Listed below are all new filings before the PTAB of petitions 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 9 AM on Thursday, August 31, 2017.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2017-01948
Filing Date – 8/30/2017
Patent # – 9,353,220
Title – PROCESS FOR MAKING POLYARYLETHERS AND USE IN MEMBRANE PREPARATION
Patent Owner –  FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
Petitioner – BASF SE
Tech Center – 1700

Trial Number – IPR2017-02023
Filing Date – 8/30/2017
Patent # – 6,434,212
Title – PEDOMETER
Patent Owner –  BLACKBIRD TECH LLC
Petitioner – TOMTOM, INC.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2017-02025
Filing Date – 8/30/2017
Patent # – 6,434,212
Title – PEDOMETER
Patent Owner –  BLACKBIRD TECH LLC
Petitioner – TOMTOM, INC.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2017-02027
Filing Date – 8/30/2017
Patent # – 9,137,192
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WEB PAGES FOR MEMBERS
Patent Owner –  EVERYMD.COM LLC
Petitioner – FACEBOOK, INC.
Tech Center – 2400

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,007
Date – 8/30/2017
Patent # – 6,147,601
Inventor –  SANDELMAN, David et al.
Assignee – VIVINT, INC.
Title – ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM UTILIZABLE IN THE MONITORING OF REMOTE EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF SAME
Co-pending Litigation – Vivint, Inc. v. Alarm.com, UTD-2-15-cv-00392