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 Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-00784
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 8,324,283
Title – SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A SIP RECEPTOR AGONIST AND A SUGAR ALCOHOL
Assignee – NOVARTIS AG AND MITSUBISHI PHARMA CORP.
Petitioner – TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 1600
Trial Number – IPR2014-00818
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 6,853,142
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 – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-00819
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 6,853,142
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 – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-00820
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 6,805,779
Title – PLASMA GENERATION USING MULTI-STEP IONIZATION
Assignee – ZOND, INC.
Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATION
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-00821
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 6,853,142
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 – 2800
Trial Number – IPR2014-00823
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
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 – IPR2014-00824
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 8,340,260
Title – INMATE MANAGEMENT AND CALL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Assignee – SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – Global Tel*Link Corporation
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2014-00825
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 7,529,357
Title – INMATE MANAGEMENT AND CALL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Assignee – SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Petitioner – Global Tel*Link Corporation
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2600
New CBM Review Requests
Trial Number – CBM2014-00140
Filing Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 7,273,168
Title – POINT-OF-SALE BILLING VIA HAND-HELD DEVICES
Assignee – XILIDEV, INC.
Petitioner – Boku, Inc. and Boku Account Services, Inc.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/020,069
Date – 5/20/2014
Patent # – 7,717,682
Inventor – ORR, Troy J.
Assignee – FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
Title – DOUBLE DIAPHRAGM PUMP AND RELATED METHODS
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.
Control # – 90/020,070
Date – 5/20/2014
Patent # – 8,197,231
Inventor – ORR, Troy J.
Assignee – FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
Title – DIAPHRAGM PUMP AND RELATED METHODS
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.
Control # – 90/013,256
Date – 5/27/2014
Patent # – 6,181,294
Inventor – PORTER, Lawrence R. et al.
Assignee – TRANSDATA, INC.
Title – ANTENNA FOR ELECTRIC METER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
Co-pending Litigation – In re: Transdata Inc. Smart Meters Patent Litigation, Case No. 5:12-ml-2309 (W.O. Okla.)
