This week the Official Gazette noticed eleven ex parte reexamination requests. CUNO Incorporated and 3M Innovative Properties Company jointly filed a request against Pall Corporation’s patent on a filter with over-laid pleats in intimate contact. Dorman Products filed a request against BorgWarner’s patent on a regenerative pump having vanes and side channels particularly shaped to direct fluid flow. RGB Systems filed a request against Crestron Electronics’ design patent on a tabletop media center. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Variant Holdings, Petrosonics, TheraSense, Plantronics, LG Electronics, and Wacker Neuson.

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: 90/009,610

Patent Number: 5,543,047
Technology Area: Liquid purification or separation
Patent Owner: Pall Corporation, East Hills, NY
Requester: CUNO Incorporated and 3M Innovative Properties Company
Firm Requesting: 3M Innovative Properties Company, ST. Paul, MN
Date Requested: 10/22/2009
Invention Title: FILTER WITH OVER-LAID PLEATS IN INTIMATE CONTACT

Control Number: 90/009,620

Patent Number: 6,329,161
Technology Area: Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Patent Owner: TheraSense, Inc., Alameda, CA
Firm Requesting: Morrison & Foerster, LLP., San Diego, CA
Date Requested: 10/27/2009
Invention Title: SUBCUTANEOUS GLUCOSE ELECTRODE

Control Number: 90/009,630

Patent Number: 5,537,612
Technology Area: Cryptography
Patent Owner: LG Electronics, Inc., Seoul, Korea
Firm Requesting: Hogan & Hartson, LLP., Los Angeles, CA
Date Requested: 10/30/2009
Invention Title: REMOTELY SELECTABLE AUDIO/VIDEO/TEXT DISRUPTION

Control Number: 90/009,631

Patent Number: 6,422,808
Technology Area: Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps
Patent Owner: BorgWarner, Inc., Troy, MI
Requester: Dorman Products, Inc, Colmar, PA
Firm Requesting: Volpe and Koenig, PC., Philadelphia, PA
Date Requested: 11/4/2009
Invention Title: REGENERATIVE PUMP HAVING VANES AND SIDE CHANNELS PARTICULARLY SHAPED TO DIRECT FLUID FLOW

Control Number: 90/010,699

Patent Number: D. 569,863
Technology Area: Recording, communication, or information retrieval equipment
Patent Owner: Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ
Requester: RGB Systems, Inc., Anaheim, CA
Firm Requesting: The Hecker Law Group, Los Angeles, CA
Date Requested: 9/25/2009
Invention Title: TABLETOP MEDIA CENTER

Control Number: 90/010,701

Patent Number: 7,379,900
Technology Area: Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price
Patent Owner: Variant Holdings, LLC., Nevis
Firm Requesting: Lawrence A. Aaronson, P.C. Date Requested: 11/5/2009
Invention Title: SYSTEM FOR MARKETING GOODS AND SERVICES UTILIZING COMPUTERIZED CENTRAL AND REMOTE FACILITIES

Control Number: 90/010,727

Patent Number: 5,082,396
Technology Area: Road structure, process, or apparatus
Patent Owner: Wacker Neuson Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI
Firm Requesting: Baker & Hostetler, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 11/2/2009
Invention Title: VIBRATORY ROLLER

Control Number: 90/010,728

Patent Number: 7,081,196
Technology Area: Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Patent Owner: Petrosonics, LLC., San Diego, CA
Firm Requesting: K&L Gates, LLP., Boston, MA
Date Requested: 11/2/2009
Invention Title: TREATMENT OF CRUDE OIL FRACTIONS, FOSSIL FUELS, AND PRODUCTS THEREOF WITH SONIC ENERGY

Control Number: 90/010,730

Patent Number: 7,102,041
Technology Area: Organic compounds — part of the class 532-570 series
Patent Owner: Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ
Requester: Owner
Date Requested: 11/9/2009
Invention Title: CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR PREPARING HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS

Control Number: 90/010,731

Patent Number: 5,712,453
Technology Area: Acoustics
Patent Owner: Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA
Firm Requesting: Morrison & Foerster, LLP., Palo Alto, CA
Date Requested: 11/9/2009
Invention Title: CONCHA HEADSET STABILIZER

Control Number: 90/010,732

Patent Number: 7,222,623
Technology Area: Surgery
Patent Owner: Bird Products Corporation, Palm Springs, CA
Requester: Owner
Date Requested: 11/10/2009
Invention Title: PORTABLE DRAG COMPRESSOR POWERED MECHANICAL VENTILATOR