This week the Official Gazette noticed seven ex parte reexamination requests. Avery Dennison Corporation filed two requests against Continental DataLabel’s patents on an apparatus for separating label assembly. Commtest Instruments filed two requests against Computational Systems’ patents on a method and apparatus for establishing a predictive maintenance database and hand held data collector and analyzer system. Fujitsu filed a request against Tellabs Operations’ patent on a optical line terminal arrangement. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Saxon Innovations and Maynard E. Small.

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: 90/009,648

Patent Number: 6,192,325
Technology Area: Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Patent Owner: Computational Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
Requester: Commtest Instruments, LTD., New Zealand
Firm Requesting: Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP., Atlanta, GA
Date Requested: 12/8/2009
Invention Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE DATABASE

Control Number: 90/009,650

Patent Number: 5,870,699
Technology Area: Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Patent Owner: Computational Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
Requester: Commtest Instruments, LTD., New Zealand
Firm Requesting: Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP., Atlanta, GA
Date Requested: 12/8/2009
Invention Title: HAND HELD DATA COLLECTOR AND ANALYZER SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/010,755

Patent Number: 5,791,991
Technology Area: Amusement devices: games
Patent Owner: Maynard E. Small, Kansas City, MO
Firm Requesting: Foley & Lardner, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 12/3/2009
Invention Title: INTERACTIVE CONSUMER PRODUCT PROMOTION METHOD AND MATCH GAME

Control Number: 90/010,757

Patent Number: 5,592,555
Technology Area: Cryptography
Patent Owner: Saxon Innovations, LLC., Tyler, TX
Firm Requesting: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX
Date Requested: 12/4/2009
Invention Title: WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY METHOD AND SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/010,761

Patent Number: 6,837,957
Technology Area: Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Patent Owner: Continental DataLabel, Inc., Elgin, IL
Requester: Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA
Firm Requesting: Howrey, LLP-CA, Falls Church, VA
Date Requested: 12/7/2009
Invention Title: METHOD FOR SEPARATING LABEL ASSEMBLY

Control Number: 90/010,762

Patent Number: 6,860,050
Technology Area: Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Patent Owner: Continental DataLabel, Inc., Elgin, IL
Requester: Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA
Firm Requesting: Howrey, LLP-CA, Falls Church, VA
Date Requested: 12/7/2009
Invention Title: APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING LABEL ASSEMBLY

Control Number: 90/010,763

Patent Number: 7,369,772
Technology Area: Optical communications
Patent Owner: Tellabs Operations, Inc., Naperville, IL
Requester: Fujitsu Limited, Japan
Firm Requesting: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX
Date Requested: 12/9/2009
Invention Title: OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL ARRANGEMENT, APPARATUS AND METHODS