Listed below are all new filings before PTAB of requests for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO.  This listing is current as of 11 AM on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

New IPR Requests

Trial Number – IPR2015-00968
Filing Date – 3/30/2015
Patent # – 5,714,927
Title – METHOD OF IMPROVING ZONE OF COVERAGE RESPONSE OF AUTOMOTIVE RADAR
Patent Owner –  SIGNAL IP, INC.
Petitioner – VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
Tech Center – 2700

Trial Number – IPR2015-00969
Filing Date – 3/30/2015
Patent # – 5,884,033
Title – AN INTERNET FILTERING SYSTEM FOR FILTERING DATA TRANSFERRED OVER THE INTERNET UTILIZING IMMEDIATE AND DEFERRED FILTERING ACTIONS
Patent Owner –  OPENTV, INC.
Petitioner – APPLE INC.
Tech Center – 2700

Trial Number – IPR2015-00971
Filing Date – 3/30/2015
Patent # – 6,985,586
Title – DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION AND STORAGE SYSTEM
Patent Owner –  NAGRAVISION S.A.
Petitioner – APPLE INC.
Tech Center – 2100

New CBM Review Requests

Trial Number – CBM2015-00102
Filing Date – 3/30/2015
Patent # – 6,237,095
Title – APPARATUS FOR TRANSFER OF SECURE INFORMATION BETWEEN A DATA CARRYING MODULE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Patent Owner –  MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.
Petitioner – COMPASS BANK; AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY; AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.; DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES; DISCOVER BANK; DISCOVER PRODUCTS INC.; NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Tech Center – 2700

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,482
Date – 3/30/2015
Patent # – 7,016,512
Inventor –  FEELEY, Jim et al.
Assignee –  HEAR-WEAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Title – BTE/CIC AUDITORY DEVICE AND MODULAR CONNECTOR SYSTEM THEREFOR
Co-pending Litigation – Hear Wear Technologies, LLC v. Oticon, Inc., et al.; Case No. 07-cv-212-CVE-SAJ (N.D. Okla.)