- Ipr2026-00100InstitutedPTAB · Apr 22, 2026 · IPR2026-00100 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director granted institution of IPR2026-00100 after finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim and no other basis to deny institution.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non- discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings: IPR2026-00095 IPR2026-00121 IPR2026-00130 IPR2026-00100 IPR2026-00124” slip op. at 1
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non- discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings: IPR2026-00095 IPR2026-00121 IPR2026-00130 IPR2026-00100 IPR2026-00124” slip op. at 1
NonePatents in suitUS 10,117,290 - PTAB · Mar 17, 2026 · IPR2025-01487 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director instituted review of claims 1–21 and bound Petitioner to its district court construction of “clock output signal” for claims 4, 5, and 19.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“Accordingly, it is: ORDERED that, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), an inter partes review of claims 1–21 of the ’381 patent is instituted; FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall be bound by its proposed district court construction of the term “clock output signal” in its analysis of claims 4, 5, and 19 of the ’381 patent; and” slip op. at 4
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“Accordingly, it is: ORDERED that, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), an inter partes review of claims 1–21 of the ’381 patent is instituted;” slip op. at 4
- Prior constructionTerm construed petitioner constructionDecided for patent owner
“positions in the district court that are inconsistent with those presented in the Petition and fails to sufficiently explain why those different positions are warranted. Prelim. Resp. 3–4, 9 (citing Revvo Techs., Inc. v. Cerebrum Sensor Techs., Inc., IPR2025-00632, Paper 20 (Director Nov. 3, 2025) (precedential) (“Revvo”)). In particular, Patent Owner notes that in District Court, Petitioner has proposed a construction of the term “clock output signal” in dependent claims 4, 5, and 19 as being “a periodic signal that synchronizes system operations.” Id. at 9 (quoting Ex. 2007, 12). In the Petition, however, Petitioner contends that “no claim terms require a formal construction for purposes of addressing the grounds in this Petition.” Pet. 2.” slip op. at 2
Claim constructionPatents in suitUS 9,972,381 - Ipr2025-01374InstitutedPTAB · Jan 27, 2026 · IPR2025-01374 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director granted institution of IPR2025-01374 after finding the petition met the merits threshold and no other non-discretionary consideration warranted denial.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) and § 324(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, or that it is more likely than not that at least one of the claims challenged in the petition is unpatentable, as applicable, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review or post-grant review is granted in the following proceedings: IPR2025-01367 IPR2025-01391 PGR2025-00070 IPR2025-01374” slip op. at 2
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, or that it is more likely than not that at least one of the claims challenged in the petition is unpatentable, as applicable, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review or post-grant review is granted in the following proceedings: IPR2025-01367 IPR2025-01391 PGR2025-00070 IPR2025-01374” slip op. at 2
NonePatents in suitUS 11,738,124 - Ipr2025-01180InstitutedPTAB · Jan 16, 2026 · IPR2025-01180 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director granted institution of IPR2025-01180 after finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim and no other non-discretionary reason to deny institution.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings:” slip op. at 3
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings:” slip op. at 3
NonePatents in suitUS 11,864,641 - Ipr2025-01199InstitutedPTAB · Jan 9, 2026 · IPR2025-01199 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director granted institution of IPR2025-01199 after finding a reasonable likelihood of success on at least one challenged claim and no nondiscretionary basis for denial.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings:” slip op. at 3
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings:” slip op. at 3
NonePatents in suitUS 11,825,860 - Ipr2025-01190InstitutedPTAB · Jan 9, 2026 · IPR2025-01190 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director granted institution of IPR2025-01190 after finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim and no non-discretionary basis to deny institution.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“Before JOHN A. SQUIRES, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.” slip op. at 1
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings:” slip op. at 3
NonePatents in suitUS 11,641,661 - Ipr2025-01164InstitutedPTAB · Jan 9, 2026 · IPR2025-01164 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director granted institution of IPR2025-01164, finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim and no other non-discretionary basis for denial.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings:” slip op. at 3
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition, and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings:” slip op. at 3
NonePatents in suitUS 12,004,262 - Ipr2025-01153InstitutedPTAB · Dec 11, 2025 · IPR2025-01153 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director granted institution of inter partes review in IPR2025-01153 after finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim and no basis for denial.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, grantedGranted
“petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings: IPR2025-01042 IPR2025-01241 IPR2025-01264 IPR2025-01153 IPR2025-01242 IPR2025-01265 IPR2025-01179” slip op. at 2
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition and no other non-discretionary considerations warrant denial of institution. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is granted in the following proceedings: IPR2025-01042 IPR2025-01241 IPR2025-01264 IPR2025-01153 IPR2025-01242 IPR2025-01265 IPR2025-01179” slip op. at 2
NonePatents in suitUS 10,536,714 - PTAB · Nov 6, 2025 · PGR2025-00040 · APJ Kimberly Mcgraw · PGR · Institution
The Board instituted PGR on claims 1–9, 11–33, and 35–38 on all petition grounds, finding it more likely than not that Hassfjell-Hoff anticipates at least claim 1.
