This week the Official Gazette noticed six ex parte reexamination requests. The Ohio Willow Wood Company filed a request against Applied Elastomerics’ patent on tear resistant, crystalline midblock copolymer gels and articles. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Lonza Biologics, Halliburton Energy Services, Vegas Amusement, and Digital Image Systems.

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: 90/009,756

Patent Number: 5,191,525
Technology Area: Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Patent Owner: Digital Image Systems, Carrollton, TX
Firm Requesting: Smith Hopen, PA., Oldsmar, FL
Date Requested: 6/4/2010
Invention Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF DATA FROM DOCUMENTS FOR SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING

Control Number: 90/009,757

Patent Number: 7,561,681
Technology Area: Telephonic communications
Patent Owner: Cellnet Group, Inc., Alpharetta, GA
Requester: Owner
Date Requested: 6/4/2010
Invention Title: INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND REMOTELY CONNECTING CUSTOMER UTILITY LOADS

Control Number: 90/011,018

Patent Number: 6,867,253
Technology Area: Synthetic resins or natural rubbers — part of the class 520 series
Patent Owner: Applied Elastomerics, Inc., Pacific, CA
Requester: The Ohio Willow Wood Company
Firm Requesting: Standley Law Group, LLP., Dublin, OH
Date Requested: 5/28/2010
Invention Title: TEAR RESISTANT, CRYSTALLINE MIDBLOCK COPOLYMER GELS AND ARTICLES

Control Number: 90/011,023

Patent Number: 5,688,174
Technology Area: Amusement devices: games
Patent Owner: Vegas Amusement, Incorporated, Longs, SC
Firm Requesting: Winston & Strawn, LLP., New York, NY
Date Requested: 6/3/2010
Invention Title: MULTIPLAYER INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMING DEVICE

Control Number: 90/011,024

Patent Number: 7,225,869
Technology Area: Wells
Patent Owner: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX
Firm Requesting: Howrey, LLP., Falls Church, VA
Date Requested: 6/3/2010
Invention Title: METHODS OF ISOLATING HYDRAJET STIMULATED ZONES

Control Number: 90/011,025

Patent Number: 7,258,998
Technology Area: Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Patent Owner: Lonza Biologics, PLC., Great Britain
Firm Requesting: Rossi Kimms & McDowell, LLP., Ashburn, VA
Date Requested: 6/3/2010
Invention Title: CELL CULTURE MEDIUM