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Mitchell G. Weatherly

77 IP cases indexed. Covers patent matters.

Cases Presided Over

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patent terminated or settled

PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. v.National Nail, Corp.

· IPR2024-01100

PrimeSource Building Products and National Nail settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 10,378,218 before the Board instituted a trial. The Board granted the joint motion to terminate and kept the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Silicon Motion Inc. et al. v.K. Mizra LLC

· IPR2024-01240

Silicon Motion and K. Mizra settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 9,160,466. The Board terminated the proceeding without a merits decision, treating the settlement agreement as confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Koki Holdings America Ltd. et al. v.Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc.

· IPR2025-00261

Koki Holdings America and Kyocera Senco settled their IPR dispute over four patents, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceedings. The settlement agreement is treated as confidential business information.

patent terminated or settled

Koki Holdings America Ltd. et al. v.Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc.

· IPR2025-00263

Kyocera and Koki Holdings settled their dispute over four industrial‑tool patents, leading the PTAB to terminate the pending IPRs and keep the settlement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Koki Holdings America Ltd. et al. v.Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc.

· IPR2025-00262

Koki Holdings and Kyocera Senco settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent No. 10,478,954, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceedings and keep the settlement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Koki Holdings America Ltd. et al. v.Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc.

· IPR2025-00264

The IPRs challenging Kyocera’s patents were terminated after the parties reached a settlement, with the agreement kept confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. v.Viking Arm AS

· IPR2025-00665

Stanley Black & Decker and Viking Arm AS settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 11,554,473 B2. The Board dismissed the petition and terminated the proceeding before a trial was instituted.

patent terminated or settled

Shenzhen Fbtech Electronics Ltd. et al. v.LithiumHub Technologies, LLC et al.

· IPR2025-00825

Shenzhen FBTech and LiTime settled their IPR challenge to LithiumHub's patent 9,412,994, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceeding before trial and keep the settlement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Shenzhen Fbtech Electronics Ltd. et al. v.LithiumHub Technologies, LLC

· IPR2025-00822

Shenzhen FBTech and LiTime settled their IPR against LithiumHub's battery‑technology patent before trial, prompting the PTAB to terminate the proceeding and keep the settlement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Mercedes-Benz Group AG et al. v.Phelan Group, LLC

· IPR2025-00919

Mercedes‑Benz and Phelan Group settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 10,259,465 B2. The Board granted a joint motion to terminate the proceeding and treated the settlement agreement as confidential business information.

patent final

Champion Laboratories, Inc. et al. v.HENGST SE

· IPR2024-00603

The Petitioner failed to prove that the challenged claims of Patent No. 9,023,203 B2 were unpatentable by obviousness over prior art references Yokoyama, Cline, and Honermann. The Board found insufficient motivation for a Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art (POSITA) to make the claimed structural modifications or reorient existing devices.

patent final

Biofrontera Incorporated et al. v.Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.

· IPR2024-01312

The PTAB found all challenged claims unpatentable by a preponderance of the evidence. The Petitioner successfully argued that combining prior art references (Lundahl and Larsen) rendered the illuminator system obvious to a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (POSITA).

patent Final Written Decision

Adobe Inc. v.Jaffe, Jonathan

· IPR2024-01352

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision rejecting all claims of the '828 Patent. The Board adopted the Patent Owner's narrow claim construction, specifically requiring monitoring of the physical coupling between the sensor and memory. Petitioner failed to demonstrate that any combination of prior art references renders the claims obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

patent final

SAP America, Inc. et al. v.Cyandia, Inc.

