This week the Official Gazette noticed an ex parte requests filed by L&P Property Management Company against National Products’ patent on a portable device docking station. In addition, patents assigned to Neuralstem, Northpeak Wireless, Semrock, and Spine Solutions were the targets of ex parte requests from anonymous third parties.

Requests for reexamination were noticed in the USPTO Official Gazette, captioned below. Notice of Filing of Request for Reexamination means that a request for reexamination has been filed, accorded a filing date, and published in the Official Gazette (MPEP 2215).

Control Number: 90/009,567

Patent Number: 5,753,506
Technology Area: Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Patent Owner: Neuralstem, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD
Firm Requesting: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC., Boston, MA
Date Requested: 9/2/2009
Invention Title: ISOLATION PROPAGATION AND DIRECTED DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELLS FROM EMBRYONIC AND ADULT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MAMMALS

Control Number: 90/009,568

Patent Number: 6,745,851
Technology Area: Boring or penetrating the earth
Patent Owner: AGR Services AS, Straume, Norway
Firm Requesting: Owner
Date Requested: 8/27/2009
Invention Title: METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OF DRILLING FLUID

Control Number: 90/010,622

Patent Number: 4,977,577
Technology Area: Pulse or digital communications
Patent Owner: Northpeak Wireless, LLC., Alpharetta, GA
Firm Requesting: Perkins Coie, LLP., Seattle, WA
Date Requested: 9/18/2009
Invention Title: WIRELESS ALARM SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/010,629

Patent Number: 7,068,430
Technology Area: Optical: systems and elements
Patent Owner: Semrock, Inc., Rochester, NY
Firm Requesting: Peacock Myers, PC., Albuquerque, NM
Date Requested: 9/17/2009
Invention Title: METHOD OF MAKING HIGHLY DISCRIMINATING OPTICAL EDGE FILTERS AND RESULTING PRODUCTS

Control Number: 90/010,640

Patent Number: 7,573,706
Technology Area: Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Patent Owner: National Products, Inc., Seattle, WA
Requester: L&P Property Management Company
Firm Requesting: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Chicago, IL
Date Requested: 8/11/2009
Invention Title: PORTABLE DEVICE DOCKING STATION

Control Number: 90/010,653

Patent Number: 5,424,286
Technology Area: Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Patent Owner: John Eng, Bronx, NY
Firm Requesting: Neifeld IP Law PC., Alexandria, VA
Date Requested: 8/21/2009
Invention Title: EXENDIN-3 AND EXENDIN-4 POLYPEPTIDES, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME

Control Number: 90/010,655

Patent Number: 6,936,071
Technology Area: Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids
Patent Owner: Spine Solutions, Inc., New York, NY
Firm Requesting: Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck, PC., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 8/24/2009
Invention Title: INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT