Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex partereexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 10 AM on Monday, July 20, 2015.

New IPR Requests

Trial Number – IPR2015-01597
Filing Date – 7/17/2015
Patent # – 7,043,543
Title – VERTICAL-MOUNT ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION PLUGSTRIP
Patent Owner –  SERVER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Petitioner – RARITAN AMERICAS, INC. D/B/A RARITAN COMPUTER, INC.
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2015-01598
Filing Date – 7/17/2015
Patent # – 8,940,089
Title – BINDERS
Patent Owner –  KNAUF INSULATION, LLC; KNAUF INSULATION SPRL
Petitioner – JOHNS MANVILLE CORPORATION; JOHNS MANVILLE, INC.
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2015-01599
Filing Date – 7/17/2015
Patent # – 8,930,535
Title – METHOD FOR MANAGING COMPUTER NETWORK ACCESS
Patent Owner –  HELIOS SOFTWARE, LLC
Petitioner – SPECTORSOFT CORPORATION
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2015-01600
Filing Date – 7/17/2015
Patent # – 6,029,052
Title – MULTIPLE-MODE DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVER
Patent Owner –  TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
Petitioner – TCL CORPORATION; TCL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD.; TCT MOBILE LIMITED; TCT MOBILE INC.; TCT MOBILE (US), INC.
Tech Center – 2700

Trial Number – IPR2015-01601
Filing Date – 7/17/2015
Patent # – 6,816,898
Title – INTERFACING EXTERNAL METRICS INTO A PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
Petitioner – ServiceNow, Inc.
Tech Center – 2100

New CBM Review Requests

Trial Number – CBM2015-00160
Filing Date – 7/17/2015
Patent # – 7,774,280
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRANSFER OF RIGHTS USING SHARED STATE VARIABLES
Patent Owner –  CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.
Petitioner – APPLE INC.
Tech Center – 3600

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

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