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Philip Morris USA Inc.

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R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company

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R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

IPR2021-00725 | Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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Filed March 26, 2021

Terminated June 29, 2022

Judges Elizabeth Roesel, Grace Karaffa Obermann, and James Mayberry

Case Type Inter Partes Review

Status Terminated-Settled

Challenged Patent 10/161,639

Patent No. 6,803,545 assignments

Tech Center 3700

Art Unit 3742

Inventors Clinton E. Blake, John R. Hairfield JR., Charles T. Higgins, Robert L. Ripley et al

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Filing Date	#	Filing and Exhibits
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6/29/2022	06-29-2022-Board	Event: Motion to Terminate (Granted) Board Termination Decision: Post-DI Settlement 47: Termination Decision: Post-DI Settlement
6/23/2022	06-23-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 45: Joint Motion to Terminate Inter Partes Review Patent Owner Exhibit List 46: Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List Patent Owner Exhibit 2300: [DI-1300] 2022-06-08 Ordered Stipulation of Dismissal of U.S Patent NOS. 6,803,545 and 10,420,374 Patent Owner Exhibit 2301: 545 Patent IPR Settlement Agreement (Executed)
6/22/2022	06-22-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Response 44: Patent Owner's Response to Petitioner's Motion to Strike
6/21/2022	06-21-2022-Board	Board Other: other 43: ORDER Setting Oral Argument
6/15/2022	06-15-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 42: Petitioner's Motion to Strike
6/1/2022	06-01-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 38: Patent Owner's Third Motion to Seal Patent Owner Reply 39: CONFIDENTIAL - Patent Owner's Sur-Reply Patent Owner Reply 40: PUBLIC - Patent Owner's Sur-Reply Patent Owner Oral Hearing Request 41: Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument Patent Owner Exhibit 2200: Deposition Transcript of Travis Blalock Patent Owner Exhibit 2201: Blalock EDVA Rebuttal Expert Report
6/1/2022	06-01-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Oral Hearing Request 37: Petitioner's Oral Hearing Request
5/11/2022	05-11-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice 36: Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices
5/6/2022	05-06-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 35: Patent Owner's Second Notice of Deposition of Travis Blalock
4/27/2022	04-27-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Objection 34: Patent Owner's Second Objections to Admissibility of Evidence Submitted by Petitioner
4/20/2022	04-20-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 31: Petitioner's Motion to Seal Petitioner Reply Documents Petitioner Reply 32: CONFIDENTIAL - Petitioner Reply Petitioner Reply 33: PUBLIC - Petitioner Reply Petitioner Exhibit 1100: CONFIDENTIAL - Ex. 1100 - Blalock Declaration Petitioner Exhibit 1100: PUBLIC - Ex. 1100 - Blalock Declaration Petitioner Exhibit 1101: CONFIDENTIAL - Ex. 1101 - McAlexander Transcript Petitioner Exhibit 1101: PUBLIC - Ex. 1101 - McAlexander Transcript Petitioner Exhibit 1102: Ex. 1102 - Defendants-Counterclaim Plaintiff's Opening Claim Construction Brief Petitioner Exhibit 1103: CONFIDENTIAL - Ex. 1103 - Ripley Transcript Petitioner Exhibit 1104: Ex. 1104 - McAlexander District Court Transcript Petitioner Exhibit 1110: Ex. 1110 - 1990 Board Speech Petitioner Exhibit 1111: Ex. 1111 - 1991 Inter-Office Correspondence Petitioner Exhibit 1112: Ex. 1112 - 1991 Memo Petitioner Exhibit 1113: Ex. 1113 - 1992 Memo
4/11/2022	04-11-2022-Board	Board Other: other 30: Other: ORDER Granting Petitioner's Motions for Admission of Pro Hac Vice of William E. Devitt and Keith B. Davis
3/30/2022	03-30-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 24: Petitioner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of William E. Devitt Petitioner Declaration 25: Declaration of William E. Devitt In Support Of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice Petitioner Motion 26: Petitioner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Keith B. Davis Petitioner Declaration 27: Declaration of Keith B. Davis In Support of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice Petitioner Notice 28: Updated Mandatory Notices Petitioner Notice of Deposition 29: Notice of Deposition of Joseph C. McAlexander
