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

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2024-01419 filed by Illumina, Inc. on 2024-09-30. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2024-01419

Filing Date

2024-09-30

Accorded Filing Date

2024-09-30

Institution Decision Date

2025-04-25

Last Modified Date

2026-06-16

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2026-04-15

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Illumina, Inc.

Represented By

BROUGHAN, THOMASet 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 16952764

Respondent Patent Number 11840730

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

135

Petitioner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2026-06-11 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

2026-06-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

2026-06-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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

2026-04-15 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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other: Hearing Transcript ORDER

2026-04-15 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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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

Petitioner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

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

other: Hearing Transcript ORDER

EX2028 - Patent Owner's Demonstratives Exhibit

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Petitioner's Demonstrative Exhibit Exhibit

Patent Owner's Updated Table of Exhibits NOTICE

Order Setting Oral Argument ORDER

Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

EX2026 - Diagram 1 Introduced as Exhibit during 11-6-25 Gabriel Dep Exhibit

EX2025 - Gabriel Dep Tr. (2025-11-06) Exhibit

Patent Owner Sur-Reply OTHER

EX2027 - Diagram 2 Introduced as Exhibit during 11-6-25 Gabriel Dep Exhibit

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Stacey Gabriel, Ph.D. NOTICE

Sherman et al., Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnostic and Carrier Testing, ACMG Practice Guidelines, Vol. 7, No. 8 (Oct. 2005) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (May 14, 2009) (ML-IPR-000061-99) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (Apr. 24, 2009) and Attachments (ML-IPR-000418-21) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (Apr. 24, 2009- Apr. 28, 2009) and Attachments (ML-IPR-000427-49) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (Apr. 24, 2009- Apr. 29, 2009) (ML-IPR-000463-65) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (May 14, 2009- May 15, 2009) (ML-IPR-000690-91) Exhibit

Petitioner's Reply REPLYTOOPP

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (May 15, 2009) and Attachment (ML-IPR-000789-823) Exhibit

Transcript of the Deposition of Patrick Waller, Sept. 26, 2025 Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young, Greg Porreca, and Patrick Waller (Apr. 24, 2009-Apr. 30, 2009) (ML-IPR-000479-80) Exhibit

Transcript of the Deposition of Joseph Puglisi, Sept. 17, 2025 Exhibit

Emails between Patrick Waller and Greg Porreca (Apr. 30, 2009) (ML-IPR-000486) Exhibit

Reply Declaration of Stacey Gabriel, Ph. D. Exhibit

Email from Greg Porreca to Eric Boutin (March 6, 2009), Email from Eric Boutin to Patrick Waller (March 6, 2009), and Attachments (ML-IPR-000001-21) Exhibit

Transcript of the Deposition of Gregory Porreca, Sept. 30, 2025 Exhibit

Emails from Daniel Young to Greg Porreca (Apr. 24, 2009) and Attachment (ML-IPR-000415-17) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young, Greg Porreca, and Patrick Waller (Apr. 7, 2009-April 23, 2009) (ML-IPR-000375-83) Exhibit

Modified Version of Figure 5 of the ’730 Patent to Include Error Correction Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (May 14, 2009- May 15, 2009) and Attachment (ML-IPR-000027-60) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young, Greg Porreca, and Patrick Waller (May 14, 2009) (ML-IPR-000610) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (May 15, 2009- May 18, 2009) and Attachment (ML-IPR-000875-913) Exhibit

Modified Version of Figure 5 of the ’730 Patent Exhibit

Email between Daniel Young, Greg Porecca, and Patrick Waller (May 14, 2009) (ML-IPR-000022-24) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (May 14, 2009) and Attachments (ML-IPR-000061-99) Exhibit

Emails between Patrick Waller and Greg Porreca (May 5, 2009-May 11, 2009) (ML-IPR-000550-54) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young and Greg Porreca (Apr. 24, 2009) and Attachment (ML-IPR-000415-17) Exhibit

Emails between Daniel Young, Greg Porreca (Apr. 24, 2009-Apr. 27, 2009) (ML-IPR-000422-23) Exhibit

Email from Greg Porreca to Patrick Waller (Apr. 30, 2009) (MLIPR- 000485) Exhibit

Print out of Allele, Genome.gov Exhibit

General Order: Related Matters Updates ORDER

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Gregory Porreca, Ph.D. NOTICE

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Patrick Waller, Ph.D. NOTICE

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Joseph D. Puglisi, Ph.D. NOTICE

Petitioner's Updated Notice of Deposition of Joseph D. Puglisi, Ph.D. NOTICE

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence OTHER

March 6, 2009 Email Thread between Gregory Porreca, Patrick Waller, Daniel Young, and Eric Boutin Exhibit

Patent Owner's Response RESPONSE

May 14, 2009 Email Thread between Gregory Porreca, Patrick Waller, and Daniel Young Exhibit

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

M.P. Weiner, S.B. Gabriel, and J.C. Stephens, Genetic Variation: A Laboratory Manual (2007) (excerpted) Exhibit

Metadata Associated with March 6, 2009 Draft Provisional Application Exhibit

March 6, 2009 Draft Provisional Application Figure 1 Exhibit

July 18, 2025 Declaration of Joseph Puglisi, Ph.D. Exhibit

C.A. Hutchison, R.Y. Chuang, J.C. Venter (Mar. 16, 2016) (“Hutchison”) Exhibit

D. Endy, Reconstruction of the Genomes, SCIENCE (Feb. 28, 2009) Exhibit

May 15, 2009 Email Thread between Gregory Porreca, Patrick Waller, and Daniel Young Exhibit

July 9, 2025 Deposition Transcript of Stacey Gabriel, Ph.D. Exhibit

July 18, 2025 Declaration of Patrick Waller, Ph.D., J.D. Exhibit