The Reexamination Center

The USPTO has published a notice entitled, “Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings.”  Read more for a link to the notice, a brief summary, and supplementary information.

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.