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 partereexamination at the USPTO.  This listing is current as of 11 AM on Thursday, May 4, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-01319
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
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 – IPR2017-01350
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 6,342,284
Title – GYPSUM-CONTAINING PRODUCT HAVING INCREASED RESISTANCE TO PERMANENT DEFORMATION AND METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING IT
Patent Owner –  UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.
Petitioner – NEW NGC, INC. dba NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2017-01352
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 8,142,914
Title – GYPSUM-CONTAINING PRODUCT AND GYPSUM BOARD
Patent Owner –  UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.
Petitioner – NEW NGC, INC. dba NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2017-01353
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 8,500,904
Title – GYPSUM-CONTAINING PRODUCT
Patent Owner –  UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.
Petitioner – NEW NGC, INC. dba NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2017-01355
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 6,268,803
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AVOIDING COLLISIONS
Patent Owner –  COLLISION AVOIDANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2017-01356
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 7,016,137
Title – TAPE DRIVE APPARATUS, RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Patent Owner –  SONY CORPORATION
Petitioner – Fujifilm Corporation
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2017-01359
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 7,006,636
Title – COHERENCE-BASED AUDIO CODING AND SYNTHESIS
Patent Owner –  AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Petitioner – Amazon.com, Inc.; Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2017-01360
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 8,307,180
Title – EXTENDED UTILIZATION AREA FOR A MEMORY DEVICE
Patent Owner –  MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – SanDisk LLC
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2017-01365
Filing Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – 8,243,723
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VOIP MESSAGING
Patent Owner –  UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.
Petitioner – FACEBOOK, INC.; WHATSAPP INC.
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 # – 90/013,949
Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – D778,103
Inventor –  MIRCHANDANI, Keith et al.
Assignee – TRISTAR PRODUCTS, INC.
Title – PAN
Co-pending Litigation – 4 litigations in D. N.J.

Control # – 90/013,950
Date – 5/3/2017
Patent # – D772,641
Inventor –  MIRCHANDANI, Keith et al.
Assignee – TRISTAR PRODUCTS, INC.
Title – PAN
Co-pending Litigation – 4 litigations in D. N.J.