Reexamination Requests Filed Weeks of 5/16/11 And 5/23/11




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

Apple Attack On MONKEYmedia Audiovisual Patent, Among The Reexamination Requests Filed Week Of May 16, 2011

Last December, Apple defended itself against MONKEYmedia’s patent infringement allegations in the Western District of Texas, by requesting reexamination of two of MM’s streaming media patents-in-suit.  Applehas now sought reexamination of a third MM patent-in-suit (see inter partes Request No. (10)).

Reexamination was also requested by Xilinx for a circuits patent owned by Intellectual Ventures, but it is not clear from the PTO files whether the IV patent is the subject of any infringement litigation (see inter partes Request No. (8)).

And SemiLEDs Corporation has requested reexamination of a Group III nitride LED patent owned by Cree (see inter partes Request No. (7)). The companies are currently in litigation in the Middle District of North Carolina over that patent and four others.

The following inter partes requests were filed:

(1)       95/001,621 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,241,034 entitled AUTOMATIC DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS and owned by Dana Corporation.  Filed May 16, 2011, by Volkswagen Group of America.

(2)       95/001,622 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,778,005 entitled ELECTRIC DISABLING DEVICE WITH CONTROLLED IMMOBILIZATION PULSE WIDTHS and owned by Debt Opportunity Fund.   Filed May 16, 2011, by Taser International.

(3)       95/001,623 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,523,842 entitled CARTON WITH AN IMPROVED DISPENSING FEATURE and owned by Graphic Packaging International.  Filed May 19, 2011.

(4)       95/001,624 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,059,494 entitled CARTON WITH AN IMPROVED DISPENSING FEATURE and owned by Graphic Packaging International.  Filed May 19, 2011.

(5)       95/001,625 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,714,558 entitled SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT RATCHETING IN SWITCH MODE DC/DC VOLTAGE REGULATORS and owned by Monolithic Power Systems.  Filed May 19, 2011, by Silergy Technology.  The ‘558 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Monolithic Power Systems v. Silergy (Case No. 10-cv-1533 (C.D. Cal.)).

(6)       95/001,626 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,560,628 entitled STEEL WIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR and owned by Yamaha. Filed May 20, 2011.

(7)       95/001,627 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,737,459 entitled HIGH OUTPUT GROUP III NITRIDE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES and owned by Cree. Filed May 20, 2011, by SemiLEDs Corporation. The ‘459 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Cree v. SemiLEDs and Helios Crew Corp. Corporation (Case No 10-cv-866-PSD (M.D.N.C.)).

(8)       95/001,628 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,429,899 entitled REDUCED EDDY CURRENT LOSS IN LC TANK CIRCUITS and owned by Intellectual Ventures. Filed May 20, 2011, by Xilinx.

(9)       95/001,629 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,714,705 entitled MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD and owned by Concaten.  Filed May 20, 2011.

(10)    95/001,630 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,890,648 entitled AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION WITH INTERACTIVE SEAMLESS BRANCHING AND/OR TELESCOPIC ADVERTISING and owned by MONKEYmedia.  Filed May 20, 2011, by Apple.  The ‘648 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled MONKEYmedia v. Apple (Case No. 1:10cv-319 (W.D. Tex.)); MONKEYmedia v. Disney et al. (Case No. 1:10-cv-533 (W.D. Tex.)).

(11)         95/000,632 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,274,353 entitled CAPACITIVE    TOUCHPAD INTEGRATED WITH KEY AND HANDWRITING FUNCTIONS and owned by Elan Microelectronics.  Filed May 11, 2011.

The following ex parte requests were filed:

(1)       90/011,693 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,567,361 entitled PORTABLE COMMUNICATOR and owned by ADC Technology.  Filed May 16, 2011.

(2)       90/011,694 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,547,114 entitled MULTICOLOR ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING MOVING PLATE WITH WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MATERIALS and owned by YLX.  Filed May 16, 2011.

(3)       90/011,695 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,663,757 entitled SOFTWARE CONTROLLED MULTI-MODE INTERACTIVE TV SYSTEMS and owned by EON Holdings.  Filed May 17, 2011, by Kyocera Communications.   The ‘757 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled EON Corp., IP Holdings v. Flo TV Inc. et al. (Case No. 10-cv-812-SLR (D. Del.)).

(4)       90/011,696 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,420,682 entitled FOGLESS MIRROR FOR A BATHROOM SHOWER AND BATHTUB SURROUND and owned by NewHome Bath and Mirror.  Filed May 17, 2011, by ThermaSol Steambath.

(5)       90/011,697 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,835,927 entitled MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM and owned by Carefusion 303.  Filed May 18, 2011.

(6)       90/011,698 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,292,095 entitled NOTCH FILTER FOR RIPPLE REDUCTION IN CHOPPER STABILIZED AMPLIFIERS and owned by Texas Instruments. Filed May 18, 2011, by Owner.

