509
Filing Date – 1/18/2018
Patent # – 8,737,669
Title – EARPIECE PASSIVE NOISE ATTENUATING
Patent Owner –  BOSE CORPORATION
Petitioner – FREEBIT AS
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2018-00517
Filing Date – 1/18/2018
Patent # – 8,128,244
Title – EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Petitioner – SMR Automotive Systems USA, Inc.
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 # – 90/014,068
Date – 1/18/2018
Patent # – 8,448,381
Inventor –  FLANNERY, Mark A.
Assignee –  CARLSON PET PRODUCTS, INC.
Title – SMALL GATE WITHIN BIG GATE WITHIN BARRIER
Co-pending Litigation – Carlson Pet Products, Inc. v. North States Industries, Inc., MND-0-17-cv-02529

Control # – 90/014,069
Date – 1/18/2018
Patent # – 9,458,668
Inventor –  FLANNERY, Mark A.
Assignee –  CARLSON PET PRODUCTS, INC.
Title – SMALL GATE WITHIN BIG GATE WITHIN BARRIER
Co-pending Litigation – Carlson Pet Products, Inc. v. North States Industries, Inc., MND-0-17-cv-02529

Control # – 90/014,070
Date – 1/18/2018
Patent # – 7,975,431
Inventor –  FLANNERY, Mark A.
Assignee –  REGALO INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Title – MULTIPLE PIECE GATED PRESSURIZED BARRIER
Co-pending Litigation – Regalo International, LLC v. Summer Infant, Inc., DED-1-17-cv-01074