MillerKnoll, Inc. vs. DeJule, Aaron

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2023-01427 filed by MillerKnoll, Inc. on 2023-09-20. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2023-01427

Filing Date

2023-09-20

Accorded Filing Date

2023-09-20

Institution Decision Date

2024-03-22

Last Modified Date

2024-06-07

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2024-03-22

Trial Status

Institution Denied

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

MillerKnoll, Inc.

Represented By

MAURER, ERIKet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

DeJule, Aaron

Represented By

Stein, Alexanderet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 3600 - Transportation, E-Commerce & Construction

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 16408650

Respondent Patent Number 10893753

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Aaron DeJule et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 3600 - Transportation, E-Commerce & Construction

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

116 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)

Customer Number 24341

Address 1400 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304-1124, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
31066	Gary Williams	650-843-7501
37386	Michael Lyons	650-843-7507
39266	Soyeon Laub	714-830-0512
39951	Douglas Crisman	650-843-4000
40506	Louis Beardell Jr	215-963-5067
41040	Robert Goodell	202-739-5549
41796	Andrew Gray Iv	650-843-4000
42223	Jason White	312-321-4200
42813	Brett Lovejoy	415-442-1211
42837	Jeffry Mann	415-442-1000
43378	Collin Park	202-739-3000
44146	Brent Hawkins	415-442-1000
45645	Dion Bregman	650-843-4000
46552	Robert Beyers	650-843-7528
46692	Ramyar Farid	202-739-5195
50688	Kenneth Davis	215-963-5392
50801	Robert Smyth	202-739-5139
50862	Ahren Hsu-Hoffman	650-843-4000
50891	Jeffrey Killian	202-739-5592
51793	Mark Hayman	617-951-8440
53615	Nathan Smith	949-757-6018
55001	Olga Berson	310-907-9045
55202	Jason Gettleman	650-843-7593
55293	Ari Indik	215-864-7138
56890	Christopher Betti	312-324-1449
57765	Yalei Sun	650-843-7558
58533	Matthew Currie	617-951-8293
58729	Louis-Vu Nguyen	415-442-1303
58752	John Hemmer	215-963-4816
59462	Brad Wilson	312-324-1103
59649	Tae Woong Koo	650-843-7246
60472	M. Hales	714-830-0514
60711	Richard Leung	215-963-5082
61673	Albert Lee	714-830-0600
61841	Kenneth Cheney	714-830-0526
61944	Manita Rawat	650-843-7267
62741	Shaobin Zhu	206-839-4894
63115	Michael Ryan	610-574-1318
63133	Stephen Altieri	617-951-8525
63328	Clay Hawes	7034154864
64526	Janice Logan	202-439-5234
65210	Christina Macdougall	415-442-1277
65452	Kelly Plummer	312-324-1490
65592	Liying Sun	650-843-7215
66595	Daniel Tarr	215-963-4995
66838	Jianbai Wang	650-843-7843
66874	Bo Tang	832-380-4596
67084	Maria Doukas	312-324-1454
67908	Yingying Zhou	415-442-1214
67961	Tairan Wang	202-739-5119
68345	Danny Mansour	714-830-0600
68487	Alia Orbin	610-390-7234
69096	Toyomi Ohara	202-739-3000
69316	Byung Cheol Kwak	617-341-7264
69333	Hosang Lee	202-937-5142
70067	Sujohn Das	713-890-5792
70236	Kalpesh Upadhye	202-739-5157
70711	Benjamin Pezzner	650-843-4000
70871	Andrew Antczak	215-963-5000
71054	Yon Sohn	858-587-1121
71064	David Bernstein	650-843-4000
71076	Wan-Shoon Lo	312-984-5810
71397	Alexander Stein	650-843-7278
71751	Moreshwar Vaze	617-341-7952
71783	Nicholas Restauri	312-324-1000
72445	Jianke Kang	202-739-5183
73464	Hang Zheng	202-585-8307
73683	Amanda Williamson	312-324-1450
73696	Chantal Edde	215-963-5656
74139	Ka Lo Yeh	650-843-7815
74438	Nicholaus Floyd	713-890-5142
74539	Sadie Knight	415-442-1000
74630	Victor Ghidu	215-963-5719
74770	Pei Che Soon	120-273-95707
75253	Alyssa Pugh	215-963-5070
75470	Sara Sims	215-963-5630
75669	Andrew Dietrick	570-906-0745
75688	Emily Coury	617-341-7818
75724	Alexandra Koseva	650-843-7211
75810	Matthew Walker	206-274-6374
75815	Catherine Chou	650-843-4000
76003	Drew Bennett	617-341-7833
76140	Alexandria Petterson	650-843-7841
76203	Calvin Brien	202-739-5167
76671	Andrew Devkar	310-255-9070
77267	Ai Leen Koh	650-843-7823
77446	Theodore Rand	650-843-7275
77698	Phillip Wolfe	215-963-5454
77918	Alicia Fraind	215-972-8594
77996	Min Woo Park	202-673-95697
78072	Conor Ball	415-442-1668
78272	Sandhal Olds	765-618-4658
79029	Alexander Harrison	404-815-6046
79060	Kannan Narayanan	408-685-3658
79300	Evelyn Chou	415-442-1609
79663	Kathryn Chesnick	570-878-2384
79760	Xiaoqian Li	650-843-7853
79839	Peter Loderup	714-830-0517
79856	Timmy Lee	650-843-7517
80363	Yuqi Li	215-564-3236
80469	Alec Mandell	650-843-7228
80622	Corey Moore	617-341-7852
81009	Brandon Pongracz	815-579-0818
81040	Eunjean Je	202-739-5929
81210	Hayley Reed	215-963-4957
81433	Kurosu Altaf	650-843-7233
81482	Pablo Herrera Jr.	650-843-7512
81484	Samantha Kuo	714-579-5530
81826	Joyce Guo	650-843-7272
81935	Jia Jie Tang	617-951-8000
81982	Corine Martineau	215-963-5030
81997	Jennifer Patritti Cram	281-809-4108
82004	Isabella Couture	316-680-1931
82194	Avery Welker	713-890-5000
82338	Manu Bansal	716-400-3902
L1413	Xinming Zhang	415-442-1392

