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Sprint Requests Reexamination for Three More Comcast Patents, Week of April 29, 2013
| May 6, 2013
Last Monday we reported that Sprint had requested ex parte reexamination of two telecommunications data accessing patents owned by Comcast IP Holdings. Sprint has since requested reexamination of three more Comcast patents (see ex parte Request Nos. (2), (3) & (8)). The two companies are involved in an infringement action in Delaware, related to the patents.
Motorola Mobility has filed inter partes review petitions against two Internet content display patents owned by SoftView (see inter partes review Request Nos. (1) & (2)). Softview has sued Apple and AT&T Mobility for infringement of the patents.
Oracle has requested inter partes review of two Clouding IP patents (see inter partes review Request Nos. (5) & (6)). Oracle had previously filed a petition for inter partes review of the ‘799 patent, challenging a number of claims of the ‘799 patent (see IPR2013-00073). In the instant petition, Oracle is now seeking review of the remaining three independent claims of the ‘799 patent that were not addressed in the earlier petition. The second petition follows an earlier request for inter partes review of the ‘891 patent, in which Oracle requested review of claims 1 to 8 of the patent (see IPR2013-00100). In the instant petition, Oracle seeks review of independent claim 9.
The following inter partes review requests were filed:
(1) IPR2013-00256 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,461,353 entitled SCALABLE DISPLAY OF INTERNET CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICES and owned by SoftView LLC. Filed April 29, 2013 by Motorola Mobility, LLC. The ‘353 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled SoftView LLC v. Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC (Case No. 10-389-LPS (D. Del.)).
(2) IPR2013-00257 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,831,926 entitled SCALABLE DISPLAY OF INTERNET CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICES and owned by SoftView LLC. Filed April 29, 2013 by Motorola Mobility, LLC. The ‘926 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled SoftView LLC v. Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC (Case No. 10-389-LPS (D. Del.)).
(3) IPR2013-00258 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,134,994 entitled MULTIPUPPOSE HOST SYSTEM FOR INVASIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENT ACQUISITION AND DISPLAY and owned by Volcano Corporation. Filed April 30, 2013 by St. Jude Medical. The ‘994 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled St. Jude Medical v. Volcano Corp. (Case No. 10-631-RGA (D. Del.)).
(4) IPR2013-00259 (electronically filed) – U.S. Design Patent No. D527,834 entitled BUILDING PANEL and owned by Centria. Filed April 30, 2013 by ATAS International. The ‘834 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Centria v. ATAS International, Inc. (Case No. 2:13-cv-309 (W.D. Pa.)).
(5) IPR2013-00260 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,825,891 entitled KEY MANAGEMENT FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION and owned by Clouding IP, LLP. Filed May 2, 2013 by Oracle Corp. The ‘891 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Clouding IP, LLC v. Oracle Corp. (Case No. 1:12-cv-00642 (D. Del.)).
(6) IPR2013-00261 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,738,799 entitled METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FILE SYNCHRONIZATION AND UPDATING USING A SIGNATURE LIST and owned by Clouding IP, LLP. Filed May 2, 2013 by Oracle Corp. The ‘799 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Clouding IP, LLC v. Oracle Corp. (Case No. 1:12-cv-00642 (D. Del.)).
(7) IPR2013-00262 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,965,183 entitled STABLE LYCOPENE CONCENTRATES AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION and owned by likely Lycored Natural Products Industries, Ltd. Filed May 3, 2013 by E.I.D. Parry, Ltd. The ‘183 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Lycored Corp., et al. v. U.S. Nutraceuticals, et al. (Case No. 2:12-cv-01695-WHW-CLW (D.N.J.)).
(8) IPR2013-0263 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,837,311 entitled INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OF TOMATOES AND PRODUCT THEREOF and owned by Lycored Natural Products Industries, Ltd. Filed May 3, 2013 by E.I.D. Parry, Ltd. The ‘311 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Lycored Corp., et al. v. U.S. Nutraceuticals, et al. (Case No. 2:12-cv-01695-WHW-CLW (D.N.J.)).
(9) IPR2013-00264 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,515,018 entitled SYNERGISTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR LYCOPENE AND VITAMIN E FOR THE PREVENTION OF LDL OXIDATION and owned by Lycored Natural Products Industries, Ltd. Filed May 3, 2013 by E.I.D. Parry, Ltd. The ‘018 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Lycored Corp., et al. v. U.S. Nutraceuticals, et al. (Case No. 2:12-cv-01695-WHW-CLW (D.N.J.)).
(10) IPR2013-00265 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 5,474,142 entitled AUTOMATIC DRILLING SYSTEM and owned by Omron Oilfield & Marine, Inc. Filed May 3, 2013 by Md/Totco, a Division of Varco. The ‘142 patent is the subject of the following infringement actions: National Oilwell Varco, LP v. Omron Oilfield & Marine, Inc. (W.D. Tex. Case No. 12-cv-00773) (filed 8/23/12, still pending); National Oilwell Varco, LP v. Pason Sys. USA, Corporation (W.D. Tex. Case No. 12- cv-01113) (filed 12/7/12, still pending); National Oilwell Varco, LP v. Pason Sys. USA Corp. (D. Colo. Case No. 03-cv-02579; Fed. Cir. Case Nos. 2012-1551, -1587) (appeal pending); Bowden v. Tech Power Controls (S.D. Tex. Case No. 00-cv-00271) (dismissed before claim construction); Bowden v. Martin-Decker Totco (W.D. Tex. Case No. 99-cv-00607) (dismissed before claim construction); Varco LP v. IDM Equip. Co. Inc. (S.D. Tex. Case No. 05-cv-00767) (dismissed before claim construction); National Oilwell Varco, LP v. Auto-Dril, Inc. (E.D. Tex. Case No. 09-cv-00085).
The following ex parte requests were filed:
(1) 90/012,848 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,898,597 entitled EVENT LOG INFORMATION IN CLIENT-SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEM and owned by Internet Patents Corporation, Inc. Filed April 29, 2013 by eBags, Inc. and TellApart, Inc.
(2) 90/012,849 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,206,304 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR ACCESSING A TARGET ENTITY and owned by Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC. Filed April 29, 2013 by Sprint. The ‘304 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC v. Sprint Communications Company, LP, et al. (Case No. 12-205-RGA (D. Del.)).
(3) 90/012,850 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 8,223,752 entitled METHOD FOR ACCESSING SERVICE RESOURCE ITEMS THAT ARE FOR USE IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM and owned by Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC. Filed April 29, 2013 likely by Sprint.
(4) 90/012,851 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,284,471 entitled ANTI-TNFa ANTIBODIES AND ASSAYS EMPLOYING ANTI-TNFa ANTIBODIES and owned by New York University. Filed April 29, 2013.
(5) 90/012,852 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,514,040 entitled INTELLIGENT BIOSENSING METER and owned by Taidoc Technology Corporation. Filed April 30, 2013. The ‘040 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Taidoc Technology Corporation v. Diagnostic Devices, Inc., et al. (Case no. 3:12-cv-00636 (W.D.N.C.)).
(6) 90/012,853 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,027,545 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING DIRECT REDUCED IRON WITH IMPROVED REDUCING GAS UTILIZATION and owned by Hylsa S.A. de C.V. Filed April 30, 2013.
(7) 90/012,854 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 6,184,649 entitled POWER CONVERTER WITH DESULFATION MODE and owned by Progressive Dynamics, Inc. Filed April 30, 2013.
(8) 90/012,855 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,903,641 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING COMMUNICATION DATA RELEVANT TO A TARGET ENTITY IDENTIFIED BY A NUMBER STRING and owned by Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC. Filed May 2, 2013 by Sprint. The ‘641 patent is currently the subject matter of a litigation styled Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC v. Sprint Communications Company LP, et al. (Case No. 12-205-RGA (D. Del.)).
(9) 90/012,856 (electronically filed) – U.S. Patent No. 7,957,368 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS WITH A REMOTE NODE ON A SWITCHED NETWORK BASED ON HYPERTEXT CALLING RECEIVED FROM A PACKET NETWORK. Filed May 3, 2013
