Sony Attack on Walker Digital Patent

| October 3, 2011

Earlier this year Walker Digital (of Priceline.com fame) sued Sony and others for infringement a patent claiming an apparatus for providing information to a customer about a video program.  Sony has now replied to that suit by requesting reexamination of the Walker patent (see ex parte Request No. (10)). 

Reexamination was also requested for three more Round Rock Research patents, related to different technologies (see ex parte Request Nos. (2), (3) & (4)).  Round Rock bought the three patents from Micron.  It is not yet clear who has filed these reexamination requests for patents not involved in litigation. 

The following inter partes requests were filed:

(1)         95/001,771 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,350,674 entitled ARRANGEMENT FOR ADJUSTING ROTOR POSITION IN A ROTING SLUICE and owned by Mesto Paper Sweden. Filed September 26, 2011, by Andritz. 

(2)         95/001,772 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,571,334 entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING THE DISPATCH AND CONTENTS OF DOCUMENTS and owned by RMail.  Filed September 30, 2011, likely by Comprova.  The ‘334 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled RPost Holdings et al. v. Comprova.com Informatica S/A (Case No. 2:11-cv-262 (E.D. Tex.)). 

(3)         95/001,773 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,153,254 entitled PRESENTATION FOLDER WITH ATTACHABLE POCKETS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME and owned by Mark Cordes.  Filed September 30, 2011, by eBay.  The ‘254 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Ticket Doctor v. Mark Cordes (Case No. 2:11-cv-11586 (E.D. Mich.)). 

The following ex parte requests were filed:

(1)         90/011,922 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,505,124 entitled GPS SYSTEM TO PROVIDE PLANTER TRIPPING CROP RESEARCH PLOTS and owned by Gary W. Clem.  Filed September 25, 2011.

(2)         90/011,923 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,375,780 entitled METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ENCLOSED TRANSCEIVER and owned by Round Rock Research.  Filed September 25, 2011.  

(3)         90/011,924 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,265,674 entitled THIN FLEXIBLE, RFID LABELS, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE and owned by Round Rock Research.  Filed September 25, 2011.  

(4)         90/011,925 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,583,850 entitled DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING IDENTIFICATION PROTOCOL and owned by Round Rock Research.  Filed September 26, 2011.  

(5)         90/011,926 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. Re. 40,799 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER NETWORK IMPLEMENTED VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS and owned by Innova Electronics.  Filed September 26, 2011, by Owner.  

(6)         90/011,927 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,651,616 entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND/OR ELIMINATING AT LEAST ONE SOLUTE FROM A SOLUTION and owned by Brian Tudhope.  Filed September 27, 2011.

(7)         90/011,928 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,829,977 entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND/OR ELIMINATING AT LEAST ONE SOLUTE FROM A SOLUTION and owned by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering.  Filed September 27, 2011.  

(8)         90/011,930 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,739, 082 entitled METHOD OF IMPROVING THE YIELD OF HERBICIDE-RESISTANT CROP PLANTS and owned by Bayer CropScience AG.  Filed September 27, 2011.  

(9)         90/011,931 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,908,810 entitled METHOD OF IMPROVING THE GROWTH OF CROP PLANTS WHICH ARE RESISTANT TO GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE INHIBITORS and owned by Bayer CropScience AG.  Filed September 27, 2011.  

(10)     90/011,933 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,263,505 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR VIDEO PROGRAMS and owned by Walker Digital.  Filed September 29, 2011, by Sony.   The ‘505 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Walker Digital v. Ayre Acoustics (Case No. 1:11-cv-321 (D. Del.)). 

(11)     90/011,934 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,254,904 entitled FOOD AND VITAMIN PREPARATION CONTANING THE NATURAL ISOMER OF REDUCED FOLATES and owned by South Alabama Medical Science Foundation.  Filed September 29, 2011.  

(12)     90/011,935 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,011,040 entitled USE OF TETRAHYDROFOLATES and owned by Eprova AG.  Filed September 29, 2011.  

(13)     90/011,936 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,858,731 entitled OLIGONUCLEOTIDE LIBRARIES USEFUL FOR PRODUCING PRIMERS and owned by Stratagene.  Filed September 29, 2011, by Life Technologies.   The ‘731 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Catalyst Assets v. Life Technologies (Case No. 4:11-cv-3537-SBA (N.D. Cal.)). 

(14)     90/011,937 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,272,639 entitled INTERNET SERVER ACCESS CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS and owned by Soverain Software.  Filed September 30, 2011.   The ‘639 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Soverain Software v. JC Penny et al. (Case No. 6:09-cv-274-LED (E.D. Tex.)).

(15)     90/009,948 (paper filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,926,082 entitled SOLENOID STATOR ASSEMBLY and owned by Caterpillar.  Filed September 19, 2011.  

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