BioNTech SE et al. vs. ModernaTX, Inc.

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2023-01359 filed by BioNTech SE et al. on 2023-08-28. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2023-01359

Filing Date

2023-08-28

Accorded Filing Date

2023-08-28

Institution Decision Date

2024-03-06

Last Modified Date

2025-05-06

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-03-05

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

BioNTech SE et al.

Represented By

Modi, Naveenet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

ModernaTX, Inc.

Represented By

Whelan, Emilyet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 16880829

Respondent Patent Number 10933127

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Giuseppe Ciaramella et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

121 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name ModernaTX, Inc./Wolf - c/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Customer Number —

Address 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA, 02210-2206, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
28129	John Welch	617-646-8000
31624	Jason Honeyman	617-646-8222
32950	Edmund Walsh	617-646-8000
34681	James Morris	617-646-8000
35986	Randy Pritzker	617-646-8000
36149	Richard Giunta	617-646-8000
36628	Timothy Oyer	617-646-8251
36971	Douglas Wolf	617-646-8260
38232	Robert Maldonado	212-849-3339
39188	Neil Ferraro	617-646-8267
39231	Robert Hunt	617-646-8000
39248	Helen Lockhart	617-646-8249
40212	John Van Amsterdam	617-646-8000
40286	Stephen Rabinowitz	212-849-3356
41418	Patrick Waller	617-646-8000
42866	Scott Mckeown	202-389-6025
43069	Edward Russavage	617-646-8515
43270	Megan Williams	617-710-5360
43988	Adam Wichman	617-646-8571
46190	Michael Pomianek	617-646-8000
46324	Robert Walat	617-646-8000
46533	Charles Baker	617-646-8381
46705	James Fontenot	845-399-9550
48207	Maria Trevisan	617-646-8000
48644	Andrew Williams	617-646-8000
50474	Gerald Hrycyszyn	617-646-8313
50784	Jennifer Bush	510-508-7899
52146	Michael Rader	617-646-8000
52318	Janice Vatland	617-646-8000
52728	Tani Chen	617-646-8214
52957	Matthew Grady	617-646-8000
54986	Melissa Johannes	617-646-8000
55151	Roque El Hayek	617-646-8000
57063	Gregory Nieberg	617-646-8000
58404	Tonia Sayour	212-697-7890
58423	Gabriel Mccool	617-646-8000
58767	Michael Parsons	617-646-8942
59924	Nidhi Malla	617-646-8572
61115	Jonathan Roses	617-646-8157
61146	Robert Jensen	617-646-8271
61437	Jacob Moore	919-484-2346
61674	Jessamine Lee	617-646-8272
62859	George Scott	617-646-8000
62868	Daniel Young	617-646-8245
63390	Zachary Piccolomini	617-646-8579
63456	Thomas Franklin	617-646-8000
64978	Marc Johannes	617-646-8209
65507	Robert Sahr	617-646-8484
65843	Heather Dipietrantonio	617-646-8000
66229	Victor Cheung	202-571-5012
66256	Brandon Blackwell	617-646-8360
67110	Jason Balich	617-646-8498
67131	John Harmon Iii	617-646-8307
67336	Elisabeth Hunt	617-646-8443
68177	Oona Johnstone	617-504-4219
68598	Jennifer Wang	617-646-8392
69059	William Zhang	617-646-8257
70034	Cara Dawson	617-646-8000
70972	Daniel Rudoy	617-646-8303
72065	Mark Consilvio	202-408-3938
72100	David Gesner	617-646-8437
72587	Yichen Liu	202-295-4061
73256	Laura Rogers	212-336-3865
73869	Zhiyun Ge	617-646-8472
73995	Curtis Powell	617-646-8534
74068	Jie Xiang	617-646-8000
74442	Lin Li	617-646-8502
74522	Kevin Macdonald	617-646-8497
75481	Philip Hamzik	617-646-8300
76050	Anant Saraswat	617-646-8187
76246	Adam Zeiger	617-646-8485
76538	Elizabeth Boehm	617-646-8000
76669	William Czaplyski	617-646-8494
76736	Michele Moresco	617-646-8000
76749	Danielle Samblanet	617-646-8565
76803	Amanda Varrichione	617-646-8161
76821	Charles Choi	617-646-8641
76839	Jessica Von Reyn	617-646-8000
77021	Nathan Jacobs	617-646-8557
77065	Anne Weeks	617-646-8031
77265	Lingyin Ge	617-646-8199
77456	Saad Alam	617-646-8503
77641	Joseph Bowler	617-646-8393
78514	Harrison Shecter	617-646-8183
78555	Andrew Varrenti	617-646-8314
78667	Flora Luo	617-646-8591
79027	Sarah Schlotter	617-646-8269
79358	Evan Jones	617-646-8000
79399	Andrew Maher	617-646-8596
79628	Tyler Goddard	617-646-8306
79773	Roshan Plamthottam	617-646-8770
79827	Charlotte Stewart-Sloan	617-646-8341
80193	Katherine Wade	617-646-8186
80263	Shangxing Lu	202-240-9294
80312	Samuel Doskocil	617-646-8198
80320	John Hovestadt	617-646-8348
80331	John Otterbein	617-646-8764
80350	Andrew Mathis	617-646-8562
80358	Colin Buss	617-646-8159
80639	Edward Stanton	617-646-8873
81089	Nafis Reza	617-646-8640
81128	William Lindemann	617-646-8535
81205	Claire Lidston	617-646-8426
81209	James Redondo	617-646-8648
81429	Kylee Prosser	617-646-8590
81469	Victoria Julian	617-646-8495
81910	Conor Kavanagh	617-646-8659
81968	Joseph Noreika	212-849-3346
82138	Benjamin Walsh	617-646-8213
82211	Andrew Schlaus	212-849-3337
82354	Allison Mayne	617-646-8000
82491	Evan Bender	212-849-3351
82753	Adrienne Zagieboylo	617-646-8771
83072	Max Zegers	617-646-8660
83077	Samantha Collins	617-646-8564
83258	Karen Cruz	617-646-8444
83932	Sheila Bonitatibus	617-646-8786
84051	Mary Joens	617-646-8533
84371	Zachary Westhoff	617-646-8504
84397	Caitlin Schneider	617-646-8022
84523	Jonathan Thompson	212-336-3859

