Google LLC et al. vs. Mullen Industries LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-00197 filed by Google LLC et al. on 2024-11-15. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-00197

Filing Date

2024-11-15

Accorded Filing Date

2024-11-15

Institution Decision Date

2025-06-25

Last Modified Date

2025-09-29

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-06-25

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Google LLC et al.

Represented By

Hunt, Elisabethet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Mullen Industries LLC

Represented By

Snell, Peteret al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2600 - Communications

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 11841734

Respondent Patent Number 11109218

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Jeffrey D. Mullen

Respondent Tech Center TC 2600 - Communications

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

80 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Mintz Levin/New York Office

Customer Number 35437

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
45895	Pedro Suarez	858-314-1500
46393	Jiewen Davis	713-374-1692
46725	Richard Gervase	212-692-6755
47081	Terri Shieh-Newton	415-432-6084
47106	Christina Sperry	617-348-3018
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
62653	Frank Gerratana	617-348-4878
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
67686	Lei Xu	781-674-4472
67872	Natalie Schiller	858-314-1547
67947	Derek Constantine	617-423-9999
68142	Melissa Brayman	858-314-1500
68783	Carolina Save	617-348-1872
69018	Vishak Ganesh	509-321-6428
69361	Kevin Amendt	617-348-4863
71181	William Allison Iii	617-348-1832
71250	Roy Hom	415-432-6000
71592	James Whittle	617-348-1898
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
75602	Sherwin Chan	617-348-3037
75772	Alexander Roan	617-348-4466
75822	Mark Hammond	858-314-1086
75844	Peter Amos	206-883-2587
75972	Nicholas Eadie	617-348-1618
75998	Sophia Petrichenko	469-337-0510
76636	David Lundgren	858-314-1500
76705	Yuwei Chen	608-469-0879
77191	Dylan Casler	862-596-7877
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
78337	Katharina Stengel	510-982-6030
78784	Eunha Kim	415-432-6000
79171	Arthur Huang	508-768-5357
79550	Sam Rappaport	970-445-0083
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	520-731-1364
81036	Kristen Elofson	141-569-65405
81272	Shuo Xing	164-749-90503
81280	Mary Robinson	617-648-4766
81288	William Fiers	161-737-11000
81627	Grace Gong	617-348-4427
81730	Samantha Pilicer	617-310-5213
81822	Iris Cheung	647-499-2679
82898	Zhiheng Chang	617-542-6000

Proceeding Documents

Director Review Decision Affirming Institution Decision DECISION

2025-09-26 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Authorized Response to Director Review Request OTHER

2025-08-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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3100

Exhibit 3100 Exhibit

2025-07-28 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioners’ Request for Director Review REQUEST

2025-07-25 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2025-06-25 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Google LLC et al. vs. Mullen Industries LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Google LLC et al.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Mullen Industries LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Director Review Decision Affirming Institution Decision DECISION

Authorized Response to Director Review Request OTHER

Exhibit 3100 Exhibit

Petitioners’ Request for Director Review REQUEST

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

The PTAB and IPR Exhibit

Abbvie PTO-P-2020-0022-0733_attachment_1 Exhibit

Docket Printout, Mullen Industries LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Exhibit

Petitioners’ Opposition to Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

A new era of American innovation - About Google around the world Exhibit

Innovation Alliance PTO-P-2020-0022-0811_attachment_1 Exhibit

2025-05-02 Mullen's Final Pre-Trial Election of Asserted Claims Exhibit

04-18-2025 Letter from IP Subcommittee Ranking Member Schiff to Commerce Exhibit

C4IP-Comment-RE-PTO-P-2023-0048 Exhibit

CAFC-25-129-2 Exhibit

Sportel, Did Sotera Stipulations Solve the Fintiv Criticisms Exhibit

Ericcson - PTO-P-2020-0022-0782_attachment_1 Exhibit

Lex Machina - 58 Federal District Court Cases for James Rodney Gilstrap Exhibit

Brief of National Retail Federation, HTIA, Apple Inc., v. Stewart, No. 24-1864 Exhibit