(7)       90/011,699 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,052,207 entitled SEDIMENT CONTROL DRAIN AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION and owned by Wimco.  Filed May 19, 2011, by Owner.

(8)       90/011,700 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,488,414 entitled STORM WATER FILTER FOR POSITIONING WITHIN A STORM WATER INLET and owned by Wimco.  Filed May 19, 2011, by Owner.

(9)       90/011,701 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,923,047 entitled SEASONING AND METHOD FOR SEASONING A FOOD PRODUCT WHILE REDUCING DIETARY SODIUM INTAKE and owned by Conagra Foods.  Filed May 10, 2011.

(10)    90/011,702 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent Reissue No. 40,384 entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING SCANNED DOCUMENTS IN A COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM and owned by American Imaging Services.  Filed May 20, 2011.

(12)    90/009,905 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,167,426 entitled CONTACT ALERTS FOR UNCONNECTED USERS and owned bySimpleAir.  Filed May 3, 2011, likely by RIM.   The ‘426 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled SimpleAir v. AWS et al. (Case No. 2:09-cv-289-TJW (E.D. Tex.)).

(11)    90/009,907 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,779,581 entitled REPLACEABLE WET-SET TACTILE WARNING SURFACE UNIT AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT and owned by ADA Solutions. Filed May 4, 2011, by Owner.   The ‘581 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled ADA Solutions v. Engineering Plastics et al. (Case No. 1:10-cv-11512-NMG (D. Mass.)).

Sony Challenge To Olympic Developments Internet Game Patent, Among Reexamination Requests Filed Week Of MAY 23, 2011

Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony requested reexamination of a patent for a remote control device for Internet games, licensed to Olympic Developments, AG. (see ex parte Request No. (2)).  The parties are currently involved in litigation over that patent, as well as U.S. Patent No. 5,435,585, in the Central District of California.

Requests were filed by eBiosciences against three patents for nanocrystal probes used for medical testing (see ex parte Request Nos. (17), (18) & (19)).  The patents are the subject of a law suit in the Southern District of California and are owned, according to PTO assignment records, by Institutional Venture Partners that describes itself as “premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm.”

An interesting strategy was employed by Holburn, when it simultaneously requested reexamination of a Guy Carpenter & Co.patent for assessing risk and filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment for patent invalidity and non-infringement (see inter partesRequest No. (1)).

And Volkswagen requested reexamination of three Visteon Globalpatents for speed control in cars (see inter partes Request Nos. (2), (3) & (4)).

The following inter partes requests were filed:

(1)         95/001,631 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,949,548 entitled SPATIAL DATABASE SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF WEATHER EVENT AND RISK REPORT and owned by Guy Carpenter & Co. Filed May 24, 2011, by Holborn Corporation.  The ‘548 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Aon Benfield v. Guy Carpenter & Co.(Case No. 1:11-cv-3529-PKC (S.D.N.Y.)).

(2)         95/001,632 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,285,945 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DECELERATION IN AN ADAPTIVE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON VEHICLE SPEED and owned by Visteon Global Technologies.  Filed May 24, 2011, by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.  The ‘945 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Stragent, LLC et al v. Audi AG et al, Case No. 10-cv-00227-LED (E.D. Tex.).

(3)         95/001,633 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,393,352 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DECELERATION IN AN ADAPTIVE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON VEHICLE SPEED and owned by Visteon Global Technologies.  Filed May 24, 2011, by. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.  The ‘352 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Stragent et al. v. Audi AG et al. (Case No. 6:10-cv-227-LED (E.D. Tex.)).

(4)         95/001,634 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,604,043 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DECELERATION IN AN ADAPTIVE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON VEHICLE SPEED and owned by Visteon Global Technologies.  Filed May 24, 2011, by Volkswagen Group of America.  The ‘043 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Stragent et al. v. Audi AG et al. (Case No. 6:10-cv-227-LED (E.D. Tex.)).

(5)         95/001,635 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,779,581 entitled REPLACEABLE WET-SET TACTILE WARNING SURFACE UNIT AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT and owned byADA Solutions. Filed May 26, 2011, by Engineered Plastics, Inc.  The ‘581 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled ADA Solutions, Inc. v. Engineered Plastics, Inc. d/b/a Armor-Title, et al. (Case No. 1:10-cv-11512 (D. Mass.)).

(6)         95/001,636 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,775,404 entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE 3D REGISTRATION OF ULTRASOUND AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES BASED ON A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR and owned by University of Washington. Filed May 27, 2011, by General Electric.  The ‘404 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled University of Washington v. The General Electric Co. et al. (Case No. 2:10-cv-01933 (W.D. Wash.)).

The following ex parte requests were filed:

(1)         90/011,703 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,536,046 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURRENCY DISCRIMINATION AND COUNTING and owned by Cummins-Allison Corp. Filed May 22, 2011.

