This week the Official Gazette noticed one inter partes reexamination request. Kit Masters filed a request against Horton’s patent on a two-speed rotational control apparatus with eddy current drive.

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: 95/001,250

Patent Number: 6,838,796
Technology Area: Electrical generator or motor structure
Patent Owner: Horton, Inc., Roseville, MN
Requester: Kit Masters, Inc.
Firm Requesting: Fish & Richardson, PC., Minneapolis, MN
Date Requested: 10/28/2009
Invention Title: TWO-SPEED ROTATIONAL CONTROL APPARATUS WITH EDDY CURRENT DRIVE