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 10:45 AM on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-01037
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,811,421
Title – HIGH DEPOSITION RATE SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01061
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,808,184
Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STRONGLY-IONIZED PLASMAS WITH IONIZATIONAL INSTABILITIES
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01063
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,853,142
Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMA
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01065
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,604,716
Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMA
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01066
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,806,652
Title – HIGH-DENSITY PLASMA SOURCE USING EXCITED ATOMS
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01067
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,604,716
Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMA
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01069
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,811,421
Title – HIGH DEPOSITION RATE SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01070
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,805,779
Title – PLASMA GENERATION USING MULTI-STEP IONIZATION
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01071
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,811,421
Title – HIGH DEPOSITION RATE SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01072
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,805,779
Title – PLASMA GENERATION USING MULTI-STEP IONIZATION
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01073
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,805,779
Title – PLASMA GENERATION USING MULTI-STEP IONIZATION
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01074
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,805,779
Title – PLASMA GENERATION USING MULTI-STEP IONIZATION
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01075
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,853,142
Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMA
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01076
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,805,779
Title – PLASMA GENERATION USING MULTI-STEP IONIZATION
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01077
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,208,783
Title – OPTICAL FILTERING DEVICE
Patent Owner – CIRREX SYSTEMS, LLC
Petitioner – ARRIS GROUP, INC., and SOURCE PHOTONICS, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-01078
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,837,736
Title – MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Patent Owner – BONUTTI SKELETAL INNOVATIONS LLC
Petitioner – ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. & ZIMMER, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01079
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,631,949
Title – VARIABLE MOVEMENT HEADREST ARRANGEMENT
Patent Owner – LEAR CORPORATION
Petitioner – NHK Seating of America, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01080
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,806,896
Title – KNEE ARTHROPLASTY METHOD
Patent Owner – BONUTTI SKELETAL INNOVATIONS LLC
Petitioner – ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. & ZIMMER, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01082
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,589,642
Title – RELAYING KEY CODE SIGNALS THROUGH A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE
Patent Owner – UEI CAYMAN INC.
Petitioner – Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01083
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,147,759
Title – HIGH-POWER PULSED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01084
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,126,468
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMISSIONS
Patent Owner – UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.
Petitioner – Universal Remote Control, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-01085
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,845,389
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADBAND MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SESSIONS
Patent Owner – CONSTELLATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Petitioner – Cisco Systems, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2014-01086
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,147,759
Title – HIGH-POWER PULSED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01087
Filing Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,147,759
Title – HIGH-POWER PULSED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING
Patent Owner – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,279
Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 7,543,320
Inventor – SCHEIN, Steven M. et al.
Assignee – STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.
Title – TELEVISION SCHEDULE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR MULTIPLE PROGRAM OCCURRENCES
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/013,280
Date – 6/30/2014
Patent # – 6,931,992
Inventor – HULL, Frank A. et al.
Assignee – ESKO-GRAPHICS IMAGING GMBH
Title – COMBINED ABLATION AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM AND METHOD
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.
