Listed below are all new filings before 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 Wednesday, January 3, 2018.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2018-00377
Filing Date – 1/2/2018
Patent # – 7,564,705
Title – SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION CIRCUIT FOR POWER CONVERTERS
Patent Owner –  SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – Power Integrations, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00378
Filing Date – 1/2/2018
Patent # – 7,440,298
Title – SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION CIRCUIT FOR POWER CONVERTERS
Patent Owner –  SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – Power Integrations, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00379
Trial Number – IPR2018-00380
Filing Date – 1/2/2018
Patent # – 7,796,407
Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING SYNCHRONOUS REGULATION FOR OFFLINE POWER CONVERTER
Patent Owner –  SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – Power Integrations, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00381
Filing Date – 1/2/2018
Patent # – 7,800,923
Title – OFFLINE SYNCHRONOUS SWITCHING REGULATOR
Patent Owner –  SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – Power Integrations, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800

Trial Number – IPR2018-00382
Filing Date – 1/2/2018
Patent # – 9,077,258
Title – REGULATION CIRCUIT ASSOCIATED WITH SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER PROVIDING CABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD THEREOF
Patent Owner –  SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Petitioner – Power Integrations, Inc.
Tech Center – 2800

New CBM Review Petitions

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/014,061
Date – 1/3/2018
Patent # – 6,883,927
Inventor –  CUNNINGHAM, Vern et al.
Assignee –  BLACKBIRD TECH LLC
Title – FRAME ASSEMBLY AND LIGHT FOR AN ELECTRICAL WALL CONDUIT
Co-pending Litigation – Blackbird Tech LLC d/b/a Blackbird Technologies v. Ontel Products Corporation, NJD-2-17-cv-06377