Nguyen, AIA IPR Estoppel and Sotera Stipulations Exhibit

Samsung in America Exhibit

Fourth Amended Docket Control Order Exhibit

Davis, PTAB Ramps Up Fintiv Denials After Withdrawal Of Memo - Law360 Exhibit

Nokia - PTO-P-2020-0022-0804_attachment_1 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

Mullen Industries LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Case No. 2:24-CV-00049-JRG, Complaint, Dkt. 1 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 26, 2024) Exhibit

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) - Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) Regarding Discretionary Institution Practices Exhibit

Mullen Industries LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Case No. 2:24-CV-00049-JRG, Order Denying Motion to Transfer, Dkt. 90 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 25, 2025) Exhibit

Solas OLED Ltd. v. Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Case No. 2:19-CV-00152-JRG, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125973 (E.D. Tex. July 17, 2020) Exhibit

USPTO Director's Brief in Apple Inc. v. Vidal, No. 5:20-cv-06128-EJD (N.D. Cal. Sept. 21, 2023) Exhibit

Mullen Industries LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Case No. 2:24-CV-00049-JRG, Order Denying Motion to Stay, Dkt. 71 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 23, 2025) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

Samsung Display Co., Ltd. v. Pictiva Displays Int’l Ltd., IPR2024-00855, Paper 13, Director Review Decision (PTAB Jan. 10, 2025) Exhibit

MyPort, Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Case No. 2:22-CV-00114-JRG, Order, Dkt. 73 (E.D. Tex. June 13, 2023) Exhibit

USPTO Director's Brief in Apple Inc. v. Vidal, No. 2024-1864 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 16, 2024) Exhibit

Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs (USIJ) - Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) Regarding Discretionary Institution Practices Exhibit

USPTO Memorandum "Guidance on USPTO's recission of 'Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation'" March 24, 2025 Exhibit

Mullen Industries LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Case No. 2:24-CV-00049-JRG (E.D. Tex.), Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.’s Amended Invalidity Contentions Exhibit

Stanwood - Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) Regarding Discretionary Institution Practices Exhibit

Oyster Optics, LLC, v. Infinera Corp., Case No. 2:19-CV-00257-JRG, Order, Order, Dkt. 87 (E.D. Tex. July 17, 2020) Exhibit

Excerpted Transcript of the Deposition of David Williams, IPR2023-00096, July 26, 2023 Exhibit

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) - Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) Regarding Discretionary Institution Practices Exhibit

Samsung SmartThings Find Exhibit

Acting Director’s Stewart's March 26, 2025 Memorandum titled "Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management" Exhibit

Docket Navigator, Time to Milestones for Judge Gilstrap (E.D. Tex.) in Patent Cases for the Last 5 Years Exhibit

Samsung Launches SmartThings Find, a New Way to Quickly and Easily Located Your Galaxy Devices Exhibit

Excerpt from Mullen Industries LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Case No. 2:24-CV-00049-JRG (E.D. Tex.), Non-Party Google LLC’s Objections and Responses to Mullen’s Document Subpoena Exhibit

Centripetal - Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) Regarding Discretionary Institution Practices Exhibit

Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings With Parallel District Court Litigation, Vidal, June 21, 2022 Exhibit

2025-03-20 Mullen's Preliminary Pre-Trial Election of Asserted Claims Exhibit

Petitioners' Submission of Exhibit OTHER

Petitioner's First Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

'218 Patent Sotera Stipulation Letter Exhibit

Petitioners’ Submission of Exhibit OTHER

Notice filing date accorded to petition NOTICE

Notice : Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Notice : Patent Owner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

Williams CV Exhibit

Chern US6456854B1 Exhibit

DCO in Mullen v. Samsung 24-cv-00049 (ED Tex) (June 14, 2024) (Dkt. 30) Exhibit

Darling WO2001091486 Exhibit

Thomas US7366522B2 Exhibit

Behr US6107944 Exhibit

US11109218 Exhibit

Chern-005 US6609005B1 Exhibit