DeFi Education Fund vs. True Return Systems, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2023-01388 filed by DeFi Education Fund on 2023-09-07. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2023-01388

Filing Date

2023-09-07

Accorded Filing Date

2023-09-07

Institution Decision Date

2024-01-05

Last Modified Date

2024-09-06

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2024-09-06

Trial Status

Terminated-Settled

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

DeFi Education Fund

Represented By

DEBOY, MARKet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

True Return Systems, LLC

Represented By

Boag, David

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2100 - Computer Architecture & Software

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 15923317

Respondent Patent Number 10025797

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Jack Fonss

Respondent Tech Center TC 2100 - Computer Architecture & Software

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

43 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Lerner David LLP

Customer Number 530

Address 20 COMMERCE DRIVE, CRANFORD, NJ, 07016, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
28241	Marcus Millet	908-518-6450
29660	Paul Kochanski	908-654-5000
32137	Keith Gilman	908-654-5000
32793	Bruce Sales	908-654-5000
36494	Jonathan David	908-518-6331
36522	Gregory Gewirtz	908-654-5000
36629	Thomas Palisi	908-518-6366
38580	Bruno Polito Jr	908-654-5000
42424	Orville Cockings	908-518-6397
44235	Keith Mcwha	201-563-0742
51831	Kelly Hwang	908-654-5000
54230	Kevin Kocun	908-654-5000
54298	April Capati	908-518-6394
58545	Natalie Richer	908-654-5000
60020	Lucas Stelling	908-518-6358
60288	John Brink Jr.	609-216-0216
60702	Charles Humkey	908-654-5000
61299	Lingyan Wang	908-654-5000
62471	Joseph Karlin	908-654-5000
63634	Andrew Lane	908-518-6354
64006	Gregory Reilly	908-654-5000
67352	Mitesh Mehta	908-654-5000
68909	David Kohn	--
71567	Anna Verderame	170-330-36386
72656	Matthew Miller	646-603-6945
73016	Craig Drachtman	908-654-5000
73257	James Vezeris	908-518-6336
74814	Wilfred Patrick	908-654-5000
75693	Kenneth Han	845-592-6121
76708	Andrew Kanel	908-518-6372
77876	Russell Faegenburg	908-518-6367
77944	Melanie Chernoff	908-518-6384
78094	Joseph Hajjar	908-518-6392
78940	Daniel Laine	908-654-5000
79221	Daniela Caro-Esposito	908-518-6379
79227	Alexander Ganescu	732-266-4322
80834	Michael Cavaliere	908-518-6353
80898	Bronson Bonnett	908-654-5000
81269	Matthew Shatynski	732-343-4566
81394	Saraswati Desai	908-518-6377
81707	John Klaczany	610-755-2427
82177	Niki Camateros-Mann	908-518-6375
83123	Matthew Korwin	201-741-1369

Proceeding Documents

Termination Decision: Post-DI Settlement TERMINATE

2024-09-06 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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3102

Ex. 3102 Exhibit

2024-09-06 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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1027

Exhibit 1027 Exhibit

2024-08-22 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Joint Motion to Terminate MOTION

2024-08-22 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1026

Exhibit 1026 Exhibit

2024-08-22 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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DeFi Education Fund vs. True Return Systems, LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

DeFi Education Fund

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

True Return Systems, LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Termination Decision: Post-DI Settlement TERMINATE

Ex. 3102 Exhibit

Exhibit 1027 Exhibit

Joint Motion to Terminate MOTION

Exhibit 1026 Exhibit

Joint Request to Keep Separate MOTION

Joint Notice of Stipulation NOTICE

Order: REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

PROPOSED REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER OTHER

Ex. 3101 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Mandatory Notice of Patent Owner NOTICE

Order: Conduct of the Proceeding ORDER

Order denying Director Review of Institution Decision REHEARING

Petitioner Reply to Petitioner Response to Order to Show Cause OTHER

Response By Patent Owner To Order To Show Cause OTHER

Ex. 3100 Exhibit

Request for Director Review - Institution Decision REQUEST

DECISION Conduct of the Proceeding ORDER

Institution Decision: Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. sec. 314 DECISION

Order: SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response POPR

Notice : Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice : Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: NOTICE OF FILING DATE ACCORDED TO PETITION AND TIME FOR FILING PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE NOTICE

Tron et al., "swap, swear and swindle, incentive system for swarm," (2016) Exhibit

U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2017/0005804 ("Zinder") Exhibit

Notice : Power of Attorney NOTICE

U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2015/0278820 Exhibit

Claim Chart from the Complaint in True Return Systems, LLC v. MakerDAO, Cas Exhibit

Petition : as filed PETITION

Wilkinson et al., "Storj A Peer-to-Peer Cloud Storage Network," (2016) Exhibit

Ekblaw, "MedRec: Blockchain for Medical Data Access, Permission Management Exhibit

Shafagh et al., "Towards Blockchain-based Auditable Storage and Sharing of Exhibit

Declaration of Hudson Jameson Exhibit

Vorik et al., "Sia: Simple Decentralized Storage," (2014) Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 10,025,797 Exhibit

U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2017/ 0352027 ("Zhang") Exhibit

Nakamoto, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System," (2008) Exhibit

U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2017/0230189 ("Toll") Exhibit

Claim Chart from the Complaint in True Return Systems, LLC v. Compound Prot Exhibit

Benet, "IPFS – Content Addressed, Versioned, P2P File System (DRAFT 3)," (2 Exhibit

U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2018/0247191 Exhibit

U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2016/0300234 Exhibit

Ellis, et al., "Chainlink: A Decentralized Oracle Network," (2017) Exhibit

File History for U.S. Patent No. 10,025,797 Exhibit

Complaint from True Return Systems, LLC v. Compound Protocol, Case No. 1:22 Exhibit

Complaint from True Return Systems, LLC v. MakerDAO, Case No. 1:22-cv-08478 Exhibit

Eberhardt et al., "On or Off the Blockchain? Insights on Off-Chaining Compu Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,899,712 Exhibit

U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2018/0174122 Exhibit