Listed below are all new filings before 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 Wednesday, November 29, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00245
Filing Date – 11/28/2017
Patent # – 7,640,178
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND RESERVING SEATS USING A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE
Patent Owner –  CEATS, INC.
Petitioner – TicketNetwork, Inc.
Tech Center – 3600

Trial Number – IPR2018-00251
Filing Date – 11/28/2017
Patent # – 7,203,517
Title – MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE
Patent Owner –  HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Petitioner – HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Tech Center – 2600

Trial Number – IPR2018-00252
Filing Date – 11/28/2017
Patent # – 6,997,882
Title – 6-DOF SUBJECT-MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  SMART WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – FITBIT, INC.
Tech Center – 3700

New CBM Review Petitions

Trial Number – CBM2018-00004
Filing Date – 11/28/2017
Patent # – 8,229,774
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARBITRATING THE SELECTION AND RESERVING OF AIRLINE SEATS
Patent Owner –  CEATS, INC.
Petitioner – TicketNetwork, Inc.
Tech Center – 3600

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,051
Date – 11/28/2017
Patent # – 5,602,524
Inventor –  MOCK, Markus et al.
Assignee –  LEEMANN, Karl et al.
Title – DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE AIR-PRESSURE IN PNEUMATIC TYRES FITTED ON VEHICLE WHEELS
Co-pending Litigation – Wasica Finance GmbH et al v. Schrader International Inc., DED-1-13-cv-01353