iListed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM). Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 10:30 AM on Monday, February 3, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-00393
Filing Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 7,571,062
Title – DIGITAL FLOWMETER
Assignee – INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.
Petitioner – MICRO MOTION, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-00395
Filing Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 6,482,228
Title – PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
Assignee – Troy R. Norred
Petitioner – MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., and MEDTRONIC COREVALVE, LLC
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00398
Filing Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 8,299,032
Title – SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDE AND GEL PRODUCED FROM THE SAME
Assignee – MENICON CO., LTD.
Petitioner – 3D-Matrix, Ltd.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00402
Filing Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 8,373,012
Title – RENEWABLE JET FUEL BLENDSTOCK FROM ISOBUTANOL
Assignee – GEVO, INC.
Petitioner – BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00406
Filing Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 7,085,820
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING TO A WEBSITE OWNER USER REACTIONS TO PARTICULAR WEB PAGES OF A WEBSITE
Assignee – OPINIONLAB, INC.
Petitioner – Qualtrics, LLC
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2014-00407
Filing Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 8,359,007 (different grounds from IPR2014-00408)
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING MEDIA CENTER
Assignee – Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC
Petitioner – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Samsung Electronics America, Inc.; Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC; LG Electronics, Inc.; LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.; LG Electronics Mobilecomm USA, Inc.; HTC Corp.; HTC America, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00408
Filing Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 8,359,007 (different grounds from IPR2014-00407)
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING MEDIA CENTER
Assignee – Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC
Petitioner – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Samsung Electronics America, Inc.; Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC; LG Electronics, Inc.; LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.; LG Electronics Mobilecomm USA, Inc.; HTC Corp.; HTC America, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,142
Date – 1/31/2014
Patent # – 7,058,354
Inventor – MCCORMICK, Christopher et al.
Assignee – ENGLISHTOWN, INC.
Title – LEARNING ACTIVITY PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OVER A NETWORK
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.
