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VL IP Holdings LLC

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Meta Platforms, Inc.Giphy Whatsapp Meta Platforms Technologies Instagram

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VL COLLECTIVE IP LLC

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Meta Platforms, Inc. v. VL IP Holdings LLC

IPR2023-00924 | Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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Filed May 24, 2023

Terminated Dec. 5, 2024

Judges David McKone, Jeffrey Smith, and Karl Easthom

Case Type Inter Partes Review

Status Final Written Decision - Appealed

Challenged Patent 11/135,210

Patent No. 7,436,980 assignments

Tech Center 2600

Art Unit 2624

Inventors Leonid Sigal, Ying Zhu, Dorin Comaniciu

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

Filing Date	#	Filing and Exhibits
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2/3/2025	02-03-2025-Patent_Owner	Event: Notice of Appeal Patent Owner Notice: notice of appeal 56: PO's Notice of Appeal
1/31/2025	01-31-2025-Board	Board Order: Other 55: ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s Request to Submit Correspondence between the Board and the Parties, Granting Petitioner’s Request to Submit Correspondence between the Board and the Parties, and Denying Petitioner’s Request to Submit Correspondence between the Parties 37 C.F.R. § 42.5
1/30/2025	01-30-2025-Board	Board Exhibit 3002: Ex. 3002 Board Exhibit 3003: Ex. 3003 Board Exhibit 3004: Ex. 3004 Board Exhibit 3005: Ex. 3005 Board Exhibit 3006: Ex. 3006 Board Exhibit 3007: Ex. 3007 Board Exhibit 3008: Ex. 3008 Board Exhibit 3009: Ex. 3009 Board Exhibit 3010: Ex. 3010
12/5/2024	12-05-2024-Board	Event: Final Written Decision (All Claims Cancelled) Board Final Written Decision: original 54: Decision Final Written Decision
12/2/2024	12-02-2024-Board	Board Other: Hearing transcript 53: Other: Hearing transcript
9/9/2024	09-09-2024-Board	Board Notice: Other 52: LEAP Practitioner Request and Verification Form (Petitioner)
9/5/2024	09-05-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Other: other 50: Petitioners' Demonstrative Exhibits for Oral Argument
9/5/2024	09-05-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice: Other 51: Patent Owner's Demonstratives
8/28/2024	08-28-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice: Exhibit list 48: Petitioners' Updated Exhibit List Petitioner Other: other 49: Petitioners' Observations on Cross-Examination Testimony of Eli Saber, Ph.D. Petitioner Exhibit 1054: Exhibit 1054 Second Deposition Transcript of Eli Saber, Ph.D.
8/12/2024	08-12-2024-Board	Board Order: on Motion 47: ORDER Setting Oral Argument 37 C.F.R. § 42.70
8/5/2024	08-05-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice: Notice of deposition 46: Petitioners' Notice of Deposition of Dr. Eli Saber
7/29/2024	07-29-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Other: other 45: Petitioners' Objections to Patent Owner's Supplemental Information
7/24/2024	07-24-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Other: other 43: Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument Patent Owner Other: other 44: Patent Owner's Sur-Reply Patent Owner Exhibit 2007: EX2007 Patent Owner Exhibit 2008: EX2008 Patent Owner Exhibit 2009: EX2009 Patent Owner Exhibit 2010: EX2010 Patent Owner Exhibit 2011: EX2011
7/24/2024	07-24-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Other: other 42: Petitioners' Request for Oral Argument
7/3/2024	07-03-2024-Board	Board Order: Other 40: Order: Granting Protective Order Board Order: Other 41: Order: Granting Patent Owners Request to Submit Supplemental Information in Both Proceedings and to Increase the Word Count of its Sur-Reply in IPR2023-00924, and Granting Petitioners Request to File Observations in Both Proceedings 37 C.F.R. sec. 42.123a
7/1/2024	07-01-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice: Power of Attorney 37: Petitioners Meta Platforms, Instagram, WhatsApp and Meta Platforms Technologies's Updated Power of Attorney Petitioner Notice: Power of Attorney 38: Petitioner Giphy Inc.s Updated Power of Attorney Petitioner Notice: Updated Mandatory Notice 39: Petitioners' Updated Mandatory Notices
7/1/2024	07-01-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice: Notice of deposition 35: Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition for Dr. Sylvia Hall-Ellis Patent Owner Notice: Notice of deposition 36: Patent Owner's Second Notice of Deposition of Dr. Chandrajit Bajaj
6/25/2024	06-25-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion: Other 34: Petitioners' Motion for Entry of Protective Order
6/21/2024	06-21-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Other: other 33: Patent Owner's Objections to Petitioners' Reply Evidence
6/17/2024	06-17-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Pet Reply to PO Resp 32: Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response Petitioner Exhibit 1051: Exhibit 1051 Saber Transcript Petitioner Exhibit 1052: Exhibit 1052 Bajaj Supplemental Declaration Petitioner Exhibit 1053: Exhibit 1053 U.S. Patent No. 6,597,801
6/7/2024	06-07-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice: Other 31: Petitioners' Notice of Stipulation to Modify Portions of Due Dates 2 and 3
4/17/2024	04-17-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice: Notice of deposition 30: Petitioners' Notice of Deposition of Dr. Eli Saber
4/2/2024	04-02-2024-Board	Board Notice: Other 29: ERRATUM
3/28/2024	03-28-2024-Board	Board Order: Other 28: Order: Granting Petitioner’s Motion to Submit Supplemental Information 37 C.F.R. § 42.123(a
3/13/2024	03-13-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Reply to Opposition 27: Petitioners' Reply in Support of Motion to Submit Supplemental Information
3/13/2024	03-13-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner PO Response to Pet 26: Patent Owner's Response Patent Owner Exhibit 2004: EX2004 Saber Declaration Patent Owner Exhibit 2005: EX2005 Saber CV Patent Owner Exhibit 2006: EX2006 Bajaj Deposition
2/22/2024	02-22-2024-Board	Board Order: Other 25: ORDER Granting Petitioner’s Motion under 37 C.F.R. § 42.52(a) to Apply for Subpoena under 35 U.S.C. § 24
2/13/2024	02-13-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Opposition 24: Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioners' Motion for Supplemental Information Patent Owner Exhibit 2003: EX2003
2/6/2024	02-06-2024-Board	Board Order: on Motion 23: ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Jaime F. Cardenas-Navia 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
1/31/2024	01-31-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice: Other 22: Notice of Stipulation to Modify Due Dates
1/26/2024	01-26-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice: Notice of deposition 21: PO's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Chandrajit Bajaj
1/23/2024	01-23-2024-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Opposition 20: PO's Opposition to Pet.'s Motion to Compel Discovery
1/22/2024	01-22-2024-Board	Board Rehearing:Decision on Request for Rehearing 19: Rehearing: Denying Patent Owner’s Request on Rehearing of Institution of Inter Partes Review 37 C.F.R. 42.71
1/18/2024	01-18-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion: Other 18: Petitioner's Motion to Submit Supplemental Information Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.123(a) Petitioner Exhibit 1049: Exhibit 1049 Petitioner Exhibit 1050: Exhibit 1050
1/16/2024	01-16-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice: Power of Attorney 15: Petitioners' Meta Platforms, Inc., Instagram, Inc., WhatsApp LLC, and Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC Updated Power of Attorney Petitioner Notice: Updated Mandatory Notice 16: Petitioners' Updated Mandatory Notices Petitioner Motion: Other 17: Petitioner's Motion for Authorization to Compel Testimony and Production of Documents Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.52(A) Petitioner Exhibit 1044: EX1044 Patent Assignment for U.S. Patent No. 7,436,980 (Serial No. 11/135,210) Petitioner Exhibit 1045: EX1045 Patent Assignment for U.S. Patent No. 7,436,980 (Serial No. 16/286,993) Petitioner Exhibit 1046: EX1046 Application Data Sheet 37 C.F.R. 1.76 for U.S. Patent No. 9,189,886 Petitioner Exhibit 1047: EX1047 Patent Assignment for U.S. Patent No. 7,436,980 Petitioner Exhibit 1048: EX1048 CVPR Technical Program: Call for Papers, IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Washington, DC, June 27 - July 2, 2004
1/4/2024	01-04-2024-Petitioner	Petitioner Other: other 14: Joint Statement Regarding Preference for Oral Argument Hearing Location
12/29/2023	12-29-2023-Board	Board Exhibit 3001: Exhibit 3001
12/20/2023	12-20-2023-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Rehearing request: Institution 13: PO's Request for Rehearing of Institution Decision
12/6/2023	12-06-2023-Board	Event: Petition Institution (Granted) Board Institution Decision: Grant 11: Institution Decision: Grant Board Order: Other 12: Order: SCHEDULING ORDER