· IPR2024-01433

The PTAB found that the challenged claims were unpatentable over prior art combinations under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103. The Board adopted a broad claim construction, defining 'current state' to include both online and offline device states, which facilitated the finding of obviousness.

patent instituted

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00797

Abbott Diabetes Care challenged DexCom's CGM patents in an IPR, arguing the claims are obvious over prior art combining Yarger and Love. The Board granted institution after claim construction, finding a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability for at least one claim.

patent instituted

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00840

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. successfully petitioned to challenge DexCom's CGM patent (9119528) on grounds of anticipation and obviousness over Brauker. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability for the challenged claims, leading to institution.

patent instituted

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00853

Abbott Diabetes Care successfully petitioned to institute IPR proceedings against DexCom for patent infringement related to remote patient monitoring and glucose technology. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on multiple grounds, specifically finding that prior art combinations rendered key claims obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

patent instituted

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00861

Abbott Diabetes Care successfully petitioned to institute IPR proceedings against DexCom regarding claims related to remote patient monitoring and glucose management. The PTAB found sufficient evidence that the petitioner met its burden of demonstrating a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on multiple grounds (102 and 103).

patent denied

Head Sport GmbH v.Vermont Safety Developments LLC

· IPR2024-01099

The PTAB denied institution of the IPR petition filed by Head Sport GmbH against Vermont Safety Developments LLC regarding ski binding systems. The denial hinged on the Petitioner's failure to establish a reasonable likelihood of prevailing without an agreed-upon claim construction for 'release logic.'

patent instituted

Silicon Motion Inc. et al. v.K. Mizra LLC

· IPR2024-01240

Silicon Motion Inc. successfully convinced the PTAB to institute an IPR against K. Mizra LLC's patent, arguing that the technology for high-speed digital communication channel calibration was obvious over various prior art references. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on multiple grounds of obviousness (103).

patent instituted

Silicon Motion Inc. et al. v.K. Mizra LLC

· IPR2024-01241

Silicon Motion Inc.'s petition against K. Mizra LLC was instituted by the PTAB on grounds of obviousness (§ 103). The Board found a reasonable likelihood of success regarding multiple claims related to DRAM interface circuitry, proceeding toward a full trial.

patent instituted

Tesla Inc. v.Charge Fusion Technologies, LLC

· IPR2025-00032

Tesla Inc. successfully secured institution in this IPR against Charge Fusion Technologies, LLC for battery charging system claims. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on combinations of prior art references.

patent instituted

Microsoft Corporation v.ParTec AG

· IPR2025-00318

Microsoft Corporation successfully convinced the PTAB to institute an IPR against ParTec AG's patent, challenging claims related to heterogeneous computing and dynamic task remapping. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability based on prior art combinations (Lippert, Budenske, Kambatla).

patent instituted

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Stratasys, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00311

The PTAB institution decision found Petitioner's arguments of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 sufficiently meritorious to proceed. The Board specifically noted that Claim 1 was likely unpatentable over Mazumder and Mori, adopting the petitioner’s definition of ordinary skill in the art.

patent instituted

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Stratasys, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00321

The PTAB decided to institute the IPR petition challenging Patent No. 9,421,713 B2 based on grounds of anticipation and obviousness in additive manufacturing. The Board found a reasonable likelihood that Claim 1 is unpatentable as anticipated by prior art (Boyer).

patent instituted

Mercedes-Benz Group AG et al. v.Phelan Group, LLC

· IPR2025-00413

Mercedes-Benz Group AG successfully petitioned to challenge Phelan Group's patent (9045101) in the PTAB, leading to institution of all 20 claims. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing based on anticipation and obviousness grounds against multiple prior art references.

patent instituted

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Stratasys, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00531

The PTAB granted institution of IPR for Stratasys's 3D printing patent (9168698) after finding a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail over Warren. The trial will address obviousness claims based on various prior art references.

patent instituted

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Stratasys, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00532

The PTAB granted institution of IPR for 16 claims in a dispute involving Stratasys's 3D printing technology. The Board found that the petitioner demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of proving obviousness over prior art, specifically Warren.

patent denied

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Stratasys, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00585

The PTAB denied institution for IPR2025-00585, finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that any asserted claims were unpatentable. The denial hinged on ambiguity in claim language and lack of teaching in the prior art regarding material property calculations.

patent instituted

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Stratasys, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00611

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co., Ltd. successfully secured institution at the PTAB against Stratasys, Inc.'s patent 11886774. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing regarding Claim 1 based on the combination of prior art references Douglas and Mark.

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