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REQUESTS FILED THE WEEK OF MARCH 15TH
| March 25, 2010
Reexamination requests are typically reported in the Official Gazette approximately three months after filing. Such a delay in reporting requests, particularly requests that involve copending District Court litigation, is too long. We will therefore report new ex parte and inter partes reexamination requests filed the previous week as they appear on the Patent Office EFS. In some cases, the information available from the Patent Office is still incomplete.
This past week, the following inter partes requests were made:
(1) 95/001,327 – U.S. Patent No. 6,773,331 owned by Exhart Environmental Systems, Inc. and entitled NOVELTY WITH INCORPORATED FAN. Filed March 19, 2010.
(2) 95/001,328 – U.S. Patent No. 7,146,446 owned by ACQIS LLC and entitled MULTIPLE MODULE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD. Filed March 19, 2010 by Hewlett-Packard Company and International Business Machines Corporation.
(3) 95/000,540 – U.S. Patent No. 7,292,151 having Kevin Ferguson as its first named inventor and entitled HUMAN MOVEMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM. Filed March 12, 2010.
And the following ex parte requests were made:
(1) 90/010,898 – U.S. Patent No. 5,849,811 owned by CIBA Vision Corporation and entitled EXTENDED WEAR OPHTHALMIC LENS. Filed March 8, 2010 by Johnson & Johnson.
(2) 90/010,899 – U.S. Patent No. 6,292,218 owned by Eastman Kodak Company and entitled ELECTRONIC CAMERA FOR INITIATING CAPTURE OF STILL IMAGES WHILE PREVIEWING MOTION IMAGES. Filed March 9, 2010.
(3) 90/010,900 – U.S. Patent No. 7,632,974 owned by Lammus Technology Inc. and entitled ALKYLATION PROCESS FOR INCREASED CONVERSION AND REDUCED CATALYST USE. Filed March 10, 2010.
(4) 90/010,901 – U.S. Patent No. 6,496,688 owned by The Black & Decker Corporation and entitled HEAVY-DUTY AUDIO EQUIPMENT. Filed March 10, 2010.
(5) 90/010,902 – U.S. Patent No. 7,466,974 owned by The Black & Decker Corporation and entitled HEAVY-DUTY AUDIO EQUIPMENT. Filed March 10, 2010.
(6) 90/010,903 – U.S. Patent No. 6,427,070 owned by The Black & Decker Corporation and entitled HEAVY-DUTY AUDIO EQUIPMENT. Filed March 10, 2010.
(7) 90/010,904 – U.S. Patent No. 6,496,688 owned by The Black & Decker Corporation and entitled HEAVY-DUTY AUDIO EQUIPMENT. Filed March 10, 2010.
(8) 90/010,905 – U.S. Patent No. 6,814,934 owned by Life Technologies Corporation and entitled INSTRUMENT FOR MONITORING NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION. Filed March 10, 2010.
(9) 90/010,906 – U.S. Patent No. 7,043,283 owned by Black & Decker Inc. and entitled RUGGEDIZED TRADESWORKERS RADIO. Filed March 10, 2010.
(10) 90/010,907 – U.S. Patent No. 6,427,070 owned by The Black & Decker Corporation and entitled HEAVY-DUTY AUDIO EQUIPMENT. Filed March 10, 2010.
(11) 90/010,908 – U.S. Patent No. 7,466,974 owned by Black & Decker Inc. and entitled HEAVY-DUTY AUDIO EQUIPMENT. Filed March 10, 2010.
(12) 90/010,909 – U.S. Patent No. 7,043,283 owned by Black & Decker Inc. and entitled RUGGEDIZED TRADESWORKERS RADIO. Filed March 10, 2010.
(13) 90/010,910 – U.S. Patent No. 5,493,335 owned by Eastman Kodak Company and entitled SINGLE SENSOR COLOR CAMERA WITH USER SELECTABLE IMAGE RECORD SIZE. Filed March 11, 2010.
(14) 90/010,911 – U.S. Patent No. 6,743,425 owned by Kazuwa Nakao and entitled THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR ACHONDROPLASIA. Filed March 12, 2010.
(15) 90/010,912 – U.S. Patent No. 5,349,153 having Bryan Prucher as its named inventor and entitled SPOT WELDING ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR WELDING COATED METALS THEREWITH. Filed March 12, 2010 by CMW International, Inc.
(16) 90/010,913 – U.S. Patent No. 7,307,148 owned by ConjuChem Biotechnologies Inc. and entitled METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF ALBUMIN CONJUGATES. Filed March 15, 2010 by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(17) 90/010,914 – U.S. Patent No. 6,965,850 owned by The Regents of the University of California and entitled METHODS FOR MODULATING NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR BINDING. Filed March 16, 2010.
(18) 90/010,915 – U.S. Patent No. 6,027,026 owned by Abbas M. Husain and entitled DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING WITH COORDINATED HANDWRITTEN NOTES. Filed March 16, 2010 by Abbas M. Husain.
(19) 90/010,916 – U.S. Patent No. 7,511,963 owned by Continental Automotive France and entitled HOUSING, IN PARTICULAR HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS OR THE LIKE. Filed March 16, 2010 by Continental Automotive France.
(20) 90/010,917 – U.S. Patent No. 6,231,617 owned by Thermo-Ply, Inc. and entitled PROSTHETIC LINER HAVING LONGITUDINAL INELASTICITY. Filed March 16, 2010 by The Ohio Willow Wood Company.
(21) 90/010,919 – U.S. Patent No. 6,238,412 having William Dubrul as its first named inventor and entitled BIOLOGICAL PASSAGEWAY OCCLUSION REMOVAL. Filed March 17, 2010.
(22) 90/010,920 – U.S. Patent No. 5,109,651 owned by Packaged Ice, Inc. and entitled ICE BAGGER. Filed March 18, 2010.
(23) 90/010,921 – U.S. Patent No. 5,462,554 having Michael S. Gardner as its named inventor and entitled EAR TAG APPLICATOR. Filed March 19, 2010.
(24) 90/010,922 – U.S. Patent No. 5,885,607 owned by Merial and entitled N-PHENYLPYRAZOLE-BASED ANTI-FLEA AND ANTI-TICK EXTERNAL DEVICE FOR CATS AND DOGS. Filed March 19, 2010 by Sergeant’s Pet Care Products, Inc.
(25) 90/010,923 – U.S. Patent No. 6,083,519 owned by Merial and entitled N-PHENYLPYRAZOLE-BASED ANTI-FLEA AND ANTI-TICK COLLAR FOR CATS AND DOGS. Filed March 19, 2010 by Sergeant’s Pet Care Products, Inc.
(26) 90/010,924 – U.S. Patent No. 6,426,916 owned by Rambus Inc. and entitled MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A VARIABLE DATA OUTPUT LENGTH AND A PROGRAMMABLE REGISTER. Filed March 19, 2010 by Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
(27) 90/009,703 – U.S. Patent No. 7,363,592 having Gary Odom as its first named inventor and entitled TOOL GROUP MANIPULATIONS. Filed March 10, 2010 by Gary Odom.
(28) 90/009,705 – U.S. Patent No. 7,192,308 owned by Thomas & Betts International, Inc. and entitled COAXIAL CONNECTOR HAVING DETACHABLE LOCKING SLEEVE. Filed March 17, 2010.
(29) 90/009,706 – U.S. Patent No. 7,595,626 owned by Blairtech Solution LLC and entitled SYSTEM FOR MATCHED AND ISOLATED REFERENCES. Filed March 19, 2010.
