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 10 AM on Monday, March 6, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-00981
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 7,092,801
Title – TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TRAIN OR TRAINS
Patent Owner – SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
Petitioner – WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01003
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 8,135,860
Title – CONTENT INTERPOLATING WEB PROXY SERVER
Patent Owner – SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS, LLC
Petitioner – Facebook, Inc.
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2017-01018
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 7,043,040
Title – HEARING AID APPARATUS
Patent Owner – COCHLEAR BONE ANCHORED SOLUTIONS AB
Petitioner – OTICON MEDICAL AB; OTICON MEDICAL LLC; WILLIAM DEMANT HOLDING A/S
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01019
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 7,043,040
Title – HEARING AID APPARATUS
Patent Owner – COCHLEAR BONE ANCHORED SOLUTIONS AB
Petitioner – OTICON MEDICAL AB; OTICON MEDICAL LLC; WILLIAM DEMANT HOLDING A/S
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01020
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 7,824,290
Title – ROTATIONAL POWER DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM
Patent Owner – ERNIE BROOKINS
Petitioner – CATERPILLAR INC.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01022
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – RE45,542
Title – METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POWER CONSUMPTION IN CONNECTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Patent Owner – MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SanDisk LLC
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2017-01023
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 6,712,832
Title – LOW-PRESSURE MEDICAL BALLOONS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
Patent Owner – TILAK M. SHAH
Petitioner – Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-01024
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 6,509,841
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REMOTE LOCATIONS
Patent Owner – ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC.
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2017-01030
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 5,986,574
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REMOTE LOCATIONS
Patent Owner – ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC.
Tech Center – 2700
Trial Number – IPR2017-01031
Filing Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 5,986,574
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REMOTE LOCATIONS
Patent Owner – ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, 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 # – 90/013,919
Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – 9,310,024
Inventor – PLUMMER, Darrill et al.
Assignee – SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Title – METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILLING A GAS CYLINDER
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/013,920
Date – 3/3/2017
Patent # – D778,664
Inventor – MIRCHANDANI, Keith et al.
Assignee – TRISTAR PRODUCTS, INC.
Title – PAN
Co-pending Litigation – TRISTAR PRODUCTS INC. v. TELEBRANDS CORP. et al., NJD-1-17-cv-01206; TRISTAR PRODUCTS INC. v. E. MISHAN & SONS INC., NJD-1-17-cv-01204