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Timothy G. Majors

99 IP cases indexed. Covers patent matters.

Cases Presided Over

99 cases indexed | Page 1 of 4

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.INARI MEDICAL, INC.

· IPR2024-01157

The PTAB instituted an IPR on Inari Medical’s 11,697,012 B2 hemostasis valve patent after finding Imperative Care likely to prevail on at least one claim, based on anticipation and obviousness arguments over Schaffer, Hartley, Eller, and Garrison references.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc.

· IPR2025-00156

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,554,005 B2 embolism‑treatment patent after finding Imperative Care likely to prevail on at least one claim, primarily on obviousness grounds involving hemostasis valve features.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00728

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent after finding Imperative Care’s likelihood of success on at least one claim. All nine claims are now under review.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00728

The PTAB has instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s ’291 hemostasis valve patent after finding Imperative Care’s petition shows a reasonable likelihood of success. All 16 challenged claims are now under review.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00728

The PTAB has instituted inter partes review on all 15 claims of Inari Medical’s embolism‑treatment patent after finding Imperative Care’s obviousness arguments sufficiently persuasive.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00728

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,697,012 patent covering hemostasis valves after finding Imperative Care’s petition shows a reasonable likelihood of success on at least one claim.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00989

The PTAB held that all nine claims of Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent are unpatentable. The Board’s claim construction of “filament” as a flexible element undermined the anticipation argument and found the obviousness combinations persuasive.

patent denied

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-01025

The PTAB denied Imperative Care's petition to institute an IPR against Inari Medical's embolism‑treatment patent, finding no reasonable likelihood of success on any of the 31 challenged claims.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00989

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent (U.S. Patent 11,697,012) on all nine claims after finding the challenger, Imperative Care, showed a reasonable likelihood of prevailing. The dispute centers on claim construction of “filament” and alleged anticipation/obviousness over prior‑art references.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00989

Imperative Care’s petition to invalidate Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent was granted. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of success on anticipation and obviousness grounds and instituted review of all nine claims.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00989

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,554,005 B2 embolism‑treatment patent after finding Imperative Care likely to prevail on at least one claim. All 15 claims are now under review.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00989

The PTAB instituted inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,844,921 B2 hemostasis valve patent after finding Imperative Care has shown a reasonable likelihood of success on at least one claim. The dispute centers on whether the claimed “filament” must be flexible, with the Board presently favoring the patent owner’s interpretation.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-01021

In an IPR, the PTAB held that all nine claims of Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent are unpatentable under §§102 and 103, finding the petitioner’s anticipation and obviousness arguments persuasive.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-01264

The PTAB has instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent after finding Imperative Care’s likelihood of success sufficient. All nine claims are now under trial.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-01264

The PTAB granted institution of an IPR against Inari Medical’s 12,016,580 hemostasis valve patent, finding a reasonable likelihood that Imperative Care will prevail on at least one of the nine challenged claims.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00169

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent after Imperative Care showed a reasonable likelihood of success, focusing on the definition of “filament” and its flexibility versus prior art.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00169

Imperative Care successfully instituted an IPR against Inari Medical's 11,969,333 B2 patent covering intravascular clot removal. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability based on obviousness over Laub, Garrison, and related references, and instituted review on all 36 challenged claims.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00169

The PTAB has instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent after finding Imperative Care’s petition shows a reasonable likelihood of success on at least one claim.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00169

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,974,910 patent after finding Imperative Care likely to succeed on at least one claim, focusing on obviousness over Garrison, Laub, and Aklog references.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00215

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,844,921 B2 hemostasis valve patent after Imperative Care showed a reasonable likelihood of success on multiple claims. The dispute centers on the definition of “filament” and reliance on prior art Schaffer, Hartley, and Eller.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00215

Imperative Care secured an institution of inter partes review against Inari Medical’s hemostasis valve patent covering claims 1‑9. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability based on anticipation and obviousness grounds involving Schaffer, Hartley, and Eller references.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00215

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,554,005 patent covering intravascular embolism treatment devices after finding Imperative Care’s likelihood of success on at least one claim. The decision centers on claim constructions of the “filament” element and obviousness over multiple prior‑art references.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00169

The PTAB instituted an IPR on Inari Medical’s 11,697,012 patent covering hemostasis valves for aspiration catheters after finding a reasonable likelihood that Imperative Care will prevail on at least one of the nine challenged claims.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00215

Imperative Care seeks to invalidate nine claims of Inari Medical’s 11,697,012 hemostasis valve patent. The PTAB instituted the IPR, finding a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability based on multiple prior‑art references.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00215

The PTAB has instituted an inter partes review of Inari Medical’s embolism‑treatment patent after finding Imperative Care’s obviousness arguments sufficiently persuasive. All 36 challenged claims are now under review.

patent instituted

Imperative Care, Inc. v.Inari Medical, Inc. et al.

· IPR2026-00215

The PTAB has instituted inter partes review of Inari Medical’s 11,974,910 clot‑treatment patent after Imperative Care showed a reasonable likelihood of success on multiple obviousness grounds.

patent Final Written Decision

NEURENT MEDICAL INC. et al. v.The Foundry, LLC et al.

· IPR2024-00669

The Petitioner successfully demonstrated that multiple claims of the '077 patent were unpatentable over various combinations of prior art references. The Board found that a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (POSA) would have been motivated to combine existing RF ablation and nasal treatment technologies.

patent final

Inari Agriculture, Inc. v.Corteva Agriscience LLC et al.

· IPR2024-01014

The PTAB Board upheld the validity of U.S. Patent No. 8,901,378 B2 after finding that the TC1507 germplasm was publicly available prior to the application's filing date. The Board concluded that this availability satisfied priority requirements and prevented Barbour from qualifying as prior art under § 102.

patent Final Written Decision

Imperative Care, Inc. v.INARI MEDICAL, INC.

· IPR2024-01157

The Board found that the claims were unpatentable under obviousness (Grounds 3 and 4), specifically over a combination of Schaffer's valve with Hartley's string or Eller's wire. The decision hinged on finding that a POSA would have had reason to make this substitution, leading to predictable results in hemostatic device design.

patent final

Alamar Biosciences, Inc. v.Olink Proteomics AB et al.

· IPR2024-01353

The petitioner failed to prove the obviousness of claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 7883848 in a Final Written Decision. The Board adopted a specific claim construction for 'selecting all cis-reactive cells exhibiting the detectable trace,' defining it as selecting associations of at least two interactor moieties joined by an associated oligonucleotide that exhibit the detectable trace.

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