iListed 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 10 AM on Friday, March 31, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-01170
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 9,340,830
Title – OPTIMIZATION OF MULTIGENE ANALYSIS OF TUMOR SAMPLES
Patent Owner – FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.
Petitioner – GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01178
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 9,225,555
Title – WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR COUPLING A BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATIONS
Patent Owner – GENERAL ACCESS SOLUTIONS, LTD., f/k/a ACCESS SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01189
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 6,959,293
Title – METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC VISUAL PERCEPTION
Patent Owner – IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2017-01191
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 9,351,045
Title – SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE AND AN ON-DEMAND ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE
Patent Owner – MUSIC CHOICE
Petitioner – Stingray Digital Group Inc.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2017-01195
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 7,415,530
Title – SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
Patent Owner – REALTIME DATA LLC
Petitioner – NETAPP INC.
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2017-01196
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 9,116,908
Title – SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
Patent Owner – REALTIME DATA LLC
Petitioner – NETAPP INC.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2017-01199
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 7,058,524
Title – ELECTRICAL POWER METERING SYSTEM
Patent Owner – SMART METER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – ITRON, INC.
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2017-01200
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 8,718,185
Title – ESTIMATING FREQUENCY-OFFSETS AND MULTI-ANTENNA CHANNELS IN MIMO OFDM SYSTEMS
Patent Owner – REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Petitioner – ERICSSON INC.; TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01211
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 9,399,060
Title – MULTIVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATE COMPOSITION
Patent Owner – WYETH LLC
Petitioner – MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01212
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 8,989,445
Title – IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
Patent Owner – IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01213
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 8,588,317
Title – ESTIMATING FREQUENCY-OFFSETS AND MULTI-ANTENNA CHANNELS IN MIMO OFDM SYSTEMS
Patent Owner – REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Petitioner – ERICSSON INC.; TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01214
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – RE45,230
Title – WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING LINEAR ENCODER
Patent Owner – REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Petitioner – ERICSSON INC.; TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01214
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 9,399,060
Title – MULTIVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATE COMPOSITION
Patent Owner – WYETH LLC
Petitioner – MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01219
Filing Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – RE45,230
Title – WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING LINEAR ENCODER
Patent Owner – REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Petitioner – ERICSSON INC.; TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
Tech Center – 2600
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,928
Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 8,070,487
Inventor – CHISHTI, Muhammad et al.
Assignee – ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEETH
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/013,929
Date – 3/30/2017
Patent # – 8,070,487
Inventor – CHISHTI, Muhammad et al.
Assignee – ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEETH
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
