Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR), covered business methods review (CBM), and post grant review (PGR). Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 10 AM on Wednesday, September 3, 2014.
New IPR Requests
Trial Number – IPR2014-01436
Filing Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 7,491,753
Title – ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTISTATIC POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USING SUCH POLYMERS ON VARIOUS SUBSTRATES
Patent Owner – MALLARD CREEK POLYMERS, INC.
Petitioner – THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
Tech Center – 1700
Trial Number – IPR2014-01437
Filing Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 7,981,946
Title – ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTISTATIC POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USING SUCH POLYMERS ON VARIOUS SUBSTRATES
Patent Owner – MALLARD CREEK POLYMERS, INC.
Petitioner – THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
Tech Center – 1700
New CBM Review Requests
There have been no new requests for CBM review since the last report.
New PGR Requests
Trial Number – PGR2014-00010
Filing Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 8,598,219
Title – LIQUID PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS OF PALONOSETRON
Patent Owner – Helsinn Healthcare SA & Roche Palo Alto LLC
Petitioner – ACCORD HEALTHCARE, INC.
Tech Center – 1600
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/013,329
Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 7,866,134
Inventor – LAMBERT, Matt et al.
Assignee – HUSQVARNA AB
Title – POSITIVE GRASS COLLECTOR ATTACHMENT POSITIONING
Co-pending Litigation – Husqvarna AB v. The Taro Company; United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division; Case No. 3:14-cv-00103
Control # – 90/013,330
Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 7,071,436
Inventor – COATES, Paul David
Assignee – HUSQVARNA AB
Title – STARTER
Co-pending Litigation – Husqvarna AB v. The Taro Company; United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division; Case No. 3:14-cv-00103
Control # – 90/013,331
Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 8,815,370
Inventor – REICHWEIN, David P. et al.
Assignee – GIP International Limited
Title – ADHESIVELESS DECORATIVE FLOOR TILE
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/013,332
Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 5,858,123
Inventor – UCHIDA, Kimio et al.
Assignee – HITACHI METALS, LTD
Title – RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/013,333
Date – 9/2/2014
Patent # – 8,455,531
Inventor – KRAMER, RONALD et al.
Assignee – THERMOLIFE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Title – AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS
Co-pending Litigation – No documents posted on USPTO site.