Illumina, Inc. vs. Molecular Loop Biosciences, Inc.

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2024-00964 filed by Illumina, Inc. on 2024-07-02. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2024-00964

Filing Date

2024-07-02

Accorded Filing Date

2024-07-02

Institution Decision Date

2025-01-27

Last Modified Date

2026-03-11

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2026-01-13

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Illumina, Inc.

Represented By

Raich, Williamet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Molecular Loop Biosciences, Inc.

Represented By

Matty, Brianet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 17149504

Respondent Patent Number 11041852

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Gregory Porreca et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

75 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Mintz Levin/San Diego Office

Customer Number 64046

Address 1 Financial Center, Boston, MA, 02111, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
31359	William Geary Iii	617-348-3046
38898	Edward Grieff	858-314-1898
39586	Kevin Ainsworth	212-692-6745
41832	Fred Hernandez	858-314-1518
42523	Farshad Far-Hadian	858-314-2144
43858	Mark Pino	202-434-7332
44238	Lisa Adams	617-348-3054
44338	Andrew Skale	858-314-1500
45517	Antony Novom	858-500-7321
46393	Jiewen Davis	713-374-1692
46725	Richard Gervase	212-692-6755
47081	Terri Shieh-Newton	415-432-6084
50498	Irina Britva	858-314-1142
51700	Lawrence Frank	617-348-1879
51846	Kenneth Jenkins	858-314-1082
52051	Marc Morley	858-314-1500
52235	Peter Snell	212-935-3000
52301	Alexander Trimble	415-432-6018
52315	Michael Van Loy	858-314-1500
57917	J. Farmer	617-348-3048
58481	Peter Cuomo	617-348-1854
60071	David Dang	(920) 721-7339
61022	Brad Scheller	212-935-3000
63259	Elissa Kingsland	617-348-1701
63330	Claudia Hetzer-Egger	858-314-1489
63547	Monique Macek	858-314-1500
63616	Suparna Datta	617-348-4405
65576	Edmund Koundakjian	858-350-2250
67872	Natalie Schiller	858-314-1547
68783	Carolina Save	617-348-1872
69361	Kevin Amendt	617-348-4863
71250	Roy Hom	415-432-6000
71592	James Whittle	617-348-1898
72934	Gertrud Rey	858-314-1565
73304	Gregory Dolan	415-432-6096
73736	Amritaa Ganguly	215-656-2416
74236	Peter Hecker	858-350-2321
74460	Serge Banini	617-937-2435
74767	Christine Pemberton	617-937-2403
74798	Qi Zhang	603-369-8683
75306	Nicholas Mouton	858-314-1500
75559	Katherine Jensen	617-348-3049
75602	Sherwin Chan	617-348-3037
75671	Lee Johnson	858-344-1785
75772	Alexander Roan	617-348-4466
75822	Mark Hammond	858-314-1086
75844	Peter Amos	206-883-2587
75998	Sophia Petrichenko	469-337-0510
76705	Yuwei Chen	608-469-0879
77321	Doris Lee	858-314-1545
77492	Jason Stegall	806-236-9451
77818	Stephen Lam	647-499-0472
78048	Neil Supnekar	650-849-3428
78289	Nicholas Foster	617-348-1728
78784	Eunha Kim	415-432-6000
79171	Arthur Huang	508-768-5357
79550	Sam Rappaport	970-445-0083
800087	Mingyue Bao	310-586-3200
80098	Gabrielle Hoover	917-224-0829
80349	Cory Massey	858-314-1578
80431	Effie Zhou	650-402-7515
80734	Ryan Rieker	574-309-7393
80753	Iva Rreza	202-434-7422
80854	Peter Mcfadden	860-286-2929
81036	Kristen Elofson	141-569-65405
81272	Shuo Xing	164-749-90503
81280	Mary Robinson	617-348-1846
81288	William Fiers	161-737-11000
81627	Grace Gong	617-348-4427
81730	Samantha Pilicer	617-310-5213
81822	Iris Cheung	647-499-2679
82482	Samuel Redford	858-933-5440
82780	Joshua Li	857-300-8233
82898	Zhiheng Chang	617-542-6000
83428	James Mccann	202-434-7315

Proceeding Documents

124

Petitioner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2026-03-11 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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

2026-01-13 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

2025-10-29 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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General Order: Related Matters Updates ORDER

2025-09-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner Illumina's Demonstratives OTHER

2025-09-18 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Illumina, Inc. vs. Molecular Loop Biosciences, Inc.

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Illumina, Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Molecular Loop Biosciences, Inc.

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Petitioner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

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

Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

General Order: Related Matters Updates ORDER

Petitioner Illumina's Demonstratives OTHER

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

EX. 2016 - Patent Owner's Demonstratives Exhibit

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

Patent Owner Sur-Reply OTHER

Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument MOTION

EX2015 - Spellman Deposition Transcript (8-1-25) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

Notice of Stipulation to Modify Due Date 3 NOTICE

Notice of Deposition of Paul Spellman Ph.D NOTICE

Order Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Michael Wueste and Kevin Goon ORDER

Panel Change Order ORDER

Patent Owner's Objections to Petitioner's Reply Evidence OTHER

Gorzer 2010 Exhibit

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Schloss 2009 Exhibit

Maher 2009 Exhibit

mothur.org forum discussion Exhibit

Gloor Declaration Exhibit

Fuller 2009 Exhibit

Wu 2010 Exhibit

Smyth 2010 Exhibit

Declaration of Mina Ching (Internet Archive) Exhibit

Adalsteinsson Deposition Transcript Exhibit

arXiv public availability policy (captured 2010-09-17) Exhibit

Taylor 2010 Exhibit

Petitioner's Reply REPLYTOOPP

Anderson 2010 Exhibit

Pfrender 2010 Exhibit

Spellman Declaration Exhibit

arXiv public availability policy (captured 2010-06-23) Exhibit

Answer and Counterclaims to Complaint Exhibit

arXiv search result Exhibit

Delseny 2010 Exhibit

Whiteford 2009 Exhibit

Varela 2010 Exhibit

Campbell 2008 Exhibit

Correspondence from arXiv to Gloor Exhibit

Declaration of Michael Wueste Exhibit

Patent Owner's Updated Power of Attorney NOTICE

Motion for PHV Admission of Michael Wueste MOTION

Declaration of Kevin Goon Exhibit

Motion for PHV Admission of Kevin Goon MOTION

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Viktor Adalsteinsson NOTICE

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence OTHER

EX2003 - Effects of Index Misassignment on Multiplexing and Downstream Analysis, Illumina (2018) Exhibit

EX2011 - Wang et al., A Low-Cost Library Construction Protocol and Data Analysis Pipeline for Illumina-Based Strand-Specific Multiplex RNA-Seq Exhibit

EX2010 - Meyer et al., Targeted high-throughput sequencing of tagged nucleic acid samples Exhibit

EX2007 - Illumina Sequencing - Multiplexed Sequencing with the Illumina Genome Analyzer System (2008) Exhibit

EX2005 - Lefrancois et al., Efficient yeast ChIP-Seq using multiplex short-read DNA sequencing Exhibit

EX2006 - Illumina Application Note – High-Speed Multiplexed 16S Microbial Sequencing on the MiSeq Exhibit

EX2004 - Kircher et al., Double indexing overcomes inaccuracies in multiplex sequencing on the Illumina platform Exhibit

EX2009 - Maughan et al., SNP Discovery vis Genomic Reduction, Barcoding, and 454-Pyrosequencing in Amaranth Exhibit

EX2008 - Microbiome profiling by Illumina sequencing of combinatorial sequence-tagged PCR products Exhibit

EX2002 - Deposition Transcript of Paul T. Spellman Exhibit

EX2012 - Kenny et al., Multiplex Target Enrichment Using DNA Indexing for Ultra-High Throughput SNP Detection Exhibit

Patent Owner's Response RESPONSE

EX2001 - Declaration of Viktor Adalsteinsson, Ph.D. Exhibit

Panel Change Order ORDER

ORDER Denying Petitioner’s Motion for Authorization to Compel Testimony and/or Documents ORDER