Here is the latest  installment of Reexamination Requests from Scott Daniels, of Reexamination Alert and Practice Center Contributor….

Tivo Attack On AT&T Network Tracking Patent Among The Reexamination Requests Filed The Week of December 20th

Earlier this year, AT&T Intellectual Property sued TiVo for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,983,478 entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING NETWORK USE.”  TiVo, which has enjoyed success in earlier reexaminations, has now requested reexamination of AT&T’s ‘478 patent (see Inter Partes Request No. (4)).

The following inter partes requests were filed:

(1)         95/001,514 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,754,023 entitled COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A MICROORGANISM CONCENTRATE FOR PAINT OVERSPRAY REMOVAL PROCESSES and owned by PPG Industries Ohio.  Filed December 22, 2010.

(2)         95/001,515 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,401,415 entitled DIRECT LAMINATED FLOOR and owned by Faus Group, Inc.  Filed December 23, 2010, by Kronopol SP.  The ‘415 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled  Kronotex U.S.A., LLC v. Faus Group, et al., (Case No. 1:09-cv-2583-JEC (N.D. Ga.)).

(3)         95/001,516 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,688,061 entitled DIRECT LAMINATED FLOOR and owned by Faus Group, Inc.  Filed December 23, 2010, by Kronopol SP.  The ‘061 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Kronotex U.S.A., LLC v. Faus Group, et al., (Case No. 1:09-cv-2583-JEC (N.D. Ga.)).

(4)         95/000,601 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,983,478 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING NETWORK USE and owned by AT&T Intellectual Property.  Filed December 9, 2010, byTiVo.  The ‘478 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styledAT&T Intellectual Property v. TiVo, (Case No. 4:10-cv-01059-SBA (N.D. Cal.)).

(5)         95/000,602 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,031,657 entitled SAFE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OR WIRELESS COMPUTING OR COMMUNICATION DEVICES and owned by Saied Tadayon.  Filed December 8, 2010, by Saucon Technologies, Inc.  The ‘657 patent is currently the subject of litigations styled Tadayon, et al. v. Coach USA, Inc., et al. (Case No. 1:10-cv-00882 (D.C.D.C.)) &Tadayon, et al. v. Greyhound Lines Inc., et al. (Case No. 1:10-cv-01326 (D.C.D.C.)).

(6)         95/000,603 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,366,919 entitled USE OF GEO-LOCATION DATA FOR SPAM DETECTION and owned by Symantec.  Filed December 3, 2010, by M86 Security.  The ‘919 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styledSymantec Corp. v. M86 Security, Inc., (Case No. 8:10-cv-01513-JST-RNB (C.D. Cal)).

(7)         95/000,604 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,974,634 entitled OPTICAL VEND-SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF VENDING MACHINE and owned by Automated Merchandising Systems. Filed December 10, 2010, by Crane Co.  The ‘634 patent is currently the subject of litigations styled Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 03-cv-00088 (N.D.W.V.)), Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 04-cv-00080 (N.D.W.V.)), & Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al.(Case No. 08-cv-00097 (N.D.W.V.)).

(8)         95/000,605 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,384,402 entitled OPTICAL VEND-SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF VENDING MACHINE and owned by Automated Merchandising Systems. Filed December 10, 2010, by Crane Co.  The ‘402 patent is currently the subject of litigations styled Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 03-cv-00088 (N.D.W.V.)), Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 04-cv-00080 (N.D.W.V.)), & Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al.(Case No. 08-cv-00097 (N.D.W.V.)).

(9)         95/000,606 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,343,220 entitled OPTICAL VEND-SENSING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL OF VENDING MACHINE and owned by Automated Merchandising Systems. Filed December 10, 2010, by Crane Co.  The ‘220 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 03-cv-00088 (N.D.W.V.)),Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 04-cv-00080 (N.D.W.V.)), & Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 08-cv-00097 (N.D.W.V.)).

(10)     95/000,607 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,191,915 entitled OPTICAL VEND-SENSING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL OF VENDING MACHINE and owned by Automated Merchandising Systems. Filed December 10, 2010, by Crane Co.  The ‘915 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 03-cv-00088 (N.D.W.V.)), Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 04-cv-00080 (N.D.W.V.)), & Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al.(Case No. 08-cv-00097 (N.D.W.V.)).

(11)     95/000,608 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,742,837 entitled OPTICAL VEND-SENSING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL OF VENDING MACHINE and owned by Automated Merchandising Systems. Filed December 10, 2010, by Crane Co.  The ‘837 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 03-cv-00088 (N.D.W.V.)),Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 04-cv-00080 (N.D.W.V.)), & Automated Merchandizing Systems v. Crane Co., et al. (Case No. 08-cv-00097 (N.D.W.V.)).

(12)     95/000,609 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,326,210 entitled SPINAL STABILIZATION DEVICE and owned by N Spine Inc.  Filed December 16, 2010, by Globus Medical, Inc.  The ‘210 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled N Spine, Inc. v. Globus Medical, Inc., (Case No. 1:10-cv-00300-UNA (D. Ct.)).

The following ex parte requests were filed:

(1)         90/011,395 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,689,094 entitled ELEVATOR INSTALLATION and owned by Inventio AG.  Filed December 21, 2010.   The ‘094 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Schindler Elevator Corp and Invention v. Otis Elevator Co., (Case No. 1:06-cv-05377-CM-THK (S.D.N.Y.)).

(2)         90/011,397 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,481,721 entitled METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC AND DYNAMIC TRANSLATION OF OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE BASED MESSAGE PASSING INTO OPERATION SYSTEM MESSAGE PASSING USING PROXY OBJECTS and owned by Next Software Inc.  Filed December 22, 2010.

