Attack on vTRAX Patent among Reexamination Requests Filed Week of August 22, 2011

| August 29, 2011

The sole business of vTRAX appears to be the enforcement of a single patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,865,268 covering systems for call-tracking in virtual call-centers.  Pending in the Southern District of Florida are two actions in which vTRAX has accused Siemens, CSX, Avaya and a number of others of infringing the ‘268 patent.  Now, a reexamination has been requested of the ‘268 patent (see ex parte Request No. (15)).  We strongly expect that the defendants will soon move to stay both cases, particularly in view of the Southern District of Florida’s record of granting such motions.

(1)         95/001,721 (electronically filed) U.S. Patent No. 7,923,390 entitled Electrical Shielding Material Composed of Metallized Stainless Steel Monofilament Yarn and owned by Micrometal Technologies.  Filed August 22, 2011, by Syscom Advanced Materials. 

(2)         95/001,722 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,978,954 entitled DETECTOR FOR A SHREDDER and owned by Fellowes.  Filed August 23, 2011, by ACCO Brands.  The ‘954 patent is currently the subject of two litigations styled Fellowes v. ACCO Brands (Case No. 1:10-cv-7587 (N.D. Ill.)) and Royal Appliance Mfg. v. Fellowes (Case No. 1:11-cv-1276 (N.D. Ohio)). 

(3)         95/001,723 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,963,468 entitled SHREDDER WITH THICKNESS DETECTOR and owned by Fellowes.  Filed August 23, 2011, by ACCO Brands.  The ‘468 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Fellowes v. ACCO Brands (Case No. 1:10-cv-7587 (N.D. Ill.)) and Royal Appliance Mfg. v. Fellowes (Case No. 1:11-cv-1276 (N.D. Ohio)).

(4)         95/001,724 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,976,360 entitled TUMBLED, POLISHED, VIBRATED BROKEN TEMPERED GLASS PIECES and owned by Moderustic.  Filed August 24, 2011, by American Fireglass. 

(5)         95/001,725 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,464,510 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOOR COVERING INSTALLATION and owned by U.S. Bank National Association.  Filed August 25, 2011. 

(6)         95/001,726 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,721,502 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOOR COVERING INSTALLATION and owned by U.S. Bank National Association.  Filed August 25, 2011. 

(7)         95/001,727 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,260,918 entitled APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN OBJECT and owned by UniRac.  Filed August 26, 2011, likely by Ironridge.  The ‘918 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled UniRac v. Ironridge & Jac-Rack (Case No. 1:11-cv-00010 (D.N.M.)). 

(8)         95/001,728 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,264,508 entitled FEMALE TYPE CONTACT PIECE ENABLING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH A MALE ELEMENT and owned by Preci-Dip Durtal SA.  Filed August 26, 2011, by Tri-Star Electronics International. 

(9)         95/001,729 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,320,031 entitled AUTOMATIC, PERSONALIZED ONLINE INFORMATION AND PRODUCT SERVICES and owned by Utopy.  Filed August 26, 2011, likely by Google.  The ‘031 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Personalized User Model v. Google (Case No. 09-cv-525 (D. Del.)). 

 The following ex parte requests were filed:

(1)         90/011,871 (electronically filed) U.S. Patent No. US 6,475,521entitled BIPHASIC CONTROLLED RELEASE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR HIGH SOLUBILITY PHARMACEUTICALS AND METHOD and owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  Filed August 21, 2011.  

(2)         90/011,872 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,660,300 entitled METHOD OF USE OF A BIPHASIC CONTROLLED RELEASE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR HIGH SOLUBILITY PHARMACEUTICALS AND METHOD and owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  Filed August 21, 2011.  

(3)         90/011,873 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. entitled 6,811,153 METHOD OF PLAYING IMPROVED CARD GAMES  and owned by Shenli Ko.  Filed August 22, 2011.  

(4)         90/011,874 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,044,965 entitled TROUGHING IDLERS FOR BELT CONVEYORS and owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank.  Filed August 22, 2011, likely by Enduro Sys.   The ‘965 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Hanson Mfg. v. Enduro Sys. (Case No. 11-cv-4030 (D.S.D.)). 

(5)         90/011,875 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,843,073 entitled INFRARED LASER CATHETER SYSTEM and owned by Venture Lending & Leasing IV.  Filed August 24, 2011.   The ‘073 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled CardioFocus v. Candela et al. (Case No. 1:08-cv-10285-NMG (D. Mass.)).

(6)         90/011,876 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,511,216 entitled INTERIOR-MOUNTED EMERGENCY VEHICLE SIGNAL DEVICE and owned by G.H. Strickland.  Filed August 25, 2011, by Federal Signal.  The ‘216 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled G.H. Strickland v. Federal Signal (Case No. 1:11-cv-2073 (N.D.Ga.)). 

(7)         90/011,877 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,929,048 entitled TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS AND DISEASE and owned by Jagotec AG.  Filed August 25, 2011.  

(8)         90/011,878 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,852,002 entitled TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS AND DISEASE and owned by Jagotec AG.  Filed August 25, 2011.  

(9)         90/011,879 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,445,625 entitled ANGIOPLASTY GUIDE CATHETER and owned by Katetry KFT.  Filed August 26, 2011.  

(10)     90/011,880 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,985,850 entitled COMPOSITION COMPRISING HYALURONIC ACID AND DRUGS and owned by Jagotec AG.  Filed August 26, 2011.  

(11)     90/009,936 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,637,930 entitled WALL-MOUNTABLE SWITCH & DIMMER and owned by Lutron Eelectronics.  Filed August 10, 2011.       

(12)     90/009,937 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,284,328 entitled METHOD FOR PRODUCING PULLING RODS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING SHEET GLASS and owned by Corning Incorporated.  Filed August 11, 2011.

(13)     90/009,938 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,896,646 entitled PULLING ROLLS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING SHEET GLASS and owned by Corning Incorporated.  Filed August 11, 2011.     

(14)     90/009,939 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,585,007 entitled PLASMA CONCENTRATE AND TISSUE SEALANT METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MAKING CONCENTRATED PLASMA AND/OR TISSUE SEALANT and owned by Ethicon, Inc.  Filed August 11, 2011.

(15)     90/009,940 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,865,268 entitled DYNAMIC, REAL-TIME CALL TRACKING FOR WEB-BASED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT and owned by vTRAX Technologies Licensing.   Filed August 8, 2011, likely by Siemens.   The ‘268 patent is currently the subject of litigations styled vTRAX v. Salesforce.com. (Case No. 9:11-cv-80124 (S.D. Fla.)); vTRAX v. Siemens Communications et al. (Case No. 9:10-cv-80369 (S.D. Fla.)).

(16)     90/009,941 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,774,528 entitled PRESSURE PROTECTION MANAGER SYSTEM & APPARATUS and owned by Siemens.  Filed August 1, 2011, by Lloyd’s Register North America.     

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