Listed below are all new filings before the PTAB of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Also listed are any newly-posted requests for ex partereexamination at the USPTO.  This listing is current as of 10 AM on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.

New IPR Petitions

Trial Number – IPR2016-00002
Filing Date – 10/6/2015
Patent # – 8,772,306
Title – METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION OF GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRATE WITH MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTERS
Patent Owner –  JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Petitioner – PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Tech Center – 1600

Trial Number – IPR2016-00018
Filing Date – 10/6/2015
Patent # – 8,051,211
Title – MULTI-BRIDGE LAN AGGREGATION
Patent Owner –  CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
Petitioner – Arista Networks, Inc.
Tech Center – 2400

Trial Number – IPR2016-00019
Filing Date – 10/6/2015
Patent # – 6,510,434
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM A DATABASE USING AN INDEX OF XML TAGS AND METAFILES
Patent Owner –  INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
Petitioner – OLD REPUBLIC GENERAL INSURANCE GROUP, INC.; OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY; OLD REPUBLIC TITLE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.; OLD REPUBLIC NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
Tech Center – 2100

Trial Number – IPR2016-00020
Filing Date – 10/6/2015
Patent # – 6,510,434
Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM A DATABASE USING AN INDEX OF XML TAGS AND METAFILES
Patent Owner –  INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
Petitioner – OLD REPUBLIC GENERAL INSURANCE GROUP, INC.; OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY; OLD REPUBLIC TITLE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.; OLD REPUBLIC NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
Tech Center – 2100

New CBM Review Petitions

Trial Number – CBM2016-00004
Filing Date – 10/6/2015
Patent # – 6,600,497
Title – APPARATUS AND METHOD TO NAVIGATE INTERACTIVE TELEVISION USING UNIQUE INPUTS WITH A REMOTE CONTROL
Patent Owner –  EMG TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Petitioner – AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; DILLARDS, INC.; DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION; FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.; HALLMARK.COM, LLC; DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.; DOLLAR RENT A CAR, INC.; THRIFTY, INC.
Tech Center – 2100

Newly-Posted Reexam Requests

Control # – 90/013,604
Date – 10/6/2015
Patent # – 8,701,535
Inventor –  ENDO, Toshimasa et al.
Assignee –  UCHIDA YOKO CO., LTD.; SAKURA SEIKI CO., LTD.; UCHIDA YOKO GLOBAL LIMITED
Title – AUTOMATIC CARD-CUTTING APPARATUS
Co-pending Litigation – No co-pending litigation provided.