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 10 AM on Thursday, November 30, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00184
Filing Date – 11/29/2017
Patent # – 8,577,994
Title – MANAGEMENT OF BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IN A NETWORK SERVER
Patent Owner –  PREFERENTIAL NETWORKS IP, LLC
Petitioner – Unified Patents Inc.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2018-00254
Filing Date – 11/29/2017
Patent # – 7,639,612
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING BANDWIDTH ON DEMAND
Patent Owner –  IRIDESCENT NETWORKS INC
Petitioner – RPX CORP.; ERICSSON INC.; TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2018-00255
Trial Number – IPR2018-00256
Filing Date – 11/29/2017
Patent # – 7,969,558
Title – HIGH DEFINITION LIDAR SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  VELODYNE LIDAR, INC.
Petitioner – QUANERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Tech Center – 3600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,052
Date – 11/29/2017
Patent # – 9,798,967
Inventor –  MCALLISTER, Clarke W.
Assignee –  ADASA INC.
Title – SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR COMMISSIONING WIRELESS SENSORS
Co-pending Litigation – ADASA Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corporation, ORD-6-17-cv-01685