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 partereexamination at the USPTO. This listing is current as of 11 AM on Wednesday, September 6, 2017.
New IPR Petitions
Trial Number – IPR2017-02022
Filing Date – 9/1/2017
Patent # – 7,917,285
Title – DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ENTERING, STORING AND SHARING ADDRESSES FOR A POSITIONAL INFORMATION DEVICE
Patent Owner – GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION INNOVATIONS, LLC
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02044
Filing Date – 9/1/2017
Patent # – 6,609,049
Title – METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATING A WARNING DEVICE ON A TRAIN
Patent Owner – SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
Petitioner – WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02046
Filing Date – 9/1/2017
Patent # – 7,657,594
Title – DIRECTED MEDIA BASED ON USER PREFERENCES
Patent Owner – BRIDGE AND POST, INC.
Petitioner – CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS
Tech Center – 2400
Trial Number – IPR2017-02047
Filing Date – 9/1/2017
Patent # – 8,082,213
Title – METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED ONLINE SECURITY
Patent Owner – SMART AUTHENTICATION IP, LLC
Petitioner – UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02049
Filing Date – 9/5/2017
Patent # – 8,600,899
Title – VENDING DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
Patent Owner – VIDEX, INC.
Petitioner – WH Münzprüfer Dietmar Trenner GmbH
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02050
Filing Date – 9/5/2017
Patent # – 9,038,233
Title – AUTONOMOUS FLOOR-CLEANING ROBOT
Patent Owner – IROBOT CORPORATION
Petitioner – Shenzhen Zhiyi Technology Co. Ltd., d/b/a iLife
Tech Center – 3700
Trial Number – IPR2017-02033
Filing Date – 9/6/2017
Patent # – 7,945,502
Title – ONLINE TRADING AND DYNAMIC ROUTING OF ELECTRIC POWER AMONG ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS
Patent Owner – GRID INNOVATIONS, LLC
Petitioner – ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC.
Tech Center – 3600
Trial Number – IPR2017-02040
Filing Date – 9/6/2017
Patent # – 9,256,905
Title – INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF ELECTRIC POWER
Patent Owner – GRID INNOVATIONS, LLC
Petitioner – ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC.
Tech Center – 3600
New CBM Review Petitions
There have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.
Newly-Posted Reexam Requests
Control # – 90/014,009
Date – 9/1/2017
Patent # – D558,639
Inventor – LOBEL, Michelle Gut
Assignee – IDEAL FASTENER CORPORATION
Title – PULL TAB FOR A SLIDE FASTENER SLIDER
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/014,010
Date – 9/1/2017
Patent # – 7,233,247
Inventor – CROSSNO, Adam et al.
Assignee – INTELLECTUAL TECH LLC
Title – METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYING RFID TAGS IN AUTOMATED APPLICATIONS
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/014,011
Date – 9/5/2017
Patent # – 9,334,653
Inventor – FOX, Benjamin D.
Assignee – LEGACY BUILDING SOLUTIONS, INC.
Title – KEDER RAIL ATTACHMENT FOR A FABRIC/PANEL BUILDING
Co-pending Litigation – Accu Steel, Inc. v. Legacy Building Solutions, Inc., IASD-1-16-cv-00050