PTO Litigation Center Report – March 6, 2014

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 parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 9:15 AM on Thursday, March 6, 2014.

New IPR Requests

Trial Number – IPR2014-00487
Filing Date – 3/5/2014
Patent # – 8,361,156
Title – SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPINAL FUSION
Assignee – NUVASIVE, INC.
Petitioner – Medtronic, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3700

New CBM Review Requests

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

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