This week the Official Gazette noticed fourteen ex parte reexamination requests. Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a request against C2 Communications Technologies’ patent on a method and apparatus for implementing a computer network/internet telephone system. Lifeclinic International filed a request against Computerized Screening’s patent on a health care information system. Magna International filed a request against Dura Global Technologies’ patent on a power sliding rear window. The Ohio Willow Wood Co. filed a request against Applied Elastomerics’ patent on tear resistant gels, composites, and liner articles. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Southwire Company, PB&J Software, AU Optronics Corporation, Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Tri-Star Electronics, Clinical Decision Support, Accent Signage Systems, and LAM Research Corporation.

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: 90/009,592

Patent Number: 7,557,301
Technology Area: Electricity: conductors and insulators
Patent Owner: Southwire Company, Carrollton, GA
Firm Requesting: Thompson & Knight, LLP., Dallas, TX
Date Requested: 11/17/2009
Invention Title: METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL CABLE HAVING REDUCED REQUIRED FORCE FOR INSTALLATION

Control Number: 90/009,594

Patent Number: 6,113,540
Technology Area: Surgery
Patent Owner: Clinical Decision Support, LLC., Nashville, TN
Firm Requesting: Bingham McCutchen, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 11/21/2009
Invention Title: COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT ADVICE SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/009,609

Patent Number: 6,766,617
Technology Area: Movable or removable closures
Patent Owner: Dura Global Technologies, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI
Requester: Magna International, Inc., Ontario, Canada
Firm Requesting: Magna International, Inc., Ontario, Canada
Date Requested: 12/23/2009
Invention Title: POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW

Control Number: 90/009,612

Patent Number: 6,778,160
Technology Area: Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
Patent Owner: AU Optronics Corporation, Taiwan
Firm Requesting: McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 12/1/2009
Invention Title: LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY, LIQUID-CRYSTAL CONTROL CIRCUIT, FLICKER INHIBITION METHOD, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DRIVING METHOD

Control Number: 90/009,613

Patent Number: 7,090,506
Technology Area: Electrical connectors
Patent Owner: AU Optronics Corporation, Taiwan
Firm Requesting: McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 12/1/2009
Invention Title: SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE HAVING FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS

Control Number: 90/009,617

Patent Number: 6,008,786
Technology Area: Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
Patent Owner: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation, Taiwan
Firm Requesting: McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 12/8/2009
Invention Title: METHOD FOR DRIVING HALFTONE DISPLAY FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

Control Number: 90/009,618

Patent Number: 6,734,926
Technology Area: Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems
Patent Owner: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation, Taiwan
Firm Requesting: McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 12/10/2009
Invention Title: DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH A REDUCED THICKNESS

Control Number: 90/009,641

Patent Number: 5,245,744
Technology Area: Metal working
Patent Owner: Accent Signage Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, Mr. Reuven Rahamin, Minneapolis, MN
Firm Requesting: Williams Mullen, PC., Charlottesville, VA
Date Requested: 12/24/2009
Invention Title: METHOD FOR PLACING BRAILLE LETTERS ON ARCHITECTURAL SIGNS

Control Number: 90/010,716

Patent Number: 6,243,373
Technology Area: Multiplex communications
Patent Owner: C2 Communications Technologies, Inc., Ontario, Canada
Requester: Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco
Firm Requesting: Fenwick & West, LLP., Mountain View, CA
Date Requested: 12/7/2009
Invention Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A COMPUTER NETWORK/INTERNET TELEPHONE SYSTEM

Control Number: 90/010,729

Patent Number: 6,250,974
Technology Area: Electrical connectors
Patent Owner: Tri-Star Electronics International, Inc., El Segundo, CA
Firm Requesting: Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP., Chicago, IL
Date Requested: 12/17/2009
Invention Title: HOODLESS ELECTRICAL SOCKET CONTACT

Control Number: 90/010,739

Patent Number: 7,344,568
Technology Area: Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids
Patent Owner: Applied Elastomerics, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Requester: The Ohio Willow Wood Co.
Firm Requesting: Standley Law Group, LLP., Dublin, OH
Date Requested: 12/14/2009
Invention Title: TEAR RESISTANT GELS, COMPOSITES, AND LINER ARTICLES

Control Number: 90/010,742

Patent Number: 5,074,456
Technology Area: Metal fusion bonding
Patent Owner: LAM Research Corporation, Fremont, CA
Firm Requesting: Rader Fishman & Grauer, PLLC., Bloomfield Hills, MI
Date Requested: 11/16/2009
Invention Title: COMPOSITE ELECTRODE FOR PLASMA PROCESSES

Control Number: 90/010,744

Patent Number: 7,310,736
Technology Area: Electrical computers and digital processing systems
Patent Owner: PB&J Software, LLC., St. Louis, MO
Firm Requesting: Ulbrich I.P., LTD., Maple Grove, MN
Date Requested: 11/17/2009
Invention Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING STORAGE SPACE ON A COMPUTER

Control Number: 90/010,779

Patent Number: 6,692,436
Technology Area: Surgery
Patent Owner: Computerized Screening, Inc., Reno, NV
Requester: Lifeclinic International, Inc., Burtonsville, MD
Firm Requesting: Berenato & White, LLC., Bethesda, MD
Date Requested: 12/17/2009
Invention Title: HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM