Challenge to Intel Data Evaluation Patent, among Reexamination Requests Filed Week of October 3, 2011
| October 11, 2011
Intel obtained a patent last year for a method for sifting through data on “a support vector machine” to obtain certain information. The method appears to have diverse applications, including the identification of disease-causing genes. A request for reexamination of Intel’s patent was filed last Monday (see ex parte Request No. (1)). Though PTO documents do not disclose the identity of the Requester, it might be Health Discovery Corporation which is now attempting to provoke an interference with the Intel patent.
IBM requested reexamination of an Acqis computer security patent (see inter partes Request No. (3)). Acqis won a judgment against IBM earlier this year for $12 million in damages and $18.5 million in costs after a jury verdict of infringement of three other patents. On Thursday IBM filed a declaratory judgment action against Acqis regarding the ‘814 patent.
The following inter partes requests were filed:
(1) 95/001,774 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,030,348 entitled NATURAL MARINE SOURCE PHOSPHOLIPIDS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS and owned by Neptune. Filed October 4, 2011, by Aker BioMarine ASA. The ‘348 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Neptune Technologies & Bioresources v. Aker BioMarine et al. (Case No. 1:11-cv-894-UNA (D. Mass.)).
(2) 95/001,775 (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 by ADA Solutions. Filed October 4, 2011. 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.)).
(3) 95/001,776 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. RE 42,814 entitled PASSWORD PROTECTED MODULAR COMPUTER METHOD AND DEVICE and owned by Acqis Technology. Filed October 4, 2011, by IBM. The ‘814 patent is currently the subject of a declaratory judgment action styled IBM v. Acqis (Case No. 11-cv-4896 (N.D. Cal.)).
(4) 95/001,777 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,305,076 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED PAGING RECEIVER AND SYSTEM and owned by Intellect Wireless. Filed October 6, 2011.
The following ex parte requests were filed:
(1) 90/011,938 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,685,077 entitled RECURSIVE FEATURE ELIMINATING METHOD BASED ON A SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE and owned by Intel. Filed October 3, 2011.
(2) 90/011,939 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,834,765 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS AND PEOPLE and owned by Automated Tracking Solutions. Filed October 4, 2011, by Impinj. The ‘765 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Automated Tracking Solutions v. Awarepoint et al. (Case No. 2:11-cv-42-RBS (E.D. Va.)).
(3) 90/011,940 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,834,766 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS AND PEOPLE and owned by Automated Tracking Solutions. Filed October 4, 2011, by Impinj. The ‘766 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Automated Tracking Solutions v. Awarepoint et al. (Case No. 2:11-cv-42-RBS (E.D. Va.)).
(4) 90/011,941 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,498,010 entitled CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NOx and owned by Daimler et al. Filed October 5, 2011.
(5) 90/011,942 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,935,410 entitled METALLIZED POLYMERIC FILM REFLECTIVE INSULATION MATERIAL and owned by Furio Orologio. Filed October 6, 2011.
(6) 90/011,943 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,935,411 entitled METALLIZED POLYMERIC FILM REFLECTIVE INSULATION MATERIAL and owned by Furio Orologio. Filed October 6, 2011.
(7) 90/011,944 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,488,034 entitled FILE, PARTICULARLY NAIL FILE and owned by Blazek Sklo Podebrady. Filed October 6, 2011.
(8) 90/011,945 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,694,988 entitled FILE, PARTICULARLY NAIL FILE and owned by Blazek Sklo Podebrady. Filed October 6, 2011.
(9) 90/011,946 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,950,575 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MONEY TRANSFER TRANSACTIONS and owned by Western Union. Filed October 6, 2011.
(10) 90/011,947 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,029,883 entitled IMAGE RECEIVER MEDIA AND PRINTING PROCESS and owned by Filed October 6, 2011, by Photo U.S.A.
(11) 90/011,948 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,251,294 entitled ACCESSING, ASSEMBLING, AND USING BODIES OF INFORMATION and owned by Webvention. Filed October 7, 2011. The ‘294 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Webvention v. Adidas America et al. (Case No. 2:10-cv-410-TJW (E.D. Tex.)).
(12) 90/011,949 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,553,777 entitled SILICON WAFER LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND LASER BEAM PROCESSING MACHINE and owned by Disco Corp. Filed October 7, 2011.
(13) 90/009,949 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,914,586 entitled PROSTHETIC DEVICE UTILZING ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP and owned by The Ohio Willow Wood Company. Filed September 29, 2011.