Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR), covered business methods review (CBM), and post grant review (PGR).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 10 AM on Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-01318
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 9,326,549
Title – ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
Patent Owner –  FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Petitioner – R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2017-01320
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 6,786,418
Title – SMART CARD CUSTOMIZING SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  GEMALTO SA
Petitioner – CPI CARD GROUP INC.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2017-01323
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 6,758,600
Title – OPTICAL POLARITY MODULES AND SYSTEMS
Patent Owner –  CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – CPI CARD GROUP INC.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2017-01325
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 6,997,882
Title – 6-DOF SUBJECT-MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  SMART WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2017-01333
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 9,306,952
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSS GAMING WITH LOCATION DETERMINATION
Patent Owner –  INTERACTIVE GAMES LLC
Petitioner – FANDUEL, INC.; DRAFTKINGS, INC.
Tech Center – 3700

Trial Number – IPR2017-01342
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 8,661,498
Title – SECURE AND SCALABLE DETECTION OF PRESELECTED DATA EMBEDDED IN ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED MESSAGES
Patent Owner –  SYMANTEC CORPORATION
Petitioner – ZSCALER, INC.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2017-01345
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 7,392,543
Title – SIGNATURE EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  SYMANTEC CORPORATION
Petitioner – ZSCALER, INC.
Tech Center – 2100

New CBM Review Petitions

There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.

New PGR Petitions

Trial Number – PGR2017-00021
Filing Date – 5/1/2017
Patent # – 9,402,845
Title – LIPID-BASED COMPOSITIONS OF ANTIINFECTIVES FOR TREATING PULMONARY INFECTIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
Patent Owner –  INSMED INCORPORATED
Petitioner – ARADIGM CORPORATION
Tech Center – 1600

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

There have been no new reexam requests posted since the last report.