(3)         90/011,398 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,519,867 entitled OBJECT-ORIENTED MULTITASKING SYSTEM and owned byApple Inc. Filed December 22, 2010.

(4)         90/011,399 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,250,245 entitled M-SHAPED BOAT HULL and owned by M Ship Co., LLC.  Filed December 22, 2010.

(5)         90/011,400 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,818,254 entitled APPLICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD and owned by Juno Holdings, NV Filed December 22, 2010, by owner.

(6)         90/011,401 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,440,545 entitled CONTACT NUMBER ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM and owned byHitachi Ltd.  Filed December 22, 2010.   The ‘545 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled One Number v. Google Inc., (Case No. 1:10-cv-01312 (S.D. Ind.)).

(7)         90/011,402 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,179,522 entitled ALUMINUM CONDUCTOR COMPOSITE CORE REINFORCED CABLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE and owned by Composite Technology Corp.  Filed, by Mercury Cable & Energy.

(8)         90/011,403 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,230,345 entitled Method for Exercising a Stand-By Electrical Generator and owned by Goldman Sachs. Filed December 23, 2010.

(9)         90/011,404 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,861,807 entitled SECURITY SYSTEM and owned by Se-Kure Controls Inc.  Filed December 23, 2010, by InVue Security Prods.    The ‘807 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Se-Kure Controls, Inc. v. Sennco Solutions, Inc., (Case No. 08-cv-06075 (N.D. Ill.)).

Sony Attack On L-3 Communications Patents, Among Reexamination Requests Filed Week Of December 27th

The most commercially significant reexamination requests last week may be Sony’s filings against two L-3 Communications patents, following that company’s suit against Sony for infringement (see ex parte Request Nos. (6) & (7)).   But standing out among last week’s new requests, at least in the size department, was a 697-page block-buster proposing 25 substantial new questions of patentability, filed by CME Group against a Realtime Data patent claiming data compression systems (see inter partes Request No. (1)).  Finally, information became available from the PTO about yet another reexamination request against a Fractus patent, this time filed by HTC.

The following inter partes requests were filed:

(1)         95/001,517 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,714,747 entitled DATA COMPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS and owned by Realtime Data.  Filed December 30, 2010, by CME Group.  The ‘747 patent is currently the subject of litigations styled Realtime Data v. CME Group (Case No. 6:09-cv-327), Realtime Data v. Thomson Reuters (Case No. 6:09-cv-333), & Realtime Data v. Morgan Stanley (Case No. 6:09-cv-326).

(2)         95/000,610 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,202,822 entitled SPACE-FILLING MINIATURE ANTENNAS and owned by Fractus.  Filed December 16, 2010, by HTC.  The ‘822 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Fractus S.A. v. Samsung Electronics Co. et al. (E.D. Tex., Case No. 8:09-cv-002031-LED-JDL, filed May 5, 2009).

The following ex parte requests were filed:

(1)         90/011,405 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,412,730 entitled ENCRYPTED DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM EMPLOYING MEANS FOR RANDOMLY ALTERING ENCRYPTION KEYS and owned by TQP Development.  Filed December 27, 2010, by TDE Ameritrade.   The ‘730 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled TQP v. Merrill Lynch et al. (Case No. 2:08-cv-471 (E.D. Tex.)). 

(2)         90/011,406 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,448,102 entitled METHOD FOR NITRIDE BASED LASER DIODE WITH GROWTH SUBSTRATE REMOVED and owned by Bluestone Innovations.  Filed December 28, 2010.  

(3)         90/011,407 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,251,209 entitled FASTENER TAPE MATERIAL BAG UTILIZING FASTENER TAPE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF and owned by Illinois Tool Works.  Filed December 30, 2010, by the owner.  

(4)         90/011,408 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,152,601 entitled FASTENER TAPE MATERIAL BAG UTILIZING FASTENER TAPE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF and owned by Illinois Tool Works.  Filed, December 30, 2010 by the owner.

(5)         90/011,409 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,269,995 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS OF VIBRATION ISOLATION, IN PARTICULAR FOR ELECTRON BEAM METROLOGY TOOLS and owned by Integrated Dynamics Engineering, GmbH.   Filed December 30, 2010.  

(6)         90/011,410 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,541,654 entitled FOCAL PLANE ARRAY IMAGING DEVICE WITH RANDOM ACCESS ARCHITECTURE and owned by L-3 Communications Corp. Filed December 30, 2010, by Sony.   The ‘654 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled L-3 Communications Corp. v. Sony (Case No. 10-374 (D. Del.)).

(7)         90/011,411 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,452,004 entitled FOCAL PLANE ARRAY IMAGING DEVICE WITH RANDOM ACCESS ARCHITECTURE and owned by L-3 Communications Corp. Filed December 30, 2010, by Sony.   The ‘004 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled L-3 Communications Corp. v. Sony (Case No. 10-374 (D.Del.)).

(8)         90/009,861 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,260,682 entitled POWER TAKE-OFF UNIT HAVING TWO-PIECE OUTPUT GEAR ASSEMBLY and owned by Parker Intangibles. Filed December 16, 2010, by owner.  

(9)         90/009,862 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,509,795 entitled SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLASMA PROPULSION and owned by Lockheed-Martin.  Filed December 20, 2010, by owner.

Tags: AT&T Intellectual Property v. TiVo, ex parte requests, Fractus S.A. v. Samsung Electronics Co. et al., inter partes requests, L-3 Communications Corp. v. Sony, Realtime Data v. Thomson Reuters, Reexamination Requests

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