Proceeding Documents

200

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2025-05-06 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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3005

E-mail from the parties regarding final written decision availability Exhibit

2025-03-13 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Final Written Decision as entered March 5, 2025 NOTICE

2025-03-13 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

2025-01-27 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner Demonstratives NOTICE

2024-12-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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BioNTech SE et al. vs. ModernaTX, Inc.

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

BioNTech SE et al.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

ModernaTX, Inc.

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

E-mail from the parties regarding final written decision availability Exhibit

Final Written Decision as entered March 5, 2025 NOTICE

Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner Demonstratives NOTICE

Patent Owner's Objections to Petitioner's Oral Hearing Demonstratives OTHER

E-mail regarding hearing access Exhibit

Patent Owner LEAP Request Granted NOTICE

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal MOTION

Petitioner's Current List of Exhibits NOTICE

Exhibit 1320 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Demonstratives - Public OTHER

Ex. 3003 Exhibit

Order: Hearing Order ORDER

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

Bakewell Transcript Exhibit

Moon Transcript Exhibit

Griffin Transcript Exhibit

Pierce Transcript (Redacted) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal MOTION

Patent Owner's Sur-Reply (Redacted) OTHER

Order: Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Michael J. Mestitz 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 ORDER

Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice - Mestitz MOTION

Pfizer Updated POA NOTICE

Exhibit 1319 Exhibit

Petitioner's Second Updated Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition - Bakewell NOTICE

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition - Pierce NOTICE

Patent Owner's Objections to Evidence OTHER

Notice of Deposition - Moon NOTICE

Notice of Deposition - Griffin NOTICE

Exhibit 1122 Exhibit

Exhibit 1283 Exhibit

Exhibit 1221 Exhibit

Exhibit 1199 Exhibit

Exhibit 1153 Exhibit

Exhibit 1210 Exhibit

Exhibit 1156 Exhibit

Exhibit 1242 Exhibit

Petitioner's Current List of Exhibits NOTICE

Exhibit 1127 Exhibit

Exhibit 1198 Exhibit

Exhibit 1310 Exhibit

Exhibit 1171 Exhibit

Exhibit 1107 Exhibit

Exhibit 1246 Exhibit

Exhibit 1297 Exhibit

Exhibit 1219 Exhibit

Exhibit 1168 Exhibit

Exhibit 1267 Exhibit

Exhibit 1148 Exhibit

Exhibit 1269 Exhibit

Exhibit 1186 Exhibit

Exhibit 1167 Exhibit

Exhibit 1300 Exhibit

Exhibit 1102 Exhibit

Exhibit 1278 Exhibit

Exhibit 1212 Exhibit

Exhibit 1233 Exhibit

Exhibit 1154 Exhibit

Exhibit 1143 Exhibit

Exhibit 1196 Exhibit

Exhibit 1104 Exhibit

Exhibit 1178 Exhibit