Plaintiff: American Vehicular Sciences, LLC (AVS)
Defendant: Subaru of America
Date Filed: Mar, 08, 2013
Court: Texas Eastern District Court
(i)
6:13-cv-00229
The patents involved in this suit are
US7413048 (Weight measuring systems and
methods for vehicles) and US8235416 (Arrangement
for sensing weight of an occupying item in a vehicular seat). Both these patents expire*
on Jun 07, 2015 and are currently assigned[i]
to American Vehicular Sciences (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database).
Plaintiff says that
defendant manufactures vehicles that include systems and methods for
determining the weight of an occupying item of a seat, including the use of
strain measuring transducers that infringe the claims of the above patents.
(ii)6:13-cv-00230
The patents involved in
this suit are US6772057 (Vehicular
monitoring systems using image processing) and US7359782 (Vehicular impact reactive system and method).
‘057 patent expires* on Jun 07, 2015 and ‘782
patent expires* on May 23, 2014. The
patents are currently assignedi to American
Vehicular Sciences (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database).
Plaintiff says that
defendant manufactures vehicles that include monitoring and/or control systems
for monitoring and responding to objects exterior to the vehicle, including
Subaru Eyesight system with functionalities that infringe the claims of the
above patent.
Other cases filed:
On the same day, plaintiff
has filed cases against other companies as follows:
Defendant
|
Case
Number
|
American Honda
Motor CO
|
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Mazda Motor of
America
|
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