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Under Armour, Inc. vs. Athalonz, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2024-00639 filed by Under Armour, Inc. on 2024-03-04. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2024-00639

Filing Date

2024-03-04

Accorded Filing Date

2024-03-04

Institution Decision Date

2024-09-11

Last Modified Date

2025-11-11

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-09-10

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Under Armour, Inc.

Represented By

Cimino, Franket al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Athalonz, LLC

Represented By

Matulewicz-Crowley, Michaelet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 3700 - Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 16555171

Respondent Patent Number 11375768

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Michael R. Adair et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 3700 - Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

5 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name GARLICK & MARKISON

Customer Number 34399

Address 1802 Pleasant Valley Rd., Ste. 400 #135, Garland, TX, 75040, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
33534	Timothy Markison	512-751-5682
36520	Bruce Garlick	512-751-5682
42193	Harry Tyson Jr	512-923-6000
45105	Shayne Short	512-825-1145
73072	Patricia Healy	808-283-3608

Proceeding Documents

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2025-11-11 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Judgment Final Written Decision FINAL

2025-09-10 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

2025-09-04 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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ORDER Granting Petitioner’s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Eric T. Harmon 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 ORDER

2025-07-21 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

2025-06-13 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

2025-06-13 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Demonstratives Exhibit

2025-06-13 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Exhibit 1038 Exhibit

2025-06-13 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Motion for PHV Admission of Eric T. Harmon MOTION

2025-06-12 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Declaration of Eric T. Harmon in Support of Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission Exhibit

2025-06-12 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Reply ISO Motion to Exclude REPLY

2025-06-11 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Order Setting Oral Argument ORDER

2025-06-06 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude OPPOSITION

2025-06-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude MOTION

2025-05-28 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Updated Power of Attorney OTHER

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Panel Change Order ORDER

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Declaration of Eric T. Harmon in Support of Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission OTHER

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Transcript of the 5/13/25 Deposition of Mr. Grant Delgatty Exhibit

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Sur-Reply OTHER

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Eric T. Harmon Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 OTHER

2025-05-21 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

2025-05-13 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2025-05-13 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

2025-05-07 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

2025-05-07 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice of Intent to Designate NOTICE

2025-05-05 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Declaration of Stephen P. Bosco Exhibit

2025-05-05 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Citations Supporting Its Reply Arguments OTHER

2025-05-01 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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PATENT OWNER’S IDENTIFICATION OF IMPROPER REPLY ARGUMENTS NOTICE

2025-04-24 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF DEPOSITION FOR GRANT DELGATTY UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.53 NOTICE

2025-04-24 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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PATENT OWNER’S OBJECTIONS TO PETITIONER’S REPLY EVIDENCE NOTICE

2025-04-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner Response REPLYTOOPP

2025-04-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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“Athalonz Golf Shoes,” produced in Athalonz, LLC v. Under Armour, Case No. 2:23-cv-00193 (E.D. Tex.) at ATHALONZ0007372 Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner Response REPLYTOOPP

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Supplemental Declaration of Grant Delgatty Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Athalonz Blog Titled “Athalonz Shoes – Leveraging the Laws of Physics,” downloaded from https://www.athalonz.com/blogs/news/athalonz-shoesleveraging- the-laws-of-physics- 1?srsltid=AfmBOor1UcXLaaaGPUOPk35_JqoKeSAHebj9yRAB%E2%80%A6 Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Transcript of Athalonz YouTube Channel Video Titled “Athalonz Technology Explained,” downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLc3D- 5SZg Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Claim Charts for U.S. Patent No. 10,674,786; 11,013,291; and 11,064,760 for Athalonz Products, served in Athalonz, LLC v. Under Armour, Case No. 2:23- cv-00193 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Transcript from the March 18, 2025, Deposition of Timothy Markison in IPR2024-00636, IPR2024-00637, IPR2024-00638, IPR2024-00639, and IPR2024-00640 Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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“From the ground up,” 2019 Sports Illustrated, M. Purkey, https://www.si.com/golf/gear/feature-2019-11-21-from-the-ground-up Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Markison Ex. 3 - US2847769 Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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U.S. Patent No. 11,206,878 Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Markison Ex. 10 - UA000000077 (redacted) Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Athalonz’s Second Supplemental Infringement Contentions, served in Athalonz, LLC v. Under Armour, Case No. 2:23-cv-00193 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2025-04-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice of Deposition For Timothy Markison NOTICE

2025-02-27 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Notice of Stipulation to Modify Portions of Due Dates 2 and 3 OTHER

2025-02-20 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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2013

Under Armour Responsive Claim Construction Brief, Athalonz LLC v. Under Armour, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00193-JRG (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2012

Presentation Titled “Athletic Positioning Shoe: Presentation to Under Armour, August 22, 2013” Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Illustration, “Foot Supination and Pronation” Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2014

Excerpts from Merriam-Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (9th Ed., 1988) (definition of “surface”) Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Response RESPONSE

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2008

Declaration of Mr. Timothy Markison in Support of Patent Owner’s Response Regarding U.S. Patent No. 11,375,768 Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2011

Excerpts from Holt, Serway & Faughin, Physics (1st ed. 2002) Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2010

Transcript of the 12/19/24 Deposition of Mr. Grant Delgatty in IPR2024-00636, IPR2024-00637, IPR2024-00638, IPR2024-00639, and IPR2024-00640 Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2009

CV of Mr. Timothy Markison Exhibit

2025-01-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF DEPOSITION FOR GRANT DELGATTY UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.53 NOTICE

2024-12-17 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Notice of Stipulation to Modify Portions of Due Dates 1, 2 and 3 NOTICE

2024-11-20 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Order: Scheduling Order ORDER

2024-09-12 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Institution Decision: Grant DECISION

2024-09-11 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Sotera Stipulation OTHER

2024-07-25 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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2006

EX2006 - Exhibit P (’768 Patent Invalidity Chart Based on Norton) to Under Armour’s Invalidity Contentions in in Athalonz LLC v. Under Armour, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00193-JRG (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2004

EX2004 - Exhibit N (’768 Patent Invalidity Chart Based on Won) to Under Armour’s Invalidity Contentions in in Athalonz LLC v. Under Armour, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00193-JRG (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2001

EX2001 - Docket Control Order (Dkt. 35) in Athalonz LLC v. Under Armour, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00193-JRG (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2002

EX2002 - United States District Court Judicial Case Profiles, as of December 2023 Exhibit

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2005

EX2005 - Exhibit O (’768 Patent Invalidity Chart Based on Umezawa) to Under Armour’s Invalidity Contentions in in Athalonz LLC v. Under Armour, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00193-JRG (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2007

EX2007 - Exhibit U (’768 Patent Obviousness Chart) to Under Armour’s Invalidity Contentions in in Athalonz LLC v. Under Armour, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00193-JRG (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2003

EX2003 - Under Armour’s Invalidity Contentions in in Athalonz LLC v. Under Armour, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00193-JRG (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

2024-06-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice : Power of Attorney NOTICE

2024-03-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice : Mandatory Notice NOTICE

2024-03-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

2024-03-14 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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