This week the Official Gazette noticed nine ex parte reexamination requests. Apple filed a request against Monec Holding’s patent on an electronic device, preferably an electronic book. Christie Digital Systems USA filed a request against U.S. Philips Corporation’s patent on an image projection arrangement. Sennco Solutions filed a request against SE-KURE Controls’ patent on a security system. Lawson Software filed a request against ePlus’ patent on an electronic sourcing system. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Card Technology Corporation, and Hsiang-Chen Yu.

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: 90/009,595

Patent Number: 6,697,568
Technology Area: Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing
Patent Owner: Sanyo Electric Co., LTD., Osaka, Japan
Requester: Owner
Firm Requesting: Owner
Date Requested: 11/12/2009
Invention Title: MOTION IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL CAMERA

Control Number: 90/009,633

Patent Number: 7,443,711
Technology Area: Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
Patent Owner: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP., Houston, TX
Firm Requesting: Blaise Mouttet, Arlington, VA
Date Requested: 11/9/2009
Invention Title: NON-VOLATILE PROGRAMMABLE IMPEDANCE NANOSCALE DEVICES

Control Number: 90/009,635

Patent Number: 5,861,807
Technology Area: Communications: electrical
Patent Owner: SE-KURE Controls, Inc., Franklin Park, IL
Requester: Sennco Solutions, Inc., Plainfield, IL
Firm Requesting: Patents+TMS, PC., Chicago, IL
Date Requested: 11/9/2009
Invention Title: SECURITY SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/009,636

Patent Number: 6,055,516
Technology Area: Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price
Patent Owner: ePlus, Inc., Herndon, VA
Requester: Lawson Software, Inc., St. Paul, MN
Firm Requesting: Merchant & Gould, PC., Minneapolis, MN
Date Requested: 11/12/2009
Invention Title: ELECTRONIC SOURCING SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/010,710

Patent Number: D. 567,605
Technology Area: Tools and hardware
Patent Owner: Hsiang-Chen Yu, Taiwan
Firm Requesting: CKC & Partners Co., LTD., Hong Kong
Date Requested: 11/24/2009
Invention Title: HEXAGONAL SOCKET

Control Number: 90/010,711

Patent Number: D. 567,604
Technology Area: Tools and hardware
Patent Owner: Hsiang-Chen Yu, Tawian
Firm Requesting: CKC & Partners Co., LTD., Hong Kong
Date Requested: 11/18/2009
Invention Title: HEXAGONAL SOCKET

Control Number: 90/010,717

Patent Number: 6,196,459
Technology Area: Registers
Patent Owner: Card Technology Corporation, Paramus, NJ
Firm Requesting: Briggs and Morgan, PA., Minneapolis, MN
Date Requested: 11/19/2009
Invention Title: SMART CARD PERSONALIZATION IN A MULTISTATION ENVIRONMENT

Control Number: 90/010,720

Patent Number: 4,969,730
Technology Area: Optics: image projectors
Patent Owner: U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY
Requester: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
Firm Requesting: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP., Wilmington, DE
Date Requested: 11/25/2009
Invention Title: IMAGE PROJECTION ARRANGEMENT

Control Number: 90/010,738

Patent Number: 6,335,678
Technology Area: Communications: electrical
Patent Owner: Monec Holding AG, Switzerland
Requester: Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA
Firm Requesting: Morrison & Foerster, LLP., Los Angeles, CA
Date Requested: 11/12/2009
Invention Title: ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PREFERABLY AN ELECTRONIC BOOK