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, May 27, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-00779
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 6,258,044
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINNG TRANSEPITHELIAL SPECIMEN OF A BODY SURFACE USING A NON-LACERATING TECHNIQUE
Assignee – Shared Medical Resources, LLC, and CDX Diagnostics, Inc.
Petitioner – Histologics, LLC
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00805
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,811,421
Title – HIGH DEPOSITION RATE SPUTTERING
Assignee – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. and TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORP.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00806
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 8,266,000
Title – REAL TIME AUCTION WITH END GAME
Assignee – ADVANCED AUCTIONS LLC
Petitioner – eBay Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00807
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,604,716
Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMA
Assignee – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. and TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORP.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00808
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,604,716
Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMA
Assignee – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. and TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORP.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-00809
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,265,792
Title – TELEVISION RECEIVER FOR DIGITAL AND ANALOG TELEVISION SIGNALS
Assignee – CRESTA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Petitioner – SILICON LABORATORIES, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00810
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,324,637
Title – RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
Assignee – SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00812
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,010,536
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MANIPULATING INFORMATION CONTAINERS WITH DYNAMIC REGISTERS
Assignee – EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, LLC
Petitioner – TWITTER, INC. AND YELP INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2100
Trial Number – IPR2014-00814
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,866,397
Title – ACTIVATING MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A DOWNHOLE TOOL
Assignee – SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT AG
Petitioner – CHURCHILL DRILLING TOOLS US, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00815
Filing Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 6,404,953
Title – OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE FILTER
Assignee – CIRREX SYSTEMS, LLC
Petitioner – ARRIS GROUP, INC., TELLABS, INC., ALCATEL-LUCENT USA, INC. and SOURCE PHOTONICS, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
New CBM Review Requests
Trial Number – CBM2014-00139
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 8,396,791
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND MANAGING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Assignee – AUTOALERT, LLC
Petitioner – DealerSocket, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 3600
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,253
Date – 5/22/2014
Patent # – 6,158,011
Inventor – CHEN, James F. et al.
Assignee – SSL SERVICES LLC
Title – MULTI-ACCESS VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
Co-pending Litigation – SSL Services, LLC v. Citrix Systems, Inc. and Citrix Online, LLC, CAFC Appeal No. 2013-1419, -1420
Control # – 90/013,254
Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 6,943,677
Inventor – BOYER, Clyde H. et al.
Assignee – TRANSALERT, LLC
Title – MODULATED INTENSITY FLASHER FOR VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHT WITH LOCKOUT
Co-pending Litigation – Williams & Lake, LLC vs. Kinetech, LLC, Case No. C20140815, Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Pima
Control # – 90/013,255
Date – 5/23/2014
Patent # – 7,778,440
Inventor – MALONE, Michael F.
Assignee – MYPORT IP, INC.
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION INTO A FILE FOR TRANSMISSION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.