RulingsInstitution decision- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“Under 35 U.S.C. § 324(a), a post-grant review may be instituted only if “the information presented in the petition . . . demonstrate[s] that it is more likely than not that at least 1 of the claims challenged in the petition is unpatentable.” Post-grant review is available for patents that issue from applications that at one point contained at least one claim with an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013. See Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Pub. L. No. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284 (2011) (“AIA”), §§ 3(n)(1), 6(f)(2)(A). After considering the briefing and the evidence of record, for the reasons set forth below, we determine that Petitioner has shown that the ’437 patent is eligible for post-grant review and that it is more likely than not that at least one challenged claim of the ’437 patent is unpatentable under § 324(a). Accordingly, we institute a post-grant review of all challenged claims of the ’437 patent.” slip op. at 2
- Adverse judgmentAdverse judgmentOther
“Here, Patentee Sciencons AS filed a statutory disclaimer of claims 10 and 34 of the ’437 patent. Ex. 2001; Prelim. Resp. 43. Based on our review of Exhibit 2001 and the Office’s public records, we find that the disclaimer of claims 10 and 34 complies with the above-listed requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.321(a). Accordingly, we treat claims 10 and 34 as having never been part of the ’437 patent. See Vectra Fitness, Inc. v. TNWK Corp., 162 F.3d 1379, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“This court has interpreted the term ‘considered as part of the original patent’ in [35 U.S.C.] § 253 to mean that the patent is treated as though the disclaimed claims never existed.”). Because post-grant review cannot be instituted based on disclaimed claims, claims 10 and 34 are outside the scope of this proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.207(e) (“No post-grant review will be instituted based on disclaimed claims.”); General Elec. Co. v. United Techs. Corp., IPR2017-00491, Paper 9 (PTAB July 6, 2017) (precedential) (denying institution in view of a statutory disclaimer of all the challenged claims). Thus, we confine our analysis in this Decision to claims 1–9, 11–33, and 35– 38, the remaining challenged claims that have not been disclaimed.” slip op. at 6
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Real party in interest / privityGranted
“Sciencons AS also states that ARTBIO, Inc. is responsible for defending the ’437 patent in this proceeding and requests that ARTBIO, Inc. be included in the caption for this proceeding.2 Paper 4, 1. ARTBIO, Inc. has signed powers of attorney appointing the same practitioners that were appointed by Sciencons AS to transact all business associated with the instant post-grant review review of the ’437 patent. See Paper 3. To date, no objection has been raised to Patent Owner’s request. Given Sciencons AS’s representation that ARTBIO, Inc. is currently the exclusive licensee of the ’437 patent and is responsible for defending the ’437 patent, we grant Sciencons AS’s unopposed request that ARTBIO, Inc. be included in the caption. For convenience we refer to Sciencons AS and the purported exclusive licensee ARTBIO, Inc. collectively as “Patent Owner.” As stated supra, to the extent any party disputes ARTBIO, Inc.’s right to participate in this proceeding or to be included in the caption, the party shall request authorization to brief the issue within 10 business days of this Decision.” slip op. at 3
- Skill levelSkill level petitioner adoptedDecided for petitioner
“nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry, or materials science, or a comparable field of study, plus approximately two to three years of professional experience with radioisotope generators, radiopharmaceutical chemistry, nuclear medicine, or other relevant industry experience” and that “[a]dditional graduate education could substitute for professional experience, and significant experience in the field could substitute for formal education.” Pet. 2–3 (citing Ex. 1002 ¶ 33; Ex. 1019 ¶ 27). At this stage of the proceeding, Patent Owner does not dispute Petitioner’s proposed definition nor provide a proposed definition of its own. See generally Prelim. Resp. For the purposes of this Decision, we adopt Petitioner’s undisputed proposed definition of a POSITA.” slip op. at 10
Claim construction§ 102 anticipation§ 103 obviousness§ 112 disclosurecites PhillipsPatents in suitUS 12,249,437 - PTAB · Oct 29, 2025 · IPR2025-00885 · APJ Avelyn M Ross · IPR · Institution
The Board instituted review of claims 1–11 on all petition grounds and granted ADC Solutions Auto LLC’s unopposed motion to join IPR2024-01219 in an understudy role.
RulingsInstitution decision- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“We agree with the parties that the Deltran Petition involves the same patent, challenges the same claims, relies on the same expert declaration, and is based on the same grounds and combinations of prior art. Under these circumstances, our reasons for instituting review based on Deltran’s petition apply with equal force to the “substantively identical” Petition filed by ADC Solutions. Id. Accordingly, for the same reasons set forth in the Institution Decision filed in the Deltran IPR, we institute review on all claims and all grounds asserted in the Petition. See generally IPR01219, Paper 8 (Institution Decision in the Deltran IPR).” slip op. at 3
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Joinder §315(c) / SAS all-or-nothingJoinder, grantedGranted
“(1) the Motion for Joinder is timely, having been filed “no later than one month of the institution decision” in the Deltran IPR (Motion 6); (2) the Petition here “is substantially identical to the petition in the Deltran IPR” (id.; see also id. at 7 (“there are no substantive changes to the facts, citations, evidence, or arguments relied upon”); (3) “joinder should have no meaningful impact on the Deltran IPR trial schedule because the present Petition presents no new issues or grounds of unpatentability” (id. at 8); (4) “Petitioner explicitly agrees to take an ‘understudy’ role, which will simplify briefing and discovery” in the joined proceeding, “so long as the current lead petitioner in IPR2024-01219 remains an active party (id. at 9; see also id. at 4, 6);2 and (5) joinder will simplify “briefing and discovery” as all issues will be resolved “in a single proceeding” (id. at 9). Patent Owner does not contest any facts alleged by ADC Solutions in its Motion for Joinder. Having considered Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder, we determine that joinder of the instant proceeding with in the Deltran IPR is appropriate. For the reasons in our Decision Instituting Review in Deltran IPR, we find that the Petition in this proceeding also warrants institution of inter partes review and that joinder is appropriate. Accordingly, we grant Petitioner’s 2 We understand the “understudy role” as including Petitioner not making any oral argument or presentation during telephone conferences with the Board.” slip op. at 4
NonePatents in suitUS 11,667,203
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