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The Boeing Company vs. Laser Spallation Technologies, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2024-00761 filed by The Boeing Company on 2024-04-01. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2024-00761

Filing Date

2024-04-01

Accorded Filing Date

2024-04-01

Institution Decision Date

2024-10-04

Last Modified Date

2025-12-09

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-10-02

Trial Status

Final Written Decision

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

The Boeing Company

Represented By

Matich, Nicholaset al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Laser Spallation Technologies, LLC

Represented By

Saliba, Rajaet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 11504981

Respondent Patent Number 7487684

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Vijay Gupta et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

4 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name JOHN P. O'BANION - O'BANION & RITCHEY LLP

Customer Number —

Address 400 CAPITOL MALL SUITE 1550, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95814, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
32594	James Ritchey	916-498-1010
33201	John O'Banion	916-498-1010
44343	Steven Smith	916-498-1010
45853	Rodger Rast	916-498-1010

Proceeding Documents

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Judgement Final Written Decision FINAL

2025-10-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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General Order: Related Matters Updates ORDER

2025-09-19 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

2025-08-13 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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2015

Patent Owner's Corrected Demonstratives Exhibit

2025-07-15 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Current Exhibit List NOTICE

2025-07-15 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Current Exhibit List NOTICE

2025-07-08 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Current Exhibit List NOTICE

2025-07-07 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Oral Argument Demonstratives Exhibit

2025-07-07 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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2014

Patent Owner's Demonstratives Exhibit

2025-07-07 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner’s Reply to Petitioner’s Opposition to Motion to Exclude REPLY

2025-07-07 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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

2025-06-30 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude MOTION

2025-06-23 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Order: Setting Oral Argument 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 ORDER

2025-06-11 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Sur-Reply OTHER

2025-06-09 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2013

Depo Transcript for Junlan Wang (May 29, 2025) Exhibit

2025-06-09 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument NOTICE

2025-06-02 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument NOTICE

2025-06-02 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Panel Change Order ORDER

2025-05-23 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner’s Notice of Deposition for Professor Junlang Wang NOTICE

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner’s Objections to Evidence in Petitioner’s Reply OTHER

2025-05-05 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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1045

“About ProQuest Digital Dissertations” archived by Internet Archive on August 15, 2000, and on April 16, 2003. Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1046

Steps for accessing ProQuest metadata record, previewing 24 pages of a dissertation, ad viewing the full dissertation Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owners Response REPLYTOOPP

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Corrected Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response REPLYTOOPP

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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[REDACTED] Deposition Transcript of Dr. Vijay Gupta taken on April 11, 2025 Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Deposition Transcript of Dr. Vijay Gupta taken on March 12, 2024 Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1049

Copy of the front matter of v. 63, no. 11 of Dissertation Abstracts International and the index record for the Wang dissertation, obtained from the Library of Congress Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1047

“Online Dissertation Services” archived by Internet Archive on February 10, 2003. Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1051

Library system of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagin archived by Internet Archive on February 11, 2003. Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1042

UIUC bibliographic and MARC record for the Wang dissertation Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1041

Supp. Declaration of Ingrid Hseih-Yee Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1050

Comparison file of the original abstract and the abstract in the ProQuest metadata record Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1053

Declaration of Dr. Vijay Gupta from 8/11/2023 Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1043

OCLC FirstSearch record for the Wang dissertation Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1055

Declaration of Dr. Vijay Gupta from 1/5/2024 Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Current Exhibit List NOTICE

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1056

Lili Hu, Phillip Miller, Junlan Wang, 2009, “High strain-rate spallation and fracture of tungsten by laser-induced stress waves,” Materials Science and Engineering A, 504 (2009) Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1044

“ProQuest Digital Dissertations” archived by Internet Archive on August 16, 2000. Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1054

Declaration of Dr. Vijay Gupta from 11/2/2023 Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1038

Supp. Declaration of Junlan Wang, Ph.D. Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1048

Copyright registration record for v. 63, no. 11 of Dissertation Abstracts International that contains the index record for the Wang dissertation, obtained from the public catalog of the US Copyright Registration Office Exhibit

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notice NOTICE

2025-04-02 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Notice of Deposition for Dr. Gupta NOTICE

2025-03-18 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notice NOTICE

2025-02-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner's Evidence OTHER

2025-02-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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3002

Ex. 3002 Exhibit

2025-02-04 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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2006

IPR2024-00033 Decla of Heather Stewart Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2010

ProQuest Abstract of Wang Thesis Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2005

Morris Response-Objections to Subpoena Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2007

IPR2024-00033 Supp Decla re Heather Stewart Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2004

Morris Depo Transcript Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2009

Depo Transcript for Junlan Wang (Jan. 16, 2025) Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2011

Gupta Declaration Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2012

Gupta Curriculum Vitae Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2008

PTAB Authorization for Amended Declaration of Latonya Morris Exhibit

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Response RESPONSE

2025-02-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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1038

[REDLINE] Amended Declaration of Ms. LaTonya Morris Exhibit

2025-01-21 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Amended Declaration of Ms. LaTonya Morris Exhibit

2025-01-21 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Deposition Notice for LaTonya Morris NOTICE

2025-01-13 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Second Revised Depo Notice for Wang 01-16-2025 NOTICE

2024-12-12 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Joint Notice of Stipulation to Modify Due Dates 1-3 NOTICE

2024-12-11 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notice NOTICE

2024-12-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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3001

Exhibit 3001 Exhibit

2024-11-25 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Order: Granting Unopposed Motion for Authorization to Apply for a Subpoena ORDER

2024-11-25 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Motion for Additional Discovery 11-19-2024 MOTION

2024-11-19 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2002

Subpoena for LaTonya Morris and Appendix A Exhibit

2024-11-19 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2003

11-12-2024 PTAB Email Authorizing Motion to Apply for Subpoena Exhibit

2024-11-19 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2024-11-08 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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PO's REVISED Notice of Deposition for Prof. Junlang Wang NOTICE

2024-11-08 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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PO's Notice of Deposition for Prof. Junlang Wang NOTICE

2024-11-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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

2024-10-04 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Order: SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

2024-10-04 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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2001

Exhibit 2001 Gupta et al Journal Article Exhibit

2024-07-10 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

2024-07-10 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2024-06-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice : Mandatory Notice NOTICE

2024-04-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice : Power of Attorney NOTICE

2024-04-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice filing date accorded to petition NOTICE

2024-04-11 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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