Proceeding Documents

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2024-06-07 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Request for Refund OTHER

2024-05-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Institution Decision: Deny DECISION

2024-03-22 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

2024-02-12 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2011

Exhibit 2011 Exhibit

2024-02-12 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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MillerKnoll, Inc. vs. DeJule, Aaron

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

MillerKnoll, Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

DeJule, Aaron

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

Petitioner's Request for Refund OTHER

Institution Decision: Deny DECISION

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Exhibit 2011 Exhibit

Exhibit 2002 - Restriction Requirement Exhibit

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

Exhibit 2008 - PTAB-IPR2023-01428 Petition For 498 Patent Exhibit

Exhibit 2006 - Assignment Record For 10893753 Exhibit

Exhibit 2001 - Restriction Response and Election Exhibit

Exhibit 2007 - Complaint - WDMI-1-23-cv-00969-1 Exhibit

Exhibit 2005 - Herman Miller and DeJule - NDA Exhibit

Exhibit 2009 - Cosm Design Story_Office Chairs_Herman Miller Exhibit

Exhibit 2004 - US Provisional Patent Application 62114706 Exhibit

Exhibit 2010 - AsFiled Disclaimer of Claim 16 Exhibit

Notice : Mandatory Notice NOTICE

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

Ex. 1008 - USPN 10,531,738 (Schmitz '738) Exhibit

Petition PETITION

Ex. 1012 - Koepke Declaration ISO IPR of '753 Patent Exhibit

Ex. 1006 - US Pub. No. 2009'0261637 A1 (Schmitz '637) Exhibit

Ex. 1015 - US 7,992,936 (“Schmitz ’936”) Exhibit

Ex. 1009 - Excerpts of File History of US App. No. 15565495 (Schmitz '738) Exhibit

Ex. 1001 - USPN 10,893,753 Exhibit

Ex. 1013 - Marcus Koepke CV (09.18.2023) Exhibit

Ex. 1002 - USPN 10,292,498 Exhibit

Ex. 1014 - Declaration of Alexander Bruening Exhibit

Ex. 1011 - Certified English Translation of DE 10 2015 003 156 Exhibit

Ex. 1005 - File History of US App. No. 16'408,650 ('753 patent) Exhibit

Ex. 1010 - DE 10 2015 003 156 Exhibit

Ex. 1007 - USPN 5,348,372 (Takamatsu) Exhibit

Petitioner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

Ex. 1003 - Provisional App. No. 62_114,706 Exhibit

Ex. 1004 - File History of US App. No. 15'040,735 ('498 patent) Exhibit