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 9 AM on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-01144; IPR2017-01145; IPR2017-01146; IPR2017-01147; IPR2017-01148; IPR2017-01149; IPR2017-01150; IPR2017-01151
Filing Date – 4/10/2017
Patent # – 6,418,556
Title – ELECTRONIC TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE SCHEDULE SYSTEM AND METHOD
Patent Owner –  ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Petitioner – COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Tech Center – 2600

New CBM Review Petitions

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

New PGR Petitions

Trial Number – PGR2017-00019
Filing Date – 4/10/2017
Patent # – D764,031
Title – AIRCRAFT INTERIOR LAVATORY
Patent Owner –  B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
Petitioner – C&D ZODIAC, INC.
Tech Center – 2900

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,934
Date – 4/10/2017
Patent # – 7,003,357
Inventor –  KREIKEMEIER, Bruce et al.
Assignee –  VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC.
Title – METHOD AND MEANS FOR READING THE STATUS OF AND CONTROLLING IRRIGATION COMPONENTS
Co-pending Litigation – Valmont Industries Inc. v. Lindsay Corporation, DED-1-15-cv-00042