Texas Instruments Incorporated vs. Greenthread, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2024-00772 filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated on 2024-04-10. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2024-00772

Filing Date

2024-04-10

Accorded Filing Date

2024-04-10

Institution Decision Date

2024-10-11

Last Modified Date

2026-04-07

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-10-29

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Represented By

Griswold, Joshuaet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Greenthread, LLC

Represented By

Whitehurst, Alanet 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 16717950

Respondent Patent Number 10734481

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor G.R. Mohan Rao

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

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

6 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name MUNCK WILSON MANDALA L.L.P

Customer Number 25883

Address 2000 McKinney Ave Ste 1900, Dallas, TX, 75201, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
30646	Gregory Howison	972-628-3624
34194	Edward Jorgenson	972-628-3600
37751	Brian Walker	972-628-3652
39095	John Arnott	972-628-3600
66850	William Howison	972-628-3651
74472	Keith Harden	972-628-3611

Proceeding Documents

Order Denying Director Review of Final Written Decision MOTION

2026-02-03 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Order Conduct of the Proceeding ORDER

2025-09-12 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Panel Change NOTICE

2025-07-25 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Director Review Decision Remanding to the Board DECISION

2025-07-23 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. § 314 Granting Motion for Joinder 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) OTHER

2024-10-11 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Texas Instruments Incorporated vs. Greenthread, LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Greenthread, LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Order Denying Director Review of Final Written Decision MOTION

Order Conduct of the Proceeding ORDER

Panel Change NOTICE

Director Review Decision Remanding to the Board DECISION

Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. § 314 Granting Motion for Joinder 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) OTHER

EXPUNGED_Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. § 314 Granting Motion for Joinder 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) DECISION

Redacted ORDER Denying Patent Owner’s Motion for Additional Discovery ORDER

Granting Patent Owner’s and Petitioner’s Motions to Seal; Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Entry of Protective Order 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14, 42.54 ORDER

[REDACTED] Confidential Declaration Exhibit

Redacted Petitioner’s Reply to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response OTHER

Petitioner's Motion to Seal MOTION

[REDACTED] Confidential Agreement Exhibit

2024 06 17 IPR2024-00772 [09] [REDACTED] GT's Motion for Additional Discovery-Public_Redacted MOTION

Redacted Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Motion for Additional Discovery OTHER

2024 07 15 IPR2024-00772 [13] [REDACTED] Patent Owner's Preliminary Response-Public_Redacted POPR

Excerpts of the Deposition Transcript of Scott Warrick taken on June 7, 2024 along with market Exhibits 3-5 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal MOTION

Greenthread, LLC v. Texas Instruments Incorporated, No. 2:23-cv-00157-JRG, Dkt. 1 (Complaint with accompanying exhibits) Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Omnivision Technologies, Inc. et al., 2:23-cv-00212-JKG, Dkt. 54 (Second Amended Docket Control Order) Exhibit

Greenthread v. Cirrus Logic, Inc., 1:23-cv- 00369-DC, Dkt. 52 (Amended Scheduling Order) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Current List of Exhibits NOTICE

Texas Instruments Incorporated (“TI”) Terms Of Sale Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., No. 6:22-cv- 00105-ADA, Dkt. 7 (summons returned executed) Exhibit

Definition of “agent” in Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019) Exhibit

Ex. 3002 Exhibit

Petitioner's Motion to Seal MOTION

PlayStation 5 Teardown Exhibit

Texas Instruments USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Dell Inc., No. 6:22-cv-105-ADA, Dkt. 120 (Second Amended Complaint) Exhibit

Texas Instruments TPS65084x Design Guide Exhibit

Email communication between Patent Owner’s counsel and Petitioner’s counsel dated from March 25, 2024 to April 18, 2024 regarding IPR2024-00672, -00673, -00674 Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 49 (Notice of Appearance of Additional Counsel) Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 135 (Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of L. Popovski on Behalf of Sony) Exhibit

Petition (Paper 1) in Sony Group Corp. v. Greenthread, LLC, IPR2023-00376 Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 38-12 (Exs. D-1, D-2, D-3, D-6 to Greenthread’s Preliminary Infringement Contentions) Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., No. 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 113 (Redacted Memorandum Opinion and Order) Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 38 (First Amended Complaint for Patent Infringement) Exhibit

TI USB Connector Manager Class Extension Driver Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 38-8 (Greenthread’s Amended Preliminary Infringement Contentions) Exhibit

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., No. 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 1 (Complaint) Exhibit

Email from Patent Owner’s counsel to the Board regarding IPR2024-00672, -00673, -00674, -00771, -00772, -00773, -00774 Exhibit

Texas Instruments Non-Isolated Point-of-Load Solutions for Tiger Lake in PC Applications Exhibit

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal MOTION

Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., 6:22-cv-00105-ADA, Dkt. 120- 8, Greenthread’s Amended Preliminary Infringement Contentions Exhibit

Exhibit 3001 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioner's Motion for Joinder OPPOSITION

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

TI 1009 Wang and Agrawal, Single Event Upset: An Embedded Tutorial (“Wang”) Exhibit

TI 1003 Declaration of Sanjay Banerjee, PhD Exhibit

TI 1025 Rabaey et al., Digital Integrated Circuits (2003) (“Rabaey”) Exhibit

TI 1010 U.S. Patent No. 4,481,522 (“Jastrzebski”) Exhibit

TI 1008B Wolf and Tauber, Vol 1, (“Wolf.2”) Exhibit

TI 1020 Patent Owner’s Responsive Claim Construction Brief Exhibit

TI 1007 U.S. Patent No. 6,043,114 to Kawagoe, et al. (“Kawagoe”) Exhibit

TI 1035 U.S. Publication No. 2003/0030488 to Hueting et al. (“Hueting”) Exhibit

Petitioner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

TI 1036 Publication Declaration of Sylvia Hall-Ellis for Wolf Exhibit

TI 1016 Excerpts from Pros History of U.S.P. 8,421,195 (the “‘195 Patent”) Exhibit

TI 1015 U.S. Patent No. 6,534,805 (“Jin”) Exhibit

TI 1026 Gregory and Shafer, “Latch-Up In CMOS Integrated Circuits,” (1973) Exhibit

TI 1013 Publication Declaration for Wolf.3, Wolf.4 (“Watters Decl.”) Exhibit

TI 1014 U.S. Patent No. 6,163,877 (“Gupta”) Exhibit

TI 1005 Publication Declaration -Sean O’Bryan for Maziasz (“O’Bryan Decl.”) Exhibit