1/26/2022	01-26-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 21: Patent Owner's Second Motion to Seal Patent Owner Response 22: Patent Owner Response Patent Owner Response 23: Patent Owner Response Patent Owner Exhibit 2100: Deposition Transcript of Thomas Fuller, PhD, IPR2021-00725, dated January 6, 2022 Patent Owner Exhibit 2101: Deposition Transcript of Thomas Fuller, PhD, RAI Strategic Holding, Inc. v. Altria Client Services LLC, dated May 7, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2102: Deposition Errata of Thomas Fuller, PhD, RAI Strategic Holding, Inc. v. Altria Client Services LLC, dated May 7, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2103: Doyle, et al., Modeling the Galvanostatic Charge and Discharge of the Lithium/Polymer/Insertion Cell, J. of the Electrochemical Society, 140(6) Patent Owner Exhibit 2104: Fuller, et al., Simulation and Optimization of the Dual Lithium Ion Insertion Cell, J. of the Electrochemical Society, 141(1) Patent Owner Exhibit 2105: Doyle, et al., Modeling the Galvanostatic Charge and Discharge of the Lithium/Polymer/Insertion Cell, J. of the Electrochemical Society, 140(6) Patent Owner Exhibit 2106: Fuller, et al., Relaxation Phenomena in Lithium Ion Insertion Cells, J. of the Electrochemical Society, 141(4) Patent Owner Exhibit 2107: Doyle, et al., The Importance of the Lithium Ion Transference Number in Lithium/Polymer Cells, Electrochemical Acta. 39(13) Patent Owner Exhibit 2108: Deposition Transcript of Travis Blalock, RAI Strategic Holding, Inc. v. Altria Client Services LLC, dated May 13, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2109: Deposition Transcript of Travis Blalock, IPR2021-00725, dated January 18, 2022 Patent Owner Exhibit 2110: Supplemental Declaration of Joseph C. McAlexander, P.E. Patent Owner Exhibit 2111: Yamaki, Design of the Lithium Anode and Electrolytes in Lithium Secondary Batteries with a Long Life Cycle, pp. 67-96 Patent Owner Exhibit 2112: Fuller, Thomas, ��Electrochemical Engineering�� (Excerpt) Patent Owner Exhibit 2113: Expert Report of Thomas Fuller Regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,803,545 Patent Owner Exhibit 2114: Defendants-Counterclaim Plaintiffs�� Responsive Claim Construction Brief, Dkt. No. 310, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. v. Altria Client Services LLC, C.A. No. 1:20-cv-00393 Patent Owner Exhibit 2115: Claim Construction Order, Dkt. No. 360, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. v. Altria Client Services LLC, C.A. No. 1:20-cv-00393 Patent Owner Exhibit 2116: European Patent 01309462 Patent Owner Exhibit 2117: Grier Fleischhauer LinkedIn Profile
1/6/2022	01-06-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 20: Second Notice of Stipulation to Amend Due Dates 1-3
1/5/2022	01-05-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 19: IRP2021-00725, Patent Owner��s Updated Mandatory Notice
1/4/2022	01-04-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 18: Patent Owner's Updated Notice of Deposition of Travis Blalock
12/20/2021	12-20-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 16: Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Thomas Fuller Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 17: Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Travis Blalock
10/29/2021	10-29-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 15: Notice of Stipulation to Modify Due Dates 1 - 3
10/21/2021	10-21-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Objection 13: PATENT OWNER��S OBJECTIONS TO ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY PETITIONER
10/21/2021	10-21-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Objection 14: Petitioner's Trial Institution Objections to Evidence
10/7/2021	10-07-2021-Board	Event: Petition Institution (Granted) Board Institution Decision: Grant 11: Institution Decision: Grant Board Order: Other 12: Order: Scheduling Order
8/31/2021	08-31-2021-Patent_Owner	Event: Preliminary Response Patent Owner Response 10: Patent Owner's Supplemental Preliminary Response
