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smaXtec Inc. et al. vs. ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC et al.

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2024-00875 filed by smaXtec Inc. et al. on 2024-05-02. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2024-00875

Filing Date

2024-05-02

Accorded Filing Date

2024-05-02

Institution Decision Date

2024-11-22

Last Modified Date

2026-07-16

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2026-05-18

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

smaXtec Inc. et al.

Represented By

Plies, Jeffreyet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC et al.

Represented By

Moffett, Danielet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2600 - Communications

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 14474013

Respondent Patent Number 9844206

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Nicholas P. Rettedal et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 2600 - Communications

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

2 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC

Customer Number 114662

Address 22575 State Highway 6 South, Navasota, TX, 77868, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
60291	Ryan Christensen	936-870-3960
60405	Hashim Rahman	936-870-3960

Proceeding Documents

137

Petitioner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2026-07-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Review Decision Reversing FWD DECISION

2026-05-18 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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DRP Identification Order ORDER

2026-04-06 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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DRP Delegation Order ORDER

2026-04-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Response to Request for Director Review OTHER

2026-01-05 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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3100

Exhibit 3100 Exhibit

2025-12-23 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Request for Director Review of Final Written Decision REQUEST

2025-12-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Final Written Decision: Final Written Decision Determining All Challenged Claims Unpatentable Dismissing Patent Owners Motion to Exclude 35 U.S.C. sec. 318a; 37 C.F.R. sec. 42.64 FINAL

2025-11-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

2025-09-30 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC's Amended Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2025-09-23 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Order: Granting Motion to Withdraw Counsel ORDER

2025-09-22 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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General Order: Related Matters Updates ORDER

2025-09-19 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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3001

Ex. 3001 Exhibit

2025-09-10 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC's Unopposed Motion to Withdraw Backup Counsel MOTION

2025-09-10 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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1056

Petitioners' Demonstratives Exhibit

2025-09-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibits OTHER

2025-09-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Reply in Support of its Motion to Exclude REPLY

2025-08-15 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioners' Opposition to Motion to Exclude OPPOSITION

2025-08-08 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioners' Power of Attorney NOTICE

2025-08-05 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioners' Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2025-08-05 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude MOTION

2025-08-01 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Order: Granting Petitioners Unopposed Motion to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel 37 C.F.R. sec. 42.10 ORDER

2025-07-30 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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

2025-07-15 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioners' and Patent Owner's Joint Request for Oral Argument OTHER

2025-07-11 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC's Sur-Reply to Petitioner's Reply OTHER

2025-06-27 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2024

Deposition Transcript of Tami Brown-Brandl, Ph.D. (June 19, 2025) Exhibit

2025-06-27 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Updated Notice of Deposition of Dr. Brown-Brandl NOTICE

2025-06-09 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Brown-Brandl NOTICE

2025-06-05 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC’S OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1) OTHER

2025-05-23 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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1046

Ex. 1046 - US5069160 Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1042

Ex. 1042 - Schlunsen Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1053

Ex. 1053 - Edwards (2004) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1055

Ex. 1055 - '206 Patent IPR Reply Declaration Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1040

Ex. 1040 - Neter - Applied Linear Statistical Models (1996) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1047

Ex. 1047 - US3624218 Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1041

Ex. 1041 - Hair - Multivariate Data Analysis (1998) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1054

Ex. 1054 - US7905832 Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1049

Ex. 1049 - Lopez (2005) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Reply to Patent Owner Response REPLYTOOPP

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1038

Ex. 1038 - Knoff Dep. Tr Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1043

Ex. 1043 - US20030121972A1 Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1037

Ex. 1037 - Bowser Dep. Tr Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1048

Ex. 1048 - Britt (1986) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1050

Ex. 1050 - Shim (2004) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1039

Ex. 1039 - Bagley (2001) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1052

Ex. 1052 - Oresnik (1995) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1045

Ex. 1045 - US6342242 Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1044

Ex. 1044 - Help Google Search know the best date for your web page _ Google Search Central Blog _ Google for Developers Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1051

Ex. 1051 - Jamaluddin (1996) Exhibit

2025-05-16 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioners' Unopposed Motion for Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel MOTION

