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Attack on MobileMedia Ideas Audio Delivery Data Patent, among the Reexamination Requests Filed Week of February 27, 2012
| March 5, 2012
Last Friday reexamination was requested of a MobileMedia Ideas audio data delivery patent, likely by HTC (see ex parte Request No. (14)). In 2010 MobileMedia sued HTC in the Eastern District of Texas for infringement of that patent, as well as 10 other related data delivery patents.
Bosch Security Systems has sought reexamination of four video surveillance patents owned by ObjectVideo (see inter partes Request Nos. (9), (10), (11), (12)). An infringement action is pending in the Eastern District of Virginia between the companies, regarding these four patents.
And three new requests against medical device patents (see ex parte Request Nos. (6), (7) & (8)), continuing a recent trend.
The following inter partes requests were filed:
(1) 95/001,904 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,558,083 entitled HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER CONVERTER and owned by Martin Schlecht. Filed February 27, 2012.
(2) 95/001,905 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,035,382 entitled COIL DECOUPLING IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING and owned by m2m Imaging. Filed February 27, 2012, by MicroStrategy.
(3) 95/001,906 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,693,261 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTION OF MATERIALS and owned by Kromek. Filed February 27, 2012, by MicroStrategy.
(4) 95/001,907 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,286,158 entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED REMOTE MONITORING SERVICES and owned by Axcess International. Filed February 27, 2012, by MicroStrategy. The ‘158 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Axcess International v. Baker Botts (Case No. 3:10-cv-1383 (N.D. Tex.)).
(5) 95/001,908 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. D645,182 entitled PAR36 LED LAMP and owned by Brilliance LED. Filed February 28, 2012, by Halco Lighting Techs.
(6) 95/001,909 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,123,072 entitled CARTON WITH AN IMPROVED DISPENSING FEATURE and owned by Graphic Packing International, Inc. Filed February 29, 2012, by The C.W. Zumbiel Company.
(7) 95/001,910 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,561,767 entitled CONVERTING A PUMP FOR USE IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMOTOGRAPHY and owned by Waters Technologies. Filed February 29, 2012, by Aurora SFC Systems. The ‘767 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Waters Technologies v. Aurora SFC Systems (Case No. 1:11-cv-708-JEI (D. Del.)).
(8) 95/001,911 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,468,012 entitled CAPTIVE SCREW and owned by Southco. Filed February 29, 2012, by Fivetech. The ‘012 patent is the subject of a litigation styled Southco v. Fivetech (Case No. 10-cv-1060 (E.D. Pa.))
(9) 95/001,912 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,868,912 entitled VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM EMPLOYING VIDEO PRIMITIVES and owned by ObjectVideo. Filed February 29, 2012, by Bosch Security Systems. The ‘912 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled ObjectVideo v. Robert Bosch GmbH, et al. (Case No. 3:11-cv-217-JAG (E.D. Va.)) and the ITC investigation Certain Video Analytics Software, Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same, (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-795).
(10) 95/001,913 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,696,945 entitled VIDEO TRIPWIRE and owned by ObjectVideo. Filed February 29, 2012, by Bosch Security Systems. The ‘945 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled ObjectVideo v. Robert Bosch GmbH, et al. (Case No. 3:11-cv-217-JAG (E.D. Va.)) and the ITC investigation Certain Video Analytics Software, Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same, (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-795).
(11) 95/001,914 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,932,923 entitled VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM EMPLOYING VIDEO PRIMITIVES and owned by ObjectVideo. Filed February 29, 2012, by Bosch Security Systems. The ‘923 patent is currently the subject of the ITC investigation Certain Video Analytics Software, Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same, (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-795).
(12) 95/001,915 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,970,083 entitled VIDEO TRIPWIRE and owned by ObjectVideo. Filed February 29, 2012, by Bosch Security Systems. The ‘083 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled ObjectVideo v. Robert Bosch GmbH, et al. (Case No. 3:11-cv-217-JAG (E.D. Va.)) and the ITC investigation Certain Video Analytics Software, Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same, (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-795).
(13) 95/001,916 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,580,960 entitled SYNCHRONIZATION OF WEB SITE CONTENT BETWEEN LANGUAGES and owned by MotionPoint. Filed March 2, 2012, by TransPerfect Global. The ‘960 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled TransPerfect Global v. MotionPoint (Case No. 4:10-cv-2590 (N.D. Cal.)).
