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New Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination in Official Gazette of March 2, 2010

March 2nd, 2010

This week the Official Gazette noticed fourteen ex parte reexamination requests. Bierrebi filed a request against Cortese’s patent on a support device for cutting templates. Innolux Display filed a request against Mondis Technology’s patent on an image display apparatus which both receives video information and outputs information about itself. LogMein filed a request against PB&J Software’s patent on a method and system for sharing storage space on a computer. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Cytori Therapeutics, Synventive Molding Solutions, Murata Manufacturing, Boston Scientific Scimed, Apple, Camco International, Pascal Corporation, and Aleksandr L. Yufa.

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: 90/009,598

Patent Number: 5,922,021
Technology Area:
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids
Patent Owner:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MA
Firm Requesting:
Wood Phillips Katz Clark & Mortimer, Chicago, IL
Date Requested:
11/17/2009
Invention Title:
INTRAVASCULAR STENT

Control Number: 90/009,601

Patent Number: 7,390,484
Technology Area:
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Patent Owner:
Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA
Firm Requesting:
Grant Patent Services, Silver Spring, MD
Date Requested:
11/4/2009
Invention Title:
SELF-CONTAINED ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL PROCESSING UNIT

Control Number: 90/009,602

Patent Number: 5,894,025
Technology Area:
Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
Patent Owner:
Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc., Peabody, MA
Firm Requesting:
Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested:
11/30/2009
Invention Title:
VALVE PIN ACTUATOR

Control Number: 90/009,603

Patent Number: 6,419,870
Technology Area:
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Patent Owner:
Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc., Peabody, MA
Firm Requesting:
Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested:
11/30/2009
Invention Title:
VALVE PIN ACTUATOR

Control Number: 90/009,604

Patent Number: 6,599,116
Technology Area:
Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
Patent Owner:
Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc., Peabody, MA
Firm Requesting:
Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested:
11/30/2009
Invention Title:
VALVE PIN ACTUATOR

Control Number: 90/009,628

Patent Number: 6,034,769
Technology Area:
Optics: measuring and testing
Patent Owner:
Aleksandr L. Yufa, Colton, CA, Yelena V. Yufa, Colton, CA
Firm Requesting:
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested:
11/2/2009
Invention Title:
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COUNTING AND MEASURING PARTICLES

Control Number: 90/010,712

Patent Number: 7,533,554
Technology Area:
Metal deforming
Patent Owner:
Cortese SPA., Bologna, Italy
Requester:
Bierrebi SPA, Italy
Firm Requesting:
Lando & Anastasi, Cambridge, MA
Date Requested:
11/11/2009
Invention Title:
SUPPORT DEVICE FOR CUTTING TEMPLATES

Control Number: 90/010,745

Patent Number: 7,310,736
Technology Area:
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Patent Owner:
PB&J Software, LLC., St. Louis, MO
Requester:
LogMein, Inc.
Firm Requesting:
David H. Judson, Dallas, TX
Date Requested:
11/24/2009
Invention Title:
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING STORAGE SPACE ON A COMPUTER

Control Number: 90/010,752

Patent Number: 5,349,707
Technology Area:
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Patent Owner:
Pascal Corporation, Japan
Firm Requesting:
Clayton Howarth & Cannon, PC., Sandy, UT
Date Requested:
11/30/2009
Invention Title:
SPLIT STOP FOR AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL COVERS WITH A HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/010,758

Patent Number: 5,510,038
Technology Area:
Communications: electrical
Patent Owner:
Camco International, Inc., Houston, TX
Firm Requesting:
Wong Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri, LLP., Houston, TX
Date Requested:
12/7/2009
Invention Title:
DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/010,766

Patent Number: 5,764,218
Technology Area:
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
Patent Owner:
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA
Firm Requesting:
Kelly Drye & Warren, LLP., Stamford, CT
Date Requested:
12/10/2009
Invention Title:
METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR CONTACTING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE CURSOR-CONTROLLING INPUT DEVICE TO GENERATE BUTTON VALUES

Control Number: 90/010,776

Patent Number: 6,912,399
Technology Area:
Telecommunications
Patent Owner:
BuddyNet Digital, LLC., Los Angeles, CA
Requester:
Owner
Firm Requesting:
Owner
Date Requested:
12/16/2009
Invention Title:
CELLULAR TELEPHONE WITH PROGRAMMABLE AUTHORIZED TELEPHONE NUMBER

Control Number: 90/010,777

Patent Number: 6,057,812
Technology Area:
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
Patent Owner:
Mondis Technology, LTD., London, England
Requester:
Innolux Display Corp., Taiwan
Firm Requesting:
Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested:
12/16/2009
Invention Title:
IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS WHICH BOTH RECEIVES VIDEO INFORMATION AND OUTPUTS INFORMATION ABOUT ITSELF

Control Number: 90/010,781

Patent Number: 6,014,309
Technology Area:
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Patent Owner:
Murata Manufacturing Co., LTD., Japan
Firm Requesting:
O’Melveny & Myers, LLP., Newport Beach, CA
Date Requested:
12/18/2009
Invention Title:
LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC PARTS