(2)         90/011,704 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,246,400 entitled DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE INTERACTIVE RECEIVER and owned by Tugaloo Lavonia GMBH, LLC. Filed May 23, 2011 by Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Electronics.   The ‘400 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Olympic Developments, AG v. Sony Computer Entertainment (Case No. 11-cv-01080-JCS (C.D. Cal.)).

(3)         90/011,705 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. D496,053 entitled HIGH-PROFILE REFRIGERATED FLORAL MERCHANDISER UNIT and owned by Floratech Division of Air Innovations, Inc. Filed May 23, 2011, likely by Barker Co.   The ‘053 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Air Innovations v. Barker (Case No. 3:10-cv-00077-JAJ-CFB (N.D.N.Y.)).

(4)         90/011,706 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,518,878 entitled WARNING SYSTEM and owned by Watchguard Isle, LLC Filed May 23, 2011 by.   The ‘878 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Russell Cave & Partners, LLC v. UTC Fire & Security Corp., C.A. 10-cv-9679-DMG (C.D. Cal.)

(5)         90/011,707 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,386,324 entitled ELEVATOR TRACTION SHEAVE and owned by Otis Elevator.  Filed May 23, 2011, by Schindler Elevator Corp.

(6)         90/011,708 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,401,871 entitled TENSION MEMBER FOR AN ELEVATOR and owned by Otis Elevator. Filed May 23, 2011, by Schindler Elevator Corp.

(7)         90/011,709 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,364,061 entitled TENSION MEMBER FOR AN ELEVATOR and owned by Otis Elevator. Filed May 23, 2011, by Schindler Elevator Corp.

(8)         90/011,710 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,181,294 entitled ANTENNA FOR ELECTRIC METER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF and owned by Transdata, Inc. Filed May 24, 2011.   The ‘294 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styledTransdata v. Denton County Electric Cooperative (Case No. 6:11-cv-00113 (E.D. Tex.)).

(9)         90/011,711 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,301,287 entitled HIGH POWER LIGHT STRING DEVICE and owned by Chao Tai Electron Co.  Filed May 25, 2011.

(10)     90/011,712 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,474,383 entitled AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL WITH IMPROVED INFLATION SYSTEM and owned by Hutchinson SA. Filed May 25, 2011.

(11)     90/011,713 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,080,330 entitled ANTI-FREEZING AND DEICING COMPOSITION AND METHOD and owned by Natural Alternative, LLC. Filed May 26, 2011.

(12)     90/011,714 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,662,212 entitled MEMBRANE POST TREATMENT and owned by Siemens Industry.  Filed May 27, 2011, by Owner.

(13)     90/011,715 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,511,181 entitled PRODUCTION OF DIESEL FUEL FROM BIORENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS and owned by Honeywell/UOP.  Filed May 27, 2011.

(14)     90/011,716 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,627,975 entitled ELECTRIFIED HANDGUARD and owned by Steve Hines.  Filed May 27, 2011.

(15)     90/009,906 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,035,914 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA and owned byVerus International Group, Ltd. Filed May 3, 2011, by Research in Motion Ltd (RIM).   The ‘914 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled SimpleAir, Inc. v. AWS Convergence Techs., Inc., et al.(Case No. 09-cv-00289-CE (E.D. Tex.)).

(16)     90/009,907 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,779,581 entitled REPLACEABLE WET-SET TACTILE WARNING SURFACE UNIT AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT and owned by ADA Solutions.  Filed May 4, 2011, by Owner.   The ‘581 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled ADA Solutions, Inc. v. Engineered Plastics, Inc. d/b/a Armor-Title, et al. (Case No. 1:10-cv-11512 (D. Mass.)).

(17)     90/009,908 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,927,069 entitled ORGANO LUMINESCENT SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL PROBES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SUCH PROBES and owned by Institutional Venture Partners.  Filed May 13, 2011, by eBioscience.   The ‘069 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Life Technologies Corp., et al v. eBiosciencse, Inc., (Case No. 10-cv-2127-IEG- NLS (S.D. Cal.)).

(18)     90/009,909 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,699,723 entitled ORGANO LUMINESCENT SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL PROBES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SUCH PROBES and owned by Institutional Venture Partners.  Filed May 13, 2011, by eBioscience.   The ‘723 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Life Technologies Corp., et al v. eBioscience, Inc., (Case No. 10-cv-2127-IEG-NLS (S.D. Cal.)).

(19)     90/009,910 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,423,551 entitled ORGANO LUMINESCENT SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL PROBES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SUCH PROBES  and owned by Institutional Venture Partners VII, L.P., et al. Filed May 13, 2011, by eBioscience.  The ‘551 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Life Technologies Corp., et al v. eBioscience, Inc., (Case No. 10-cv-2127-IEG-NLS (S.D. Cal.)).

(20)     90/009,911 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,455,639 entitled OXIRANE DERIVATIVE AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF and owned by NOF Corporation. Filed May 13, 2011.


 

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