(14) 95/001,917 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,627,817 entitled ANALYZING WEB SITE FOR TRANSLATION and owned by MotionPoint. Filed March 2, 2012, by TransPerfect Global. The ‘817 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled TransPerfect Global v. MotionPoint (Case No. 4:10-cv-2590 (N.D. Cal.)).
(15) 95/001,918 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,584,216 entitled DYNAMIC LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF WEB SITE CONTENT and owned by MotionPoint. Filed March 2, 2012, by TransPerfect Global. The ‘216 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled TransPerfect Global v. MotionPoint (Case No. 4:10-cv-2590 (N.D. Cal.)).
(16) 95/001,919 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,627,479 entitled AUTOMATION TOOL FOR WEB SITE CONTENT LANGUAGE TRANSLATION and owned by MotionPoint. Filed March 2, 2012, by TransPerfect Global. The ‘479 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled TransPerfect Global v. MotionPoint (Case No. 4:10-cv-2590 (N.D. Cal.)).
(17) 95/001,920 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,033,120 entitled COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF CONTAINING FLUORIUNE SUBSTITUTED OLEFINS and owned by Honeywell. Filed March 2, 2012. Honeywell rival, Arkema, recently attempted unsuccessfully to add Honeywell’s ‘120 patent to a declaratory judgment action in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The following ex parte requests were filed:
(1) 90/012,163 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,044,852 entitled OFF-RIDGE ROOF VENT and owned by Southeastern Metals. Filed February 27, 2012, by Millennium Metals. The ‘852 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Southeastern Metals Manufacturing v. Millennium Metals et al. (Case No. 3:11-cv-1058 HES-20JBT (MD. Fl.).
(2) 90/012,164 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,339,842 entitled DIGITAL TELEVISION WITH SUBSCRIBER CONFERENCE OVERLAY and owned by Dennis Fernandez. Filed February 29, 2012. The ‘842 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Fernandez v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC, et al (Case No. 4:11-cv-4973 (N.D. Cal.).
(3) 90/012,165 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,089,703 entitled LENS DRIVING APPARATUS and owned by LG Innotek. Filed February 29, 2012.
(4) 90/012,166 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,053,403 entitled CONICAL FOOD SCOOP and owned by Ample Industries. Filed February 29, 2012, by Huhtamaki. The ‘403 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Ample Industries v. Dopaco (Case No. 1:09-cv-795 (S.D. Ohio)).
(5) 90/012,167 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,810,404 entitled COMPUTER-BASED DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM and owned by Scansoft, Inc. Filed March 1, 2012. The ‘404 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Nuance Communications, Inc. v. Abbyy USA Software House, Inc., et al, Case No. 08-02912-JWS; 08-04227-JWS; 08-04942-JWS (N.D. Cal).
(6) 90/012,168 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,214,012 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING MATERIAL TO A DESIRED LOCATION and owned by Stryker Spine. Filed March 1, 2012.
(7) 90/012,169 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,048,343 entitled BONE SCREW SYSTEM and owned by Stryker Corporation. Filed March 1, 2012.
(8) 90/012,170 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,886,618 entitled LOWER-LIMB PROSTHESIS FORCE AND MOMENT TRANSDUCER and owned by OrthoCare Innovations. Filed March 1, 2012.
(9) 90/012,171 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,178,919 entitled PERFORATED PLASMA CONFINEMENT RING IN PLASMA REACTORS and owned by LAM Research. Filed March 1, 2012.
(10) 90/012,172 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,877,491 entitled COOKIE INVALIDATION OR EXPIRATION BY A SWITCH and owned by Brocade. Filed March 1, 2012.
(11) 90/012,173 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,454,500 entitled GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING and owned by Foundry Networks. Filed March 1, 2012.
(12) 90/012,174 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,558,195 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ROUTE REDUNDANCY ACROSS LAYER 2 DEVICES and owned by Brocade. Filed March 2, 2012.
(13) 90/012,175 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. D618,132 entitled DIAMOND JEWELRY and owned by Wing Yee Gems. Filed March 2, 2012. The ‘132 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled Prestige Jewelry v. BK Jewelry HK et al. (Case No. 11-cv-2930 (S.D.N.Y.)).
(14) 90/012,176 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,841,979 entitled ENHANCED DELIVERY OF AUDIO DATA and owned by MobileMedia Ideas. Filed March 2, 2012, likely by HTC. The ‘979 patent is currently the subject of a litigation styled MobileMedia Ideas v. HTC (Case No. 2:10-cv-112 (E.D. Tex.)).
(15) 90/012,177 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,929,048 entitled TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS AND DISEASE and owned by Jagotec AG. Filed March 2, 2012.
