Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 10 AM on Friday, January 10, 2014.

New IPR Requests

Trial Number – IPR2014-00337
Filing Date – 1/9/2014
Patent # – 8,195,415
Title – NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF FETAL ANEUPLOIDY BY SEQUENCING
Assignee – THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
Petitioner – SEQUENOM, INC.
Status – Pending
Tech Center – 2800

New CBM Review Requests

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

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,116
Date – 1/8/2014
Patent # – 5,601,557 C1
Inventor –  HAYHURST, John O.
Assignee –  Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Title – ANCHORING AND MANIPULATING TISSUE
Co-pending Litigation – Smith & Nephew, Inc. v Arthrex, Inc. Case No. 3:08-cv-00714-MO (D. Ore. 2008); Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Arthrex, Inc. Case No. 3:04-cv-0029-MO (D. Ore. 2004); Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Arthrex, inc. Appeal No. 14-1691, Docketed at Fed. Cir. December 12, 2013

Control # – 90/013,117
Date – 1/9/2014
Patent # – 7,968,660
Inventor –  DUBOIS, Phillipe et al.
Assignee –  NANOCYL S.A.
Title – POLYMER-BASED COMPOSITES COMPRISING CARBON NANOTUBES AS A FILLER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID COMPOSITES, AND ASSOCIATED USES
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.