8/27/2021	08-27-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice 9: Notice of Sotera Stipulation
7/13/2021	07-13-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 6: PATENT OWNER��S MOTION TO SEAL AND FOR ENTRY OF A MODIFIED PROTECTIVE ORDER 37 CFR �� 42.14 AND 42.54 Event: Preliminary Response Patent Owner POPR: filed 7: Patent Owner's Preliminary Response (Confidential) Event: Preliminary Response Patent Owner POPR: filed 8: Patent Owner's Preliminary Response (Public) Patent Owner Exhibit 2001: Declaration of Joseph C. McAlexander (Confidential) Patent Owner Exhibit 2001: Declaration of Joseph C. McAlexander (Public) Patent Owner Exhibit 2002: Curriculum Vitae of Joseph C. McAlexander Patent Owner Exhibit 2003: Claim Construction Order, Case No. 1:20-cv-00393 Patent Owner Exhibit 2004: Blalock EDVA Expert Report Patent Owner Exhibit 2005: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance Patent Owner Exhibit 2006: Docket No. 456 - Order, E.D.V.A. Case No. 1:20-cv-393, dated February 16, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2007: Docket No. 679 �� Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order E.D.V.A. Case No. 1:20-cv-393, dated May 28, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2008: Docket No. 680 - Order Granting Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order, E.D.V.A. Case No. 1:20-cv-393, dated May 28, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2009: Docket No. 657 �� Final Preconference Schedule, E.D.V.A. Case No. 1:20-cv-393, dated May 21, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2010: Docket No. 39 �� Defendants Altria Client Services LLC and Philip Morris USA Inc.��s Partial Answer to Complaint and Counterclaims, E.D.V.A. Case No. 1:20-cv-393, dated June 29, 2021 Patent Owner Exhibit 2011: Chart Comparing Expert Report and Grounds Patent Owner Exhibit 2012: Buchmann, Isidor, Will Lithium-Ion batteries power the new millennium?, April 2001 Patent Owner Exhibit 2013: Li, Wu, Rechargeable Lithium Batteries with Aqueous Electrolytes, December 24, 2010 Patent Owner Exhibit 2014: Farrington, Michael D., Safety of lithium batteries in transportation, January 5, 2001 Patent Owner Exhibit 2015: Dearborn, Scott, Power Management in Portable Applications: Charging Lithium-Ion/Lithium-Polymer Batteries, 2004 Patent Owner Exhibit 2016: Shepard, Jeffrey D., MarketTrends in Smart Battery Packs for Portable Electronics Patent Owner Exhibit 2017: North American Technology and Industrial Base Organization, Rechargeable Battery/Systems for Communication/Electronic Applications, September 1999 Patent Owner Exhibit 2018: Riezenman M, The Search for Better Batteries, May 1995 Patent Owner Exhibit 2019: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055476 (1990 Document on Longer Term Development) Patent Owner Exhibit 2020: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055481 (Aug. 16, 1990 Memo) Patent Owner Exhibit 2021: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055565, April 13, 1992 Document Patent Owner Exhibit 2022: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055533, Sept. 11, 1991 Memo Patent Owner Exhibit 2023: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055573, Arthur Little 1993 Patent Owner Exhibit 2024: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055581, Arthur Little 1996 document, Patent Owner Exhibit 2025: Deposition Transcript of Grier S. Fleischhauer, dated March 11, 2021 (Confidential) Patent Owner Exhibit 2026: Deposition Transcript of Robert L. Ripley, dated March 15, 2021 (Confidential) Patent Owner Exhibit 2027: Altria_IQOS_ITC_00225856, 2001 April 27 Critical Assumptions Series K, April 27, 2001 (Confidential) Patent Owner Exhibit 2029: JUUL System Vs E-Cigarettes, https://www.juul.com/resources/JUUL-System-vs-E-Cigarettes Patent Owner Exhibit 2030: How Does A JUUL Device Work_ Discover Our Vape Kits _ JUUL, https://www.juul.com/learn/device Patent Owner Exhibit 2031: Slate JUUL Device Basic Kit, https://www.juul.com/shop/devices/basic-kit Patent Owner Exhibit 2032: Alto Complete Kit, https://vusevapor.com/alto-complete-kit Patent Owner Exhibit 2033: DEF_PUB_EDVA000026118 Patent Owner Exhibit 2034: DEF_PUB_EDVA000026126 Patent Owner Exhibit 2035: DEF_PUB_EDVA000026087 Patent Owner Exhibit 2036: DEF_PUB_EDVA000026083 Patent Owner Exhibit 2037: DEF_PUB_EDVA000026007 Patent Owner Exhibit 2038: RJREDVA_001531501 Patent Owner Exhibit 2039: Wang, Qingsong, Thermal runaway caused fire and explosion of lithium ion battery Patent Owner Exhibit 2040: Hou, Junxian, Thermal runaway of Lithium-ion batteries employing LiN(SO2F)2-based concentrated electrolytes Patent Owner Exhibit 2041: Duan, Dongliang, Modulation Selection from a Battery Power Efficiency Perspective, Vol. 58, No. 7, July 2010 Patent Owner Exhibit 2042: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055555, April 8, 1992 Document Patent Owner Exhibit 2043: DEF_PUB_EDVA000055569, April 23, 1992 Document Patent Owner Exhibit 2044: Fleischhauer - Exhibit 4 Patent Owner Exhibit 2046: Buchmann, Isidor, Choosing a Battery that will Last Patent Owner Exhibit 2047: U.S. Patent No. 5,060,671 (��the ��671 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2048: U.S. Patent No. 5,388,594 (��the ��594 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2049: U.S. Patent No. 5,505,214 (��the ��214 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2050: Panasonic Batteries, Technical Handbooks 00/01 Patent Owner Exhibit 2051: U.S. Patent No. 9,210,738 (��the ��738 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2052: U.S. Patent No. 10,334,880 (��the ��880 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2053: U.S. Patent No. 9,277,770 (��the ��770 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2054: U.S. Patent No. 9,936,733 (��the ��733 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2055: U.S. Patent No. 10,517,332 (��the ��332 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2056: U.S. Patent No. 10,292,424 (��the ��424 patent��) Patent Owner Exhibit 2057: Vuse Vapor Solo Complete Kit, https://vusevapor.com/solo-complete-kit Patent Owner Exhibit 2058: Vuse Vapor Ciro Complete Kit, https://vusevapor.com/ciro-complete-kit Patent Owner Exhibit 2059: Vuse Vapor Vibe Complete Kit, https://vusevapor.com/vibe-complete-kit
4/13/2021	04-13-2021-Board	Board Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition 5: Notice of Accord Filing Date
4/1/2021	04-01-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Power of Attorney 3: POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PATENT OWNER PHILIP MORRIS USA INC Patent Owner Mandatory Notice 4: PATENT OWNER��S MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. �� 42.8
3/26/2021	03-26-2021-Petitioner	Event: Petition Petitioner Petition 1: 545 IPR Petition Petitioner Power of Attorney 2: Power of Attorney Petitioner Exhibit 1001: Ex. 1001 - U.S. Pat. No. 6,803,545 Petitioner Exhibit 1002: Ex. 1002 - Takeuchi - US6641953 Petitioner Exhibit 1003: Ex. 1003 - Fleischhauer - US6040560 Petitioner Exhibit 1004: Ex. 1004 - Counts - US5144962 Petitioner Exhibit 1005: Ex. 1005 - Panasonic Handbook Petitioner Exhibit 1006: Ex. 1006 - Duncan Hall Affidavit Petitioner Exhibit 1007: Ex. 1007 - Prosecution History of Application No. SN 10 161,639 Petitioner Exhibit 1010: Ex. 1010 - Declaration of Travis Blalock Petitioner Exhibit 1011: Ex. 1011 - Travis Blalock CV Petitioner Exhibit 1012: Ex. 1012 - Texas Instruments Brochure Petitioner Exhibit 1020: Ex. 1020 - Declaration of Thomas Fuller Petitioner Exhibit 1021: Ex. 1021 - Thomas Fuller CV Petitioner Exhibit 1022: Ex. 1022 - Electrochemical Characteristics of Lithium-Ion Cells Petitioner Exhibit 1023: Ex. 1023 - U.S. Pat. No. 5,481,174 Petitioner Exhibit 1024: Ex. 1024 - U.S. Pat. No. 6,043,629 Petitioner Exhibit 1025: Ex. 1025 - U.S. Pat. No. 6,040,082 Petitioner Exhibit 1026: Ex. 1026 - Battery University - Types of Lithium-ion Batteries Petitioner Exhibit 1030: Ex. 1030 - 2020-12-04 Hearing Transcript Petitioner Exhibit 1031: Ex. 1031 - EDVA General Order 2020-16 Petitioner Exhibit 1032: Ex. 1032 - EDVA General Order 2021-01 Petitioner Exhibit 1033: Ex. 1033 - EDVA General Order 2021-04 Petitioner Exhibit 1034: Ex. 1034 - PGR2020-00071 Petitioner��s Supplemental Brief to Address Stay Petitioner Exhibit 1035: Ex. 1035 - PGR2020-00071 PTAB��s PGR Institution Decision Petitioner Exhibit 1036: Ex. 1036 - IPR2020-00921 Petitioner��s Request for Rehearing of Decision Denying Institution

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