This week the Official Gazette noticed four inter partes reexamination requests. ALSTOM Power filed a request against Hazelmere Research’s patent on enhanced mercury control in coal-fired power plants. Boyle Fredrickson filed a request against Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering’s patent on a method and apparatus for automatic precision cutting of graphics areas from sheets. Logitech filed a request against IGO’s patent on an apparatus for cooling a laptop computer. UOP, LLC filed a request against Exxonmobil Chemical Patents’ patent on a method for increasing light olefin yield by conversion of a heavy hydrocarbon fraction of a product to light olefins.

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: 95/001,355

Patent Number: 6,619,168
Technology Area: Cutting
Patent Owner: Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering, Lake Geneva, WI
Requester: Boyle Fredrickson, SC, Milwaukee, WI
Firm Requesting: Zund Systemtechnik AG and Zund America, Inc.
Date Requested: 5/26/2010
Invention Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC PRECISION CUTTING OF GRAPHICS AREAS FROM SHEETS

Control Number: 95/001,357

Patent Number: 6,527,241
Technology Area: Supports
Patent Owner: IGO, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
Requester: Logitech, Inc.
Firm Requesting: Townsend and Townsend and, Crew, LLP
Date Requested: 6/14/2010
Invention Title: APPARATUS FOR COOLING A LAPTOP COMPUTER

Control Number: 95/001,367

Patent Number: 6,809,227
Technology Area: Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Patent Owner: Exxonmobil Chemical Patents, Inc., Houston, TX
Requester: UOP, LLC
Firm Requesting: Banner & Whitcoff, LTD., Washington, DC
Date Requested: 5/28/2010
Invention Title: METHOD FOR INCREASING LIGHT OLEFIN YIELD BY CONVERSION OF A HEAVY HYDROCARBON FRACTION OF A PRODUCT TO LIGHT OLEFINS

Control Number: 95/001,368

Patent Number: 6,808,692
Technology Area: Optics: measuring and testing
Patent Owner: Hazelmere Research, LTD., Canada
Requester: ALSTOM Power, Inc.
Firm Requesting: Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP., Kansas City, MO
Date Requested: 5/28/2010
Invention Title: ENHANCED MERCURY CONTROL IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS