On August 31, 2010, District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga denied Fusilamp’s motion for a preliminary injunction where an ex parte reexamination request was granted by the PTO. The court found that while the PTO’s decision to reexamine the patent-in-suit was not “dispositive on the issue of validity” it was nonetheless relevant to whether a substantial question of invalidity has been raised. Ultimately the court found that the presumption of validity does not relieve a patentee who moves for a preliminary injunction from carrying the normal burden of demonstrating it will likely succeed on all disputed liability issues at trial.

This week the Official Gazette noticed six inter partes reexamination requests. CSR PLC filed a request against Skullcandy’s patent on a personal portable integrator for music player and mobile phone. Fluxion Biosceinces filed a request against Cellectricon’s patent on a system and method for obtaining and maintaining high-resistance seals in patch clamp recordings. Plas-Pak Industries filed a request against Richard Parks Corrosion Technologies’ patent on dual component dispensing and mixing systems for marine and military paints. Seda, SPA filed a request against Packaging Tools Machinery’s patent on a double-walled paperboard cup. SiRF Technology filed two requests against Global Locate’s patents on a method and apparatus for computing signal correlation and a method and apparatus for time-free processing of GPS signals.

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.

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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.

This week the Official Gazette noticed ten ex parte reexamination requests. Google filed two requests against Software Rights Archive’s patents on a method and apparatus for indexing, searching and displaying data and a method and apparatus for indexing, searching and displaying data. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Vegas Amusement, Rockwood Clay Additives, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Unitherm Food Systems, Sulzer Chemtech AG, Avago Technologies Wireless IP, D&D Group, and The Personalized Mass Media Corporation.

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This week the Official Gazette noticed three inter partes reexamination requests. Caliper Life Science filed a request against Carestream Health’s patent on an apparatus and method for multi-modal imaging. Sanofi-Aventis filed a request against Abbott Laboratories patent on a dual variable domain immunoglobulin and uses thereof. Zund Systemtechnik and Zund America filed a request against Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering’s patent on a method and apparatus for rapid precision cutting of graphics areas from sheets.

This week the Official Gazette noticed thirteen ex parte reexamination requests. Google filed a request against Software Rights Archive’s patent on a method and apparatus for indexing, searching and displaying data. Hynix Semiconductor filed a request against Rambus’ patent on a memory device having a variable data output length. Sennco Solutions filed a request against Se-Kure Controls’ patent on a sensing assembly for article to be monitored. Smith Patent Consulting filed a request against Agere Systems’ patent on an article comprising a quantum well laser. Anonymous third parties filed requests against patents assigned to Z-IMAGE, Comsol AB, Cengiz R. Shevket, Gemplus, Apple, and Bayer Healthcare.