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Samsung Seeks Inter Partes Review of Unifi Scientific Battery Charger Patent, Week of April 1, 2013
| April 8, 2013
Last year, Unifi Scientific Batteries (USB) sued a number of companies in the Eastern District of Texas for infringement of its U.S. Patent No. 6,791,298 that claims a battery charger. Among those sued by USB, whose principal place of business is in Longview Texas, are Amazon, RIM, HTC, Samsung, Sony and Texas Instruments. The accused products include the Kindle Fire and Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus.
Last month Texas Instruments also requested inter partes review of the ‘298 patent (see IPR 2013-00213), and on Thursday Samsung filed its own inter partes review request against the ‘298 patent (see inter partes review Request Nos. (8)).
On Wednesday Geico field a 391-page request for ex parte reexamination of MacroSolve’s U.S. Patent No. 7,822,816 (see ex parte Request No. (8)). According to MacroSolve, the ‘816 patent covers a wide variety of “mobile information collection systems.” MacroSolve has sued Geico, as well as ten other retail companies, in the Eastern District of Texas for infringement of the ‘816 patent.
The following inter partes review requests were filed:
(1) IPR2013-00227 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,704,621 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EGO-MOTION OF A MOVING VEHICLE USING SUCCESSIVE IMAGES RECORDED ALONG THE VEHICLE’S PATH OF MOTION and owned by Mobileye Technologies Ltd. Filed April 2, 2013 by iOnRoad Ltd. The ‘621 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Mobileye Inc. v. iOnRoad, Ltd., et al. (Case no. 1:12-cv-01994-JSR (S.D.N.Y.)).
(2) IPR2013-00229 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,544,094 entitled CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH GRIPPING SLEEVE and owned by Amphenol Corp. Filed April 2, 2013 by PCT International, Inc. The ‘094 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Amphenol, et al. v. PCT International (Case No. 3:12-cv-01468-AVC (D. Conn.)).
(3) IPR2013-00231 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,079,413 entitled BOTTOM SET DOWNHOLD PLUG and owned by Magnum Oil Tools International Ltd. Filed April 2, 2013 by McClinton Energy Group LLC. The ‘413 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Magnum Oil Tools Int’l LLC v. Tony D. McClinton, et al. (Case No. 2:12-cv-00099 (S.D. Tex.)).
(4) IPR2013-00232 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,639,697 entitled DUMMY UNDERLAYERS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN REMOVAL RATE CONSISTENCY DURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING and owned by NXP B.V. Filed April 2, 2013 by RIM. The ‘697 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled NXP B.V. v. Research In Motion, Ltd., et al. (Case No. 6:12-cv-498-ORL-22-GJK (M.D. Fla.)).
(5) IPR2013-00233 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,501,420 entitled MOBILE CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPRISING A GPS RECEIVER and owned by NXP B.V. Filed April 2, 2013 by RIM. The ‘420 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled NXP B.V. v. Research In Motion, Ltd., et al. (Case No. 6:12-cv-498-ORL-22-GJK (M.D. Fla.)).
(6) IPR2013-00234 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. RE42,755 entitled HONEY BASED WOUND DRESSING and owned by Apimed Medical Honey Ltd. Filed April 4, 2013 by ManukaMed Ltd. The ‘755 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Apimed Medical Honey Ltd., et al. v. ManukaMed Ltd, et al. (Case No. 3:12-CV-03388 (D.N.J.)).
(7) IPR2013-00235 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,704,914 entitled CATHETER PLACEMENT ASSEMBLY and owned by One StockDuq Holdings, LLC. Filed April 4, 2013 by Becton, Dickinson & Company. The ‘914 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled One StockDuq Holdings, LLC v. Becton, Dickinson & Company (Case No. 2:12-cv-03037 (W.D. Tenn.)).
(8) IPR2013-00236 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,791,298 entitled MONOLITHIC BATTERY CHARGING DEVICE and owned by Unifi Scientific Batteries, LLC. Filed April 4, 2013 by Samsung. The ‘298 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Unifi Scientific Batteries, LLC v. Research In Motion (Case No. 6:12-cv-223 (E.D. Tex.)); Unifi Scientific Batteries, LLC v. Nokia, Inc. et al. (Case No. 6:12-cv-225 (E.D. Tex.)); Unifi Scientific Batteries, LLC v. Sony Mobile Communications AB, et al. (Case No. 6:12-cv-224 (E.D. Tex.)); Unifi Scientific Batteries, LLC v. HTC Corporation, et al. (Case No. 6:12-cv-221 (E.D. Tex.)). On March 26, 2013,
(9) IPR2013-00239 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,462,552 entitled METHOD OF DETACHABLE DIRECT BONDING AT LOW TEMPERATURES and owned by Ziptronix, Inc. Filed April 5, 2013 by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
The following ex parte requests were filed:
(1) 90/012,825 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,505,419 entitled BAR HANGER FOR RECESSED LIGHT FIXTURE ASSEMBLY and owned by Juno Lighting, LLC. Filed April 2, 2013 by Nora Manufacturing, Inc. The ‘419 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Juno Lighting, LLC v. Nora Lighting, Inc. (Case No. CV13-00981 (C.D. Cal.)).
(2) 90/012,826 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. RE40,384 entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING SCANNED DOCUMENTS IN A COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM and owned by American Imaging Services, Inc. Filed April 2, 2013 by Autodesk, Inc. The ‘384 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled American Imaging Services, Inc. v. Autodesk, Inc. (Case No. 3:09-CV-00733-M (N.D. Tex.)).
(3) 90/012,827 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,792,795 entitled TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING ORAL DOSAGE FORMS OF OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED ACIDS and owned by Chrysalis Pharma AG. Filed April 3, 2013.
(4) 90/012,828 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,874,487 entitled INTEGRATED ILLUMINATION ASSEMBLY FOR SYMBOLOGY READER and owned by Cognex Technology & Investment Corp. Filed April 3, 2013 by Microscan Systems, Inc. The ‘487 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Cognex Corps. and Cognex Technology & Investment Corp. v. Microscan Systems, Inc. and The Code Corporation (Case no. 1:13-cv-02027-JSR (S.D.N.Y.)).
(5) 90/012,829 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,822,816 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT and owned by Macrosolve, Inc. Filed April 3, 2013 by GEICO. The ’816 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Macrosolve, Inc. v. GEICO Insurance Agency (Case no. 6:12-cv-74 (E. D. Tex.)).
(6) 90/012,830 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,335,277 entitled SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS and owned by Personalized Mass Media Corp. Filed April 5, 2013. The ’277 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Pegasus Development Corp., et al. v. DIRECTV, Inc., et al. (Case No. 1:00-cv-1020-GMS (D. Del.)).
