Micro-Probe Attack On FormFactor Electrical Connection Patent Among Reexamination Requests Filed Week Of 4/18/11

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

Micro-Probe has requested reexamination of FormFactor’s U.S. Patent No. 7,225,538 that claims methods for making electrical connections in semiconductor packaging assemblies (see inter partesRequest No. (11)). FormFactor has sued Micro-Probe in the Northern District of California for infringement of the ‘538 patent, as well as for infringement of six other patents and for a series of trade secret-type violations.  The PTO has ordered reexamination for five of thoseFormFactor patents, and Micro-Probe has moved Judge Phyllis Hamilton for a partial stay of the District Court case.  The ‘538 was the subject of an ITC investigation in 2009 that ended in a determination of no infringement by the importers.

The clear winner last week for the number of requests filed was Vesdia that sought reexamination of four TuitionFund patents related to merchant rebates and college tuition (see inter partes Request Nos. (1), (3), (5) & (6)).  The two companies are in litigation in Tennessee over those patents.

After requesting reexamination for a Hisamitsu transdermal adhesive patent three weeks ago, Kowa has now requested reexamination of a second Hisamitsu patent, this one claiming transdermal patches (see inter partes Request No. (2)). (more…)

04.27.11 | Reexamination Requests | Stefanie Levine

Reexamination Request Against MobileMedia Smart-Phone Patent, Among Those Filed Week Of 4/4/11

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

An ex parte request has been filed – probably by HTC – against one ofMobileMedia Ideas’ 11 smart-phone patents that are the subject of its pending infringement litigation against HTC (see ex parte Request No. (2) for U.S. Patent No. 5,915,239).  MobileMedia obtained the ‘239 patent from Nokia Capital.  Reexamination was ordered last month (90/011,436) for one of the other MobileMedia patents-in-suit, U.S. Patent No. 6,253,075; reexaminations against the other nineMobileMedia patents might be pending as well.  MobileMedia has two parallel smart-phone infringement law suits pending, one against Apple, and one against RIM.

On the heels of its earlier requests against three XRPT patents, eBayrequested reexamination of two additional XPRT patents (see inter partes Request Nos. (2) & (3)).

Finally, Beckman Coulter requested reexamination of a GeneOhm Sciences Canada patent claiming a method for detection of certain methicillin-resistant bacteria (see inter partes Request No. (5)). (more…)

04.14.11 | Reexamination Requests | Stefanie Levine