Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. vs. Keyless Licensing LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-00528 filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. on 2025-02-14. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-00528

Filing Date

2025-02-14

Accorded Filing Date

2025-02-14

Institution Decision Date

2025-07-17

Last Modified Date

2026-04-16

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-07-17

Trial Status

Institution Denied

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al.

Represented By

Goldberg, Joshuaet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Keyless Licensing LLC

Represented By

Alberti, Davidet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2600 - Communications

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 15412023

Respondent Patent Number 11503144

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Benjamin Firooz Ghassabian

Respondent Tech Center TC 2600 - Communications

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

145 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.

Customer Number 26111

Address 1101 K Street, NW, 10th Floor, WASHINGTON, DC, 20005, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
28912	Robert Sterne	202-772-8555
29021	Jorge Goldstein	202-371-2600
32831	Tracy-Gene Durkin	202-371-2600
33876	Donald Featherstone	202-772-8629
33997	Michael Ray	202-772-8569
34368	Randy Lacasse	202-772-8678
34395	Robert Millonig	202-371-2600
35239	Michael Lee	703-628-0233
36013	Robert Sokohl	202-371-2600
36351	Karen Markowicz	202-772-8637
36688	Eric Steffe	202-371-8625
38759	John Covert	202-371-2600
39967	Eldora Ellison	202-772-8508
41306	Timothy Shea Jr	202-371-2600
42289	Donald Banowit	202-371-2600
43447	Jason Eisenberg	202-371-2600
44757	Jeffrey Helvey	202-772-8675
45871	Mark Rygiel	202-371-2600
45986	Peter Jackman	202-371-2600
47756	Gaby Longsworth	202-371-2600
48256	Pamela Mingo	202-371-2600
51802	James Hietala	202-772-8795
53812	Daniel Yonan	202-371-2600
54179	Michelle Holoubek	202-772-8855
54463	Michael Specht	202-371-2600
55440	Jennifer Chagnon	202-772-8890
56374	Ross Hicks	202-371-2600
57772	Lori Brandes	202-371-2600
57913	Paul Calvo	202-772-8846
58164	Kristina Kelly	202-776-5284
58403	Marsha Gillentine	202-772-8692
58770	Harish Ruchandani	--
58885	Matthew Bodenstein	202-772-8787
59244	Stephanie Elmer	202-371-2600
59425	Kyle Conklin	202-371-2600
60167	Scott Schaller	202-371-2600
60390	Richard Coller Iii	202-772-8764
60789	Cynthia Derenzo	+358-10-505-6847
60889	Salvador Bezos	202-772-8533
61205	David Holman	202-371-2600
61327	Jonathan Tuminaro	202-371-2600
61868	Dennies Varughese	202-772-8805
62732	Deborah Sterling	202-772-8501
63208	Christopher O'Brien	202-772-8680
63285	Joseph Mutschelknaus	202-371-2600
63504	Ralph Powers Iii	202-772-8876
63929	Jaume Canaves	202-371-2600
64228	Graham Phero	202-772-8860
64515	Daniel Gajewski	202-772-8774
64587	Syed Ahmed	847-289-5228
64974	Michael Gross Iii	202-772-8762
65021	Christian Camarce	202-772-8895
65172	Byron Pickard	202-371-2600
65211	Michael Malek	410-533-1922
65245	Richard Crudo	202-772-8575
65261	Evan Linderman	202-772-8915
65326	Olga Partington	202-772-8626
65367	Jason Fitzsimmons	202-772-8701
65457	Lauren Schleh	703-836-6400
65458	Robert Schmidt	202-772-8716
66568	Branka Bogunovic	202-772-8727
66638	Jeremiah Frueauf	202-772-8506
67254	Ryan Richardson	202-772-8729
67836	Bonnie Nannenga-Combs	202-371-2600
68395	Daniel Block	202-371-2600
68504	Ji Eun Kim	202-371-2600
68658	Richard Bemben	202-371-2600
68887	Amirali Sharifi	202-772-8871
69086	Daniel Bernard	202-371-2600
69105	Nirav Desai	202-371-2600
69199	Tyler Tassone	202-371-2600
69235	Karen Wong-Chan	202-772-8647
69836	Darrin Hopper	202-772-8630
70077	Shoshana Marvin	202-772-8850
70291	Christopher Gallo	202-371-2600
70307	Joshua Mccoy	202-772-8869
70524	Dohm Chankong	202-772-8529
70680	Sarah Leesman	202-371-2600
71185	Rebekah Holtz	202-772-8712
72039	Daniel Choo	202-371-2600
72126	Tyler Liu	202-772-8641
72314	Lestin Kenton Jr.	202-772-8594
72488	Yuke Wang	214-284-3876
72567	Todd Hopfinger	202-772-8696
72762	Bryan Hsu	202-772-8912
72780	Jessica Harrison	202-772-8901
72981	Trevor O'Neill	202-371-2600
73112	David Haars	202-371-2600
73287	Charles Hammond	202-772-8551
73707	Matthew Smith	202-772-8503
73784	Mark Arrington	202-772-8528
73904	Steven Pappas	202-772-8719
74017	Robert Niemeier	309-678-6806
74290	Ian Soule	202-772-8984
74533	Alexander Covington	202-772-8749
74612	Ivy Clarice Estoesta	202-772-8686
74992	John Higgins	202-783-6040
75034	Tyler Drye	202-772-8614
75069	Tyler Dutton	202-772-8982
75187	Timothy Tang	202-772-8758
75234	Rola Aylo	202-772-8810
75269	Roozbeh Gorgin	202-772-8667
75349	Brian Burke	202-772-8861
75455	Tiaotiao Anchondo	202-772-8804
76231	Todd Thurheimer	202-772-8863
76838	Joseph Venier	202-772-8785
76928	Hasina Ali	202-772-8978
76989	Lisa Ritchey	202-371-2600
77163	Randy Montgomery	202-371-2600
77546	Brian Dudley	216-647-1931
77776	Zhichun Zhang	202-772-8813
78359	Kelsey Pitts	202-772-1271
78365	Wenhao Xiong	202-772-8615
78508	Louis Panzica Jr.	202-772-8954
78921	Maria Briscione	202-772-8517
79290	Michael Webb	202-772-8834
79587	Kristofer Schroder	859-991-6529
79831	Christian Berrios	317-345-2233
79850	Paige Cloud	202-371-2600
79858	Matthew Metzger	202-772-8702
800005	Yangbeini Wang	202-772-883
80057	Ethan Goldschen	202-772-1296
80168	Benjamin Nagasing	202-772-8981
80713	Pengke Li	202-772-8602
80729	Masayuki Iino	202-772-8605
80938	Michael Nathanson	202-777-9644
81041	Xiaowei Jin	202-772-8752
81053	Carson Smith	202-772-1272
81060	Michael Guzzano	202-772-8646
81186	Adil Moghal	202-371-2600
81318	Pratibha Khanduri	202-772-8509
81485	Madeleine Bond	202-772-1299
81654	Payton Miles	202-772-1276
81975	Justin Wang	626-388-6351
82104	Maxwell Furigay	202-772-1281
82162	Reuben Moses	202-772-8664
82208	Sara Keeble	202-772-8560
82263	Hailey Mendenhall	202-772-8933
82382	Xinxiang Zhang	202-772-8621
82448	Kaci Kratch	512-517-8691
82703	Thomas Baraldi	202-772-1279
82896	Deepa Shiwcharan	202-772-1284
83022	Jean Selep	202-772-1270
83036	Nicholas Holdreith	202-772-8888
83174	Marc-Anthony Armand	202-772-1283

Proceeding Documents

Notice refund approved NOTICE

2026-04-16 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioners' Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee OTHER

2026-04-14 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Order Denying Director Review of Institution Decision REHEARING

2025-10-15 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Response to Director Review Request OTHER

2025-08-27 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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3100

Exhibit 3100 Exhibit

2025-08-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. vs. Keyless Licensing LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Keyless Licensing LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Notice refund approved NOTICE

Petitioners' Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee OTHER

Order Denying Director Review of Institution Decision REHEARING

Patent Owner's Response to Director Review Request OTHER

Exhibit 3100 Exhibit

Request for Director Review - Institution Decision REQUEST

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

Petitioners' Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Soni 2025 Exhibit

EX2013 -Kubes Exhibit

Patent Owner Preliminary Response POPR

PTAB Appeal and Interference Stats - May 2017 Exhibit

Nall 2025 Exhibit

Petitioners' Opposition to Patent Owner's Request for Discretionary Denial of Institution RESPONSE

PTAB Appeal Stats - May 2025 Exhibit

Keyless v. Samsung - P.R. 4-1 Disclosures Exhibit

Eastern District of Texas Calendar Events Set For April 20, 2026 Exhibit

Keyless v. Samsung - Answer to Complaint Exhibit

Quillin 2015 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

EX2004 - Defendants’ Subject Matter Eligibility Contentions Exhibit

EX2002 - Federal Court Management Statistics Exhibit

EX2003 - Defendants' Invalidity Contentions and Appendices C1-C12 (Part 4 of 4) Exhibit

EX2005 - Complaint Exhibit

EX2009 - Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Stay Exhibit

EX2008 - FAQs for Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management Exhibit

EX2003 - Defendants' Invalidity Contentions and Appendices C1-C12 (Part 1 of 4) Exhibit

EX2007 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board Appeal Statistics April 2025 Exhibit

EX2001 - First Amended Docket Control Order Exhibit

EX2006 - Denial of Motion to Stay Exhibit

EX2003 - Defendants' Invalidity Contentions and Appendices C1-C12 (Part 2 of 4) Exhibit

EX2003 - Defendants' Invalidity Contentions and Appendices C1-C12 (Part 3 of 4) Exhibit

Petitioner's Stipulation OTHER

NOTICE OF FILING DATE ACCORDED TO PETITION AND TIME FOR FILING PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Prosecution File History of U.S. Application No. 14146125 Exhibit

US20010044281A1 (Peterzell) Exhibit

Provisional Application 60482998 (2003-06-27) Exhibit

US6751487 (Rydