iListed 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 parte reexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 10 AM on Wednesday, January 27, 2016.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2016-00501
Filing Date – 1/26/2016
Patent # – 7,241,034
Title – AUTOMATIC DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS
Patent Owner – APAPTIVE HEADLAMP SOLUTIONS INC.
Petitioner – MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2016-00502
Filing Date – 1/26/2016
Patent # – 8,161,740
Title – FORCE TRANSMISSION DEVICE WITH A ROTATIONAL SPEED ADAPTIVE DAMPER AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE DAMPING PROPERTIES
Patent Owner – SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Petitioner – Valeo North America, Inc.; Valeo Embrayages
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2016-00503
Filing Date – 1/26/2016
Patent # – 8,577,510
Title – VOLTAGE CONSERVATION USING ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUBSTATION CENTRALIZED VOLTAGE CONTROL
Patent Owner – DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.; VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
Petitioner – ALSTOM GRID LLC
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2016-00504
Filing Date – 1/26/2016
Patent # – 8,437,883
Title – VOLTAGE CONSERVATION USING ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUBSTATION CENTRALIZED VOLTAGE CONTROL
Patent Owner – DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.; VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
Petitioner – ALSTOM GRID LLC
Tech Center – 2100
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,687
Date – 1/26/2016
Patent # – 8,122,923
Inventor – KRAUSS, Menachem et al.
Assignee – TEVA MEDICAL LTD.
Title – SAFETY DRUG HANDLING DEVICE
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
