New Filings

The Dow Chemical Company filed IPR2014-01436 challenging U.S. Patent No. 7,491, 753 assigned to Mallard Creek Polymers, Inc.

The Dow Chemical Company filed IPR2014-01437 challenging U.S. Patent No. 7,981,946 assigned to Mallard Creek Polymers, Inc.

Dispositions

in Ariosa Diagnostics v. Isis Innovation, IPR2012-00022, Paper 166 (September 2, 2014), the Board  found that claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 19, 20, 24, and 25 of U.S. Patent No. 6,258,540 were unpatentable, but that claims 3, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, and 22 were not shown to be unpatentable.  Patent owner’s motion to amend was denied.

In McClinton Energy Group L.L.C. v. Magnum Oil Tools International, Ltd., IPR2013-00231, Paper 31 (September 2, 2014), the Board found claims 1–20 (all of the challenged claims) of U.S. Patent No. 8,079,413 were unpatentable.

In Oracle Corporation v. MAZ Encryption Technologies LLC, IPR2014-00472 (September 2, 2014), the Board termianted the proceeding on the joint motion of the parties.