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Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex partereexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 11 AM on Friday, March 28, 2014.New IPR RequestsTrial Number – IPR2014-00520Filing Date – 3/27/2014Patent # – 7,604,716*Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMAAssignee – ZOND, INC.Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATIONStatus – PendingTech Center – 1700Trial Number – IPR2014-00521Filing Date – 3/27/2014Patent # – 7,604,716*Title – METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY PLASMAAssignee – ZOND, INC.Petitioner – INTEL CORPORATIONStatus – PendingTech Center – 1700Trial Number – IPR2014-00522Filing … [Read more...] about PTO Litigation Center Report – March 28, 2014

PHMSA Proposes Amendments to Gas Pipeline Safety RegulationsOn March 17, 2016, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released an advance copy of the long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would extensively modify the federal pipeline safety regulations applicable to gas transmission and gathering pipelines.  The NPRM reflects PHMSA’s response to congressional directives in the 2011 Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act (2011 Act), and recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Government Accountability Office.  In addition, PHMSA is expected to release additional documents, including a regulatory impact statement that will address the proposal’s costs and benefits, and an environmental analysis.  Comments will be due 60 days after the NPRM is published in the Federal Register, although requests to extend that deadline are expected to be filed. The NPRM is … [Read more...] about March 28, 2016 – Pipeline Safety Update

Listed below are all new filings before the PTAB of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO.  This listing is current as of 10 AM on Monday, March 28, 2016. New IPR PetitionsTrial Number – IPR2016-00771Filing Date – 3/25/2016Patent # – 9,185,786Title – LASER-DRIVEN LIGHT SOURCEPatent Owner –  ENERGETIQ TECHNOLOGY, INC.Petitioner – ASML Netherlands B.V.; ASML US, Inc.; Excelitas Technologies Corp.; Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KGTech Center – 2800Trial Number – IPR2016-00776Filing Date – 3/25/2016Patent # – 9,185,786Title – LASER-DRIVEN LIGHT SOURCEPatent Owner –  ENERGETIQ TECHNOLOGY, INC.Petitioner – ASML Netherlands B.V.; ASML US, Inc.; Excelitas Technologies Corp.; Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KGTech Center – 2800Trial Number – … [Read more...] about PTO Litigation Center Report – March 28, 2016

The summary of NLRB decisions for the week of March 28 – April 1 is now available. Summarized Board DecisionsVHS of Michigan, Inc. d/b/a Detroit Medical Center  (07-CA-162818; 363 NLRB No. 155)  Detroit, MI, March 29, 2016.The Board granted the General Counsel’s motion for summary judgment in this test-of-certification case on the ground that the Respondent failed to raise any issues that either were not, or could not have been, litigated in the underlying representation case.  In that case, the Regional Director certified the Union as the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the Respondent’s client service representatives I and II as part of an existing unit of laboratory and senior laboratory assistants.  The Board noted that the Respondent made clear that it refused to bargain in order to seek judicial review of the certification.  Although requested by the General Counsel, the Board declined to extend the certification … [Read more...] about VHS of Michigan, Inc. d/b/a Detroit Medical Center: Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of March 28-April 1, 2016

Listed below are all new filings before the PTAB of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.New IPR PetitionsTrial Number – IPR2017-01050Trial Number – IPR2017-01061Trial Number – IPR2017-01109Trial Number – IPR2017-01159Trial Number – IPR2017-01160Trial Number – IPR2017-01165New CBM Review PetitionsThere have been no new petitions for CBM review since the last report.Newly-Posted Reexam RequestsThere have been no new reexam requests posted since the last report. … [Read more...] about PTO Litigation Report – March 28, 2017