PTO Litigation Report – September 6, 2017
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

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

 

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