Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. vs. EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH et al.

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2024-00611 filed by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. on 2024-02-23. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2024-00611

Filing Date

2024-02-23

Accorded Filing Date

2024-02-23

Institution Decision Date

2024-08-19

Last Modified Date

2025-12-02

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-08-18

Trial Status

Final Written Decision

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Represented By

Kim, Graceet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH et al.

Represented By

Braginsky, Philipet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 1700 - Chemical & Materials Engineering

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 15540709

Respondent Patent Number 10471380

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Markus PRISKE

Respondent Tech Center TC 1700 - Chemical & Materials Engineering

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

38 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.

Customer Number 22850

Address 1940 DUKE STREET, ALEXANDRIA, VA, 22314, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
24618	Norman Oblon	703-413-3000
24854	Arthur Neustadt	703-413-3000
26395	Charles Gholz	703-412-6485
27757	Richard Kelly	703-412-6403
28870	Eckhard Kuesters	703-413-3000
29099	Robert Pous	703-413-3000
32884	Stephen Baxter	703-413-3000
34426	Carl Schlier	703-413-3000
40749	Andrew Ollis	703-413-3000
43794	Kevin Mckinley	703-413-3000
43922	Philippe Signore	703-413-3000
45330	Edwin Garlepp	703-413-3000
45394	Thomas Cunningham	703-413-6563
46155	Akihiro Yamazaki	703-413-3000
48222	Robert Downs	703-413-3000
50238	Stefan Koschmieder	703-412-6463
51461	Kurt Berger	703-412-3520
53235	David Longo	703-413-3000
57298	Derek Lightner	703-413-3000
57473	Bogdan Zinchenko	703-413-3000
58421	James Love	703-413-3000
58948	Jay Rowe Jr.	703-413-3000
58969	Colin Harris	703-412-6209
59091	Marina Miller	703-412-6044
59423	Steven Chang	703-412-6228
61985	John Sipos	617-868-8484
62257	Ryan Smith	703-413-3000
62618	Sameer Gokhale	703-412-5936
64622	Robert Tarcu	703-413-3000
68563	Yuki Onoe	703-413-2381
71631	Grace Kim	703-412-1425
72359	Kevin Hartman	703-412-7036
78999	Mark Nagumo	703-413-3000
79800	Cristina Lai	703-412-4533
79918	Nicholas Rosa	703-413-2741
800024	Yuanyi Zhang	703-412-5928
80087	Lukasz Koziol	212-849-3049
L1331	Chika Iitoyo	703-413-3000

Proceeding Documents

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Fed. Cir. Order Dismissing Appeal OTHER

2025-12-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2025-10-20 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Final Written Decision: JUDGMENT Final Written Decision Determining No Challenged Claims Unpatentable 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) FINAL

2025-08-18 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

2025-06-30 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owners' Demonstratives OTHER

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. vs. EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH et al.

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH et al.

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Fed. Cir. Order Dismissing Appeal OTHER

Petitioner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

Final Written Decision: JUDGMENT Final Written Decision Determining No Challenged Claims Unpatentable 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) FINAL

Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

Patent Owners' Demonstratives OTHER

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Petitioner's Demonstratives Exhibit

Second Dr. Richard W. Baker Deposition Transcript Exhibit

Patent Owner's Sur-Reply OTHER

Order: Setting Oral Argument ORDER

Order: Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Jason H. Liss ORDER

Patent Owner's Objections to Evidence OTHER

Panel Change Order ORDER

EU 3240620 patent Exhibit

Prosecution History of U.S. Patent 8,999,038 Part 1 of 3 Exhibit

Bhatti, Polymeric Membranes Used in Natural Gas Processing to Separate Carbon Dioxide Exhibit

Huang, Pressure ratio and its impact on membrane gas separation processes Exhibit

Staudt-Bickel, Improvement of CO2 CH4 separation characteristics of polyimides by chemical crosslinking Exhibit

Evonik opposition appeal brief for EU 3240620 patent Exhibit

Supplemental Declaration of Dr. Richard W. Baker Exhibit

January 20, 2025 deposition of Dr. Geoffrey Geise Exhibit

Machine translation of Evonik opposition appeal brief for EU 3240620 patent Exhibit

Prosecution History of U.S. Patent 8,999,038 Part 3 of 3 Exhibit

March 28, 2025 deposition of Dr. Geoffrey Geise Exhibit

Baker, Natural Gas Processing with Membranes Exhibit

Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response REPLYTOOPP

Prosecution History of U.S. Patent 8,999,038 Part 2 of 3 Exhibit

Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

Exhibit 3005 Exhibit

ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s Request to Withdraw Exhibits 2001 and 2002 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a) ORDER

Panel Change Order ORDER

Declaration of Jason H. Liss Exhibit

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Jason H. Liss MOTION

Joint Stipulation to Modify Due Date 2 NOTICE

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Geoffrey Geise NOTICE

Exhibit 3004 Exhibit

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence OTHER

Freeman, Basis Permeability/Selectivity Tradeoff Relations in Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes Exhibit

Dr. Richard W. Baker Deposition Transcript Exhibit

Patent Owner Evonik's Response Under 37 C.R.R. 42.120 RESPONSE

Declaration of Geoffrey Geise Exhibit

White, Evolution of Natural Gas Treatment with Membrane System Exhibit

Robeson, The upper bound revisited Exhibit

Matteucci et al., Transport of Gases and Vapors in Glassy and Rubbery Polymers Exhibit

Puleo et al., The Effect of Degree of Acetylation on Gas Sorption and Transport Behavior in Cellulose Acetate Exhibit

He et al., Theoretical study on concentration polarization in gas separation membrane processes Exhibit

ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Janet B. Linn and Gregory H. Lantier 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 ORDER

Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Gregory H. Lantier MOTION

Patent Owner's Updated Power of Attorney NOTICE

Patent Owner's Updated Power of Attorney NOTICE

Janet B. Linn Declaration Exhibit

Declaration of Gregory H. Lantier Exhibit

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Janet B. Linn MOTION

Patent Owner Evonik's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Richard W. Baker OTHER

Joint Stipulation to Modify Due Dates OTHER

Declaration of Oliver Wolf - Supplemental Evidence in Response to the Objections to Evidence Filed by Petitioner OTHER

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence OTHER

Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. § 314 DECISION

SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

Exhibit 3003 Exhibit

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Markus Ungerank Exhibit

Preliminary Response to Petition for Inter Partes Review of United States Patent No. 10,471,380 POPR

Linde Engineering - Membrane Plants Exhibit