2025-05-01 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice of Stipulation to Extend Petitioners' Reply to Patent Owner's Response to Petition Deadline (DUE DATE 2) and Patent Owner's Sur-Reply to Reply Deadline (DUE DATE 3) NOTICE

2025-04-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioners' Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2025-04-18 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioners' Power of Attorney NOTICE

2025-04-18 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice of Deposition of Meredith Knoff NOTICE

2025-03-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice of Deposition of Timothy J. Bowser, PH.D. NOTICE

2025-03-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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PETITIONER’S OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE FILED WITH THE PATENT OWNER RESPONSE OTHER

2025-02-24 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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2020

Grey Literature (in the Health Sciences), USC Librs.: Rsch. Guides Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2009

Declaration of Dr. Timothy J. Bowser, Ph.D. Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2006

Doug Bania, Business Valuation Resources, LLC, The Comprehensive Guide to Economic Damages, Vol. 2, Ch. 38 (Jimmy S. Pappas et al. eds., 7th ed. 2023) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2019

Facts about Google and Competition: How Google Search Works, Google (Mar. 19, 2016) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2018

Our new search index: Caffeine, Google Search Cent., (June 9, 2010) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2011

Declaration of Meredith Knoff Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2013

Dorothea Salo, Innkeeper at the Roach Motel, 57 Libr. Trends 98 (2008) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2012

Curriculum Vitae of Meredith Knoff Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2021

Yazdan Mansourian & Nigel Ford, Search persistence and failure on the web: a “bounded rationality” and “satisficing” analysis, 63 J. Documentation 680 (2007) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2008

A.M. Bellon, Does animal charisma influence conservation funding for vertebrate species under the US Endangered Species Act?, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (2019) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Response RESPONSE

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2015

Alex Wood-Doughty et al., Do Download Reports Reliably Measure Journal Usage? Trusting the Fox to Count Your Hens?, 80 Coll. & Rsch. Librs. 694 (2019) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2017

In-depth guide to how Google Search works, Google Search Cent. Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2014

Kwame Kodua-Ntim, University Academics’ Usage of Open Access Institutional Repositories, 30 J. Libr. Res. Sharing 101 (2021) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2007

Emory University, Goizueta Business School, Become a Google Power User: Tips and Techniques Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2016

Frequently Asked Questions on Public Statistics, Cornell Univ.: arXiv Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2010

Deposition Transcript of Tami M. Brown-Brandl, Ph.D. (January 29, 2025) Exhibit

2025-02-14 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Brown-Brandl NOTICE

2025-01-15 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Objections to Evidence Filed with the Patent Owner Preliminary Response OTHER

2024-12-09 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Order: Scheduling Order ORDER

2024-11-22 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Institution Decision: Grant DECISION

2024-11-22 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

2024-10-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Amended Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2024-10-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC's Preliminary Sur-Reply OTHER

2024-10-03 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Thomas W. Landers, IV 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) ORDER

2024-10-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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ORDER Conditionally Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Jonathan M. Hernandez 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) ORDER

2024-10-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Preliminary Reply in Support of Petition for Inter Partes Review OTHER

2024-09-26 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. § 42.5 ORDER

2024-09-19 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Thomas W. Landers, IV MOTION

2024-09-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2004

Declaration of Jonathan M. Hernandez in Support of Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice Exhibit

2024-09-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Jonathan M. Hernandez MOTION

2024-09-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2003

Declaration of Thomas W. Landers, IV in Support of Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice Exhibit

2024-09-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC's Preliminary Response POPR

2024-08-30 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2001

Declaration of Timothy J. Bowser, Ph.D. Exhibit

2024-08-30 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2002

CV of Timothy J. Bowser, Ph.D. Exhibit

2024-08-30 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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NOTICE ACCEPTING CORRECTED PETITION NOTICE

2024-08-05 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Corrected Exhibit 1022 Exhibit

2024-05-31 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1023

Corrected Exhibit 1023 Exhibit

2024-05-31 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice of Filing Corrected Exhibits 1022 and 1023 NOTICE

2024-05-31 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice: defective petition NOTICE

2024-05-30 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Notice : Mandatory Notice NOTICE

2024-05-23 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice : Power of Attorney NOTICE

2024-05-23 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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