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Merck Patent GmbH

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CQV Co., Ltd.

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CQV Co., Ltd. v. Merck Patent GmbH

PGR2021-00054 | Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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Filed Feb. 11, 2021

Terminated Aug. 11, 2022

Judges Erica Franklin, Jo-Anne Kokoski, and Jon Tornquist

Case Type Post Grant Review

Status Final Written Decision

Challenged Patent 14/264,431

Patent No. 10,647,861 assignments

Tech Center 1700

Art Unit 1788

Inventors Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA

Last Updated: 6 days, 6 hours ago

Filing Date	#	Filing and Exhibits
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10/6/2022	10-06-2022-Petitioner	Event: Notice of Appeal Petitioner Notice of Appeal 64: Petitioner CQV Co., Ltd.'s Notice of Appeal
9/13/2022	09-13-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Reply 62: Patent Owner's Reply to Board's Order of September 8, 2022 Patent Owner Other (Not for motions) 63: Public redacted version of the Oral Hearing Transcript
9/8/2022	09-08-2022-Board	Board Order: Other 60: Order: Other Event: Final Written Decision (Some, Not All Claims Cancelled) Board Notice: Other 61: Final Written Decision Determining No Challenged Claims Unpatentable Dismissing Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude
9/2/2022	09-02-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 58: Patent Owner's Motion to Seal Patent Owner Other (Not for motions) 59: Proposed Public Version of Paper 54
8/11/2022	08-11-2022-Board	Board Order: on Motion 55: Order: Granting Patent Owners Updated Motion to Seal and for Entry of the Stipulated Protective Order and Granting Petitioners Updated Motion to Seal Board Final Written Decision: original 56: Final Written Decision: original Board Order: Other 57: ORDER Conduct of the Proceedings 37 C.F.R. 42.5
7/6/2022	07-06-2022-Board	Board Other: Hearing transcript 54: Other: Hearing transcript
6/23/2022	06-23-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 53: Petitioner's Updated Motion to Seal
6/14/2022	06-14-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 52: Patent Owner's Updated Motion to Seal and Protective Order
6/8/2022	06-08-2022-Board	Board Order: on Motion 51: ORDER Denying Without Prejudice Patent Owners Motion to Seal and for Entry of the Stipulated Protective Order; and Denying Without Prejudice Petitioners Motion to Seal 37 C.F.R. sec s 42.14, 42.54
5/27/2022	05-27-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Exhibit List 50: Petitioner's Seventh Updated List of Exhibits Petitioner Exhibit 1081: Petitioner's Demonstrative Exhibits
5/27/2022	05-27-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Exhibit List 49: Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List Patent Owner Exhibit 2024: Patent Owner's Demonstratives
5/23/2022	05-23-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Reply 48: Patent Owner's Reply to Petitioner's Opposition to Motion to Exclude Evidence
5/17/2022	05-17-2022-Board	Board Order: Other 46: EXPUNGED Board Order: Other 47: ORDER Setting Oral Argument 37 C.F.R. 42.70
5/16/2022	05-16-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Opposition 45: Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude Evidence
5/9/2022	05-09-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 44: Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude Evidence
4/18/2022	04-18-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Oral Hearing Request 42: Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument
4/18/2022	04-18-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Oral Hearing Request 43: Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument
4/11/2022	04-11-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Reply 41: Patent Owner's Sur-Reply Patent Owner Exhibit 2023: Deposition Transcript of Seunghoon Mo
3/29/2022	03-29-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Response 40: Petitioner's Response to Patent Owner's Identification of Non-Responsive Evidence and Arguments
3/25/2022	03-25-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 39: Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of SeungHoon Mo
3/22/2022	03-22-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Other (Not for motions) 38: Patent Owner's Identification of Non-Responsive Evidence and Arguments in Petitioner's Reply
3/7/2022	03-07-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Objection 37: Patent Owner's Objections to Evidence
3/2/2022	03-02-2022-Board	Board Order: Other 36: Order: Other
2/28/2022	02-28-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 32: Petitioner's Motion to Seal Petitioner Reply 33: Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response Petitioner Reply 34: Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response Petitioner Exhibit List 35: Petitioner's Sixth Updated List of Exhibits Petitioner Exhibit 1065: Supplemental Declaration of Seunghoon Mo Petitioner Exhibit 1066: Second Supplemental Declaration of Byung-Ki Choi Petitioner Exhibit 1067: U.S. Patent No. 9,758,677 assigned to CQV Co., Ltd. Petitioner Exhibit 1068: U.S. Patent No. 7,959,894 assigned to CQV Co., Ltd. Petitioner Exhibit 1069: U.S. Patent No. 7,993,746 assigned to CQV Co., Ltd. Petitioner Exhibit 1070: MIRA3 FEG-SEM Instructions for Use, Section 4.2: Chamber and Sample Stage Petitioner Exhibit 1071: SEM images of Sample A, Xirallic�� T50-10 (H11041769X) Petitioner Exhibit 1072: SEM images of Sample B, Xirallic�� F60-50 SW (H07022030S) Petitioner Exhibit 1073: SEM images of Sample C, Xirallic�� F60-50 SW (H07022030S) Petitioner Exhibit 1074: SEM images of Sample D, Xirallic�� F60-50 SW (H120314S30) Petitioner Exhibit 1075: SEM images of Sample E, Xirallic�� F60-50 SW (H120314S30) Petitioner Exhibit 1076: SEM images of Sample H, Xirallic�� F60-51 SW (U121277S31) Petitioner Exhibit 1077: SEM images of Sample I, Xirallic�� F60-51 SW (U121277S31) Petitioner Exhibit 1079: Xirallic Products Analysis Report prepared by Seunghoon Mo, December 21, 2021 Petitioner Exhibit 1080: International Standard ISO 9276-1, 2nd Ed., 1998 (Reviewed and confirmed in 2015), Representation of results of particle size analysis
2/23/2022	02-23-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 31: Patent Owner's Motion to Seal and Protective Order Patent Owner Exhibit 2021: Transcript of Hans-Peter Fritsch Patent Owner Exhibit 2021: Transcript of Hans-Peter Fritsch Patent Owner Exhibit 2022: Transcript of Masayuki Momose Patent Owner Exhibit 2022: Transcript of Masayuki Momose
2/1/2022	02-01-2022-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Opposition 30: Patent Owner's Opposition To Petitioner's Motion For Additional Discovery
1/25/2022	01-25-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 28: Petitioner's Motion for Additional Discovery Petitioner Exhibit List 29: Petitioner's Fifth Updated List of Exhibits Petitioner Exhibit 1062: Annotated version of previously submitted Exhibit 1012
1/24/2022	01-24-2022-Petitioner	Petitioner Exhibit List 27: Petitioner's Fourth Updated List of Exhibits Petitioner Exhibit 1061: Transcript of Telephone Conference 01/20/2022
1/21/2022	01-21-2022-Board	Board Order: Other 26: ORDER Conduct of Proceeding 35 U.S.C. 42.5
12/13/2021	12-13-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Objection 25: Petitioner's Objections to Evidence
12/6/2021	12-06-2021-Board	Board Exhibit 3001: Ex 3001 e-mail to parties
12/6/2021	12-06-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Response 24: Patent Owner's Response Patent Owner Exhibit 2005: Declaration of Christopher S. Palenik, Ph.D Patent Owner Exhibit 2006: Declaration of Masayuki Momose Patent Owner Exhibit 2007: Declaration of Hans-Peter Fritsch Patent Owner Exhibit 2008: Curriculum Vitae of Ryuta Suzuki Patent Owner Exhibit 2009: Merck CV and Milestones of Katsuhisa Nitta Patent Owner Exhibit 2010: Deposition Transcript of Jack A. Ladson Patent Owner Exhibit 2011: Deposition Transcript of Byung-Ki Choi Patent Owner Exhibit 2012: Technical Data Sheet T60-10SW Patent Owner Exhibit 2013: Technical Data Sheet F60-51SW Patent Owner Exhibit 2014: Print out of Pascal and Francis Bibliographic Databases web page for New effect pigments using innovative substrates Patent Owner Exhibit 2015: Print out of Amazon.com web page for Special Effect Pigments Patent Owner Exhibit 2016: Technical Data Sheet - 2 Ton Epoxy Patent Owner Exhibit 2018: Print out and machine translation of Technische Universitat Darmstadt web page for Professor Dr. Gerhard Pfaff Patent Owner Exhibit 2019: Xirallic Products Acid Treatment Experiments Report Patent Owner Exhibit 2020: Mastersizer 2000 User Manual MAN0384 Issue 1.0 (March 2007)
12/6/2021	12-06-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Exhibit List 22: Petitioner's Second Updated List of Exhibits Petitioner Exhibit List 23: Petitioner's Third Updated List of Exhibits Petitioner Exhibit 1059: Declaration of Carrie Gardner, Ph.D Petitioner Exhibit 1060: Malvern Mastersizer 2000 User Manual_March 2007
12/2/2021	12-02-2021-Board	Board Order: Other 21: ORDER Granting Petitioners Unopposed Motion to Submit Supplemental Information 37 C.F.R. 42.223(a)
11/18/2021	11-18-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 20: UNOPPOSED MOTION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. ��42.223
11/11/2021	11-11-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 19: Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices
11/9/2021	11-09-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 17: Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Byung-Ki Choi Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 18: Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Jack A. Ladson
10/21/2021	10-21-2021-Board	Board Rehearing:Decision on Request for Rehearing 16: Rehearing:Decision on Request for Rehearing
10/20/2021	10-20-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Exhibit 1056: Declaration of Professor Jung Petitioner Exhibit 1057: Test Report - Professor K. Y. Jung Petitioner Exhibit 1058: Supplemental Declaration of B.K. Choi
10/19/2021	10-19-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Exhibit List 15: Petitioner's Updated List of Exhibits
10/19/2021	10-19-2021-Board	Board Order: Other 13: Order: Order Granting Petitioners Motion to Submit Supplemental Information Board Order: Other 14: Order: Modified Scheduling Order
9/29/2021	09-29-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Opposition 12: Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioner's Motion to Submit Supplemental Information
9/22/2021	09-22-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 11: PETITIONER��S MOTION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. ��42.223
8/27/2021	08-27-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Rehearing Request - in re Institution Decision Granted 9: Patent Owner's Request for Rehearing Patent Owner Objection 10: Patent Owner's Objections to Evidence
8/13/2021	08-13-2021-Board	Event: Petition Institution (Granted and Denied) Board Institution Decision 7: Trial Instituted Document Board Order 8: SCHEDULING ORDER
5/18/2021	05-18-2021-Patent_Owner	Event: Preliminary Response Patent Owner Preliminary Response 6: Patent Owner's Preliminary Response Patent Owner Exhibit 2001: U.S. Patent No. 9,309,411 Patent Owner Exhibit 2002: U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20210032521 Patent Owner Exhibit 2003: U.S. Patent No. 8,501,150 Patent Owner Exhibit 2004: EP13002293, filed April 30, 2013 entitled ��-Alumina flakes
3/10/2021	03-10-2021-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Mandatory Notice 4: Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices Patent Owner Power of Attorney 5: Patent Owner's Power of Attorney
2/18/2021	02-18-2021-Board	Board Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition 3: Notice of Accord Filing Date
2/11/2021	02-11-2021-Petitioner	Petitioner Power of Attorney 1: Power of Attorney Event: Petition Petitioner Petition 2: Petition Petitioner Exhibit 1001: Ex. 1001 - U.S. Patent 10,647,861 Petitioner Exhibit 1002: Ex. 1002 - Declaration of Jack A. Ladson Petitioner Exhibit 1003: Ex. 1003 - Prosecution History U.S. 10,647,861 part 1 - Pgs. 1-429 Petitioner Exhibit 1003: Exhibit 1003 - Prosecution History U.S. 10,647,861 Part 2 - Pgs. 430-862 Petitioner Exhibit 1004: Ex. 1004 - Declaration of Byung-Ki Choi Petitioner Exhibit 1005: Ex. 1005 - Xirallic Technical Data Sheet, T60-10 SW Crystal Silver, Merck KGaA (Oct. 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1006: Ex. 1006 - Xirallic Technical Data Sheet, T60-20 SW Sunbeam Gold, Merck KGaA (Oct. 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1007: Ex. 1007 - Xirallic Technical Data Sheet, T60-21 SW Solaris Red, Merck KGaA (Oct. 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1008: Ex. 1008 - Xirallic Technical Data Sheet, F60-50 SW Fireside Cooper, Merck KGaA (Oct. 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1009: Ex. 1009 - Xirallic Technical Data Sheet, F60-51 SW Radiant Red, Merck KGaA (Oct. 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1010: Ex. 1010 - Xirallic Technical Data Sheet, T60-23 SW Galaxy Blue, Merck KGaA (Jan. 2003) Petitioner Exhibit 1011: Ex. 1011 - Certificate of Analysis �� T60-10 SW Crystal Silver (Jun. 25, 2012) Petitioner Exhibit 1012: Ex. 1012 - Certificate of Analysis �� T60-20 SW Sunbeam Gold (Jun. 27, 2012) Petitioner Exhibit 1013: Ex. 1013 - Certificate of Analysis �� F60-50 SW Fireside Copper (Mar. 28, 2012) Petitioner Exhibit 1014: Ex. 1014 - Certificate of Analysis �� F60-50 SW Fireside Copper (Oct. 30, 2012) Petitioner Exhibit 1015: Ex. 1015 - Certificate of Analysis �� F60-51 SW Radiant Red (Aug. 8, 2011) Petitioner Exhibit 1016: Ex. 1016 - Certificate of Analysis_T60-21 (Aug. 18, 2011) Petitioner Exhibit 1017: Ex. 1017 - Certificate of Analysis_T60-21 (Jun. 4, 2012) Petitioner Exhibit 1018: Ex. 1018 - Declaration of Seunghoon Mo Petitioner Exhibit 1019: Ex. 1019 - Experimental Report: Merck KGaA Xirallic Sample Analysis - Part 1 Petitioner Exhibit 1019: Ex. 1019 - Experimental Report: Merck KGaA Xirallic Sample Analysis Part 2 Petitioner Exhibit 1020: Ex. 1020 - Pretreatment for SEM: Preparation of cured paint film Petitioner Exhibit 1021: Ex. 1021 - Declaration of KwangChoon Kang Petitioner Exhibit 1022: Ex. 1022 - Particle Size Analysis Report: Xirallic�� T60-10 SW Crystal Silver Petitioner Exhibit 1023: Ex. 1023 - CQV Quality Inspection Method (QIM) Petitioner Exhibit 1024: Ex. 1024 - Chain of Custody Form_Axalta Petitioner Exhibit 1025: Ex. 1025 - Material Safety Data Sheet: Xirallic F60-51 SW Radiant Red Petitioner Exhibit 1026: Ex. 1026 - U.S. Patent 6,641,874 to Kuntz et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1028: Ex. 1028 - Merck KGaA Annual Report 2005 Petitioner Exhibit 1029: Ex. 1029 - Japanese Patent Publication No. P2001-232284 to Masuko Petitioner Exhibit 1030: Ex. 1030 - WO2012084097 to Shimizu et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1032: Ex. 1032 - Teaney et al., ��New effect pigments using innovative substrates�� Eur. Coat. J. (4) (1999) 90 (��Teaney��) Petitioner Exhibit 1034: Ex. 1034 - Pfaff, G. et. al., ��Special Effect Pigments�� 2nd rev. ed., Vincentz Network GmbH & Co., Hannover, Germany (2008) (pp. 72-74) (��Pfaff��) Petitioner Exhibit 1035: Ex. 1035 - U.S. Pub. 20110226161 to Schumacher et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1036: Ex. 1036 - European Patent Application EP2799398 to Suzuki et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1038: Ex. 1038 - Merck KGaA_GlobalData �� Locations and Subsidiaries Petitioner Exhibit 1040: Ex. 1040 - Notice of EU Opposition Petitioner Exhibit 1041: Ex. 1041 - Merck Response to Notice of Opposition Petitioner Exhibit 1042: Ex. 1042 - US Pub 20090320719 to Lee et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1043: Ex. 1043 - US Pub 20100015445 to Lee et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1044: Ex. 1044 - US Pub 20090186225 to Lee et al. Petitioner Exhibit 1045: Ex. 1045 - CQV Certificate of Analysis Petitioner Exhibit 1046: Ex. 1046 - Certificate of Analysis Engelhard Petitioner Exhibit 1047: Ex. 1047 - Emails_Kohle to CQV_Feb. 2018 Petitioner Exhibit 1048: Ex. 1048 - Certificate of Training_DML Petitioner Exhibit 1049: Ex. 1049 - Certificate of Training_Malvern Petitioner Exhibit 1050: Ex. 1050 - Guo, H., A Simple Algorithm for Fitting a Gaussian Function Petitioner Exhibit 1051: Ex. 1051 - Greenstein et al, Pigment Handbook Petitioner Exhibit 1052: Ex. 1052 - PubChem_Aluminum Oxide Petitioner Exhibit 1053: Ex. 1053 - Born et al, Principles of Optics Petitioner Exhibit 1054: Ex. 1054 - Bass et al, Handbook of Optics Petitioner Exhibit 1055: Ex. 1055 - Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. II Ch. 33

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