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 9:30 AM on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-00968
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 9,485,314
Title – MULTI-LEVEL PRIVILEGE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM OPERATED BASED ON INDOOR LOCATION INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A LOCATION INFORMATION SOURCES
Patent Owner – PERDIEMCO LLC
Petitioner – TELULAR CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-00969
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 8,149,113
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING LOCATION EVENT INFORMATION BASED ON ACCESS CODES
Patent Owner – PERDIEMCO LLC
Petitioner – TELULAR CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-00973
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 9,319,471
Title – OBJECT LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEM BASED ON RELATIVE COORDINATE SYSTEMS USING PROXIMITY LOCATION INFORMATION SOURCES
Patent Owner – PERDIEMCO LLC
Petitioner – TELULAR CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-00982
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 8,867,472
Title – SIGNALLING OF CHANNEL INFORMATION
Patent Owner – CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LLC
Petitioner – HTC CORPORATION; HTC AMERICA, Inc.; ZTE CORPORATION; ZTE (USA), Inc.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2017-00983
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 8,657,827
Title – SURGICAL TOOLS FOR ARTHROPLASTY
Patent Owner – CONFORMIS, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00984
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 8,657,827
Title – SURGICAL TOOLS FOR ARTHROPLASTY
Patent Owner – CONFORMIS, INC.
Petitioner – SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00985
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 6,125,371
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGING VERSIONS OF DATA IN A MAIN MEMORY DATABASE
Patent Owner – SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS, LLC
Petitioner – Facebook, Inc.
Tech Center – 2700
Trial Number – IPR2017-00986
Filing Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 5,991,845
Title – RECOVERABLE SPIN LOCK SYSTEM
Patent Owner – SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS, LLC
Petitioner – Facebook, Inc.
Tech Center – 2700
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,915
Date – 2/28/2017
Patent # – 9,321,386
Inventor – THOMAS, Brad et al.
Assignee – VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Title – LOW PROFILE COMPACT TOOL CARRIERS
Co-pending Litigation – Vermeer Corporation v. The Toro Company, IASD-4-17-cv-00076