August 23rd, 2012
Below is the newest reexamination request filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as of August 23, 2012: five ex parte reexamination requests and two inter partes reexamination requests.
Control # – 90/012,445
Date – 08-22-2012 – Receipt of Orig or Corrected Ex Parte Reexam Request
Patent # – 6,397,419
Inventor(s) – Mechache; Susan (Plymouth, MN)
Assignee – Select Comfort Corporation (Plymouth, MN)
Title – System and Method for Sleep Surface Adjustment
Co-pending Litigation – Select Comfort Corporation v. The Sleep Better Store, et al. CASE 0:12-cv-01148-JNE-JSM
Control # – 90/012,446
Date – 08-22-2012 – Receipt of Orig or Corrected Ex Parte Reexam Request
Patent # – 7,626,834
Inventor(s) – Chisenga; Lesley (Cambridge, GB), Mumtaz; Asim (Cambridge, GB), Amaratunga; Gehan Amil Joseph (Cambridge, GB)
Assignee – Enecsys Limited (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB)
Title – Double Ended Converter with Output Synchronous Rectifier and Auxiliary Input Regulator
No co-pending litigation provided.
Control # – 90/012,447
Date – 08-22-2012 – Receipt of Orig or Corrected Ex Parte Reexam Request
Patent # – 6,887,114
Inventor(s) – Liao; Fang-Jwu (Tu-chen, TW)
Assignee – Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. (Taipei Hsien, TW)
Title – Electrical Connector with High Performance Contacts
Co-pending Litigation – Lotes Co. Ltd. v. Han Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. et al., U.S. Dist. Ct. N.D. Cal., 3:11-cv-01036-JSW
Control # – 90/012,448
Date – 08-23-2012 – Receipt of Orig or Corrected Ex Parte Reexam Request
Patent # – 7,556,503
Inventor(s) – Vinther; Gordon A. (Hampton, NH)
Assignee – Ardent Concepts, Inc. (Hampton Beach, NH)
Title – Compliant Electrical Contact and Assembly
No documents posted yet on USPTO website
Control # – 90/012,449
Date – 08-23-2012 – Receipt of Orig or Corrected Ex Parte Reexam Request
Patent # – 7,248,181
Inventor(s) – Patterson; Tim (Mesquite, TX), Holowick; Erwin (Manitoba, CA), Derry; Kenneth J. (McKinney, TX)
Assignee – Ich Intellectual Capital Holdings, Inc. (Frisco, TX)
Title – Automated Meter Reading System
Co-pending Litigation – ICH Intellectual Capital Holdings, Inc. v. Badger Meter et al. Civil Action No. 6:11-cv-00468-LED-JDL (E.D. Texas)
Control # – 95/002,096
Date – 08-22-2012 – Receipt of Orig or Corrected Inter Partes Reexam Request
Patent # – 7,853,881
Inventor(s) – Aly Assal; Amr Fouad (San Mateo, CA), Manese Lim; Raymond Marcelino (Los Altos Hills, CA), Lee; Man-Ho Lawrence (San Jose, CA)
Assignee – Real Time Social Inventions, LLC
Title – Method of Printing, Distributing and Placing Price Information
No documents posted yet on USPTO website
Control # – 95/002,097
Date – 08-22-2012 – Receipt of Orig or Corrected Inter Partes Reexam Request
Patent # – 8,020,765
Inventor(s) – Nunez; Chris E. (Ada, MI), Wojozynski; Robert J. (Grand Rapids, MI)
Assignee – Grandville Printing Company (Grandville, MI)
Title – Multi-User Online Real-Time Virtual Social Networks Based Upon Communities of Interest for Entertainment, Information or E-Commerce Purposes
Co-pending Litigation – Real Time Social Inventions, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., USDC- District of Delaware, Case No. 1:12-cv-00185-RGA