9/8/2023	09-08-2023-Patent_Owner	Event: Preliminary Response Patent Owner POPR: filed 7: Patent Owner's Preliminary Response Patent Owner Notice: Mandatory Notice 8: PO's Updated Mandatory Notice Patent Owner Notice: Power of Attorney 9: PO's Updated Power of Attorney Patent Owner Motion: PHV 10: PO's Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice Patent Owner Exhibit 2001: EX2001 Patent Owner Exhibit 2002: EX2002
6/26/2023	06-26-2023-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice: Power of Attorney 5: Notice : Power of Attorney Patent Owner Notice: Mandatory Notice 6: Notice : Mandatory Notice
6/8/2023	06-08-2023-Board	Board Notice: Notice filing date accorded 4: Notice: Notice filing date accorded
5/24/2023	05-24-2023-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice: Power of Attorney 1: Petitioners' Power of Attorney Petitioner Notice: Power of Attorney 2: Petitioner's Power of Attorney Petitioner Petition: as filed 3: Petition for Inter Partes Review Petitioner Exhibit 1001: EX1001 U.S. Patent No. 7,436,980 Sigal et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1002: EX1002 U.S. Patent 7,436,980 File History Petitioner Exhibit 1003: EX1003 Provisional Patent Application Petitioner Exhibit 1004: EX1004 Declaration of Chandrajit Bajaj, Ph.D. Petitioner Exhibit 1005: EX1005 Curriculum Vitae of Chandrajit L. Bajaj Petitioner Exhibit 1006: EX1006 Zhao, Dressed Human Modeling, Detection, and Parts Localization Petitioner Exhibit 1007: EX1007 U.S. Patent No. 6,301,370 Steffens, et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1008: EX1008 U.S. Patent No. 7,200,266 Ozer, et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1009: EX1009 Sigal, et al, Tracking Loose-Limbed People Petitioner Exhibit 1010: EX1010 CVPR Program 2004 Petitioner Exhibit 1011: EX1011 Baumberg, Generating Spatiotemporal Models from Examples Petitioner Exhibit 1012: EX1012 Sudderth, et al, Nonparametric Belief Propagation Petitioner Exhibit 1013: EX1013 Declaration of Jessica Benner Petitioner Exhibit 1014: EX1014 Declaration of Carl Mageski Petitioner Exhibit 1015: EX1015 Sigal, Attractive People: Assembling Loose-Limbed Models Petitioner Exhibit 1016: EX1016 Sidenbladh, Stochastic Tracking of 3D Human Figures Petitioner Exhibit 1017: EX1017 Statistics for Spatial Data excerpts Petitioner Exhibit 1018: EX1018 Estimation with Applications to Tracking and Navigation excerpts Petitioner Exhibit 1019: EX1019 Isard, PAMPAS Petitioner Exhibit 1020: EX1020 Alspach, Nonlinear Bayesian Estimation Using Gaussian Petitioner Exhibit 1021: EX1021 Coughlan, Finding Deformable Shapes Using Loopy Belief Propagation Petitioner Exhibit 1022: EX1022 De la Torre, Robust Parameterized Component Analysis Petitioner Exhibit 1023: EX1023 Lauritzen, Graphical Models 1996 excerpts Petitioner Exhibit 1024: EX1024 Statistics for Engineering and Information Science excerpts Petitioner Exhibit 1025: EX1025 Pavlovic, A Dynamic Bayesian Network Approach to Figure Tracking Petitioner Exhibit 1026: EX1026 Wu, Tracking Articulated Body by Dynamic Markov Network Petitioner Exhibit 1027: EX1027 Bregler, Tracking People with Twists and Exponential Maps Petitioner Exhibit 1028: EX1028 Automatic Partitioning of High Dimensional Search Spaces Petitioner Exhibit 1029: EX1029 Sminchisescu, Covariance Scaled Sampling for Monocular 3D Body Track Petitioner Exhibit 1030: EX1030 Partitioned sampling, articulated objects, and interface-quality Petitioner Exhibit 1031: EX1031 Hel-Or, Constraint Fusion for Recognition and Localization Petitioner Exhibit 1032: EX1032 Correctness of belief propagation in Gaussian graphical models Petitioner Exhibit 1033: EX1033 Fischler, The Representation of Matching of Pictorial Structures Petitioner Exhibit 1034: EX1034 Burl, A Probabilistic Approach to Object Recognition Petitioner Exhibit 1035: EX1035 Efficient Matching of Pictorial Structures Petitioner Exhibit 1036: EX1036 Ramanan, Finding and Tracking People from the Bottom Up Petitioner Exhibit 1037: EX1037 Blake and Isard, Active Contours excerpts Petitioner Exhibit 1038: EX1038 Alspach, Gaussian Sum Approximation in Nonlinear Filtering Petitioner Exhibit 1039: EX1039 Tilley, The Measure of Man and Woman Petitioner Exhibit 1040: EX1040 Viola, Rapid Object Detection using a Boosted Cascade Petitioner Exhibit 1041: EX1041 Learning the Statistics of People in Images and Video Petitioner Exhibit 1042: EX1042 Yedidia, et al, Generalized Belief Propagation Petitioner Exhibit 1043: EX1043 VideoLabs' Answer to Plaintiffs' Partial Motion to Dismiss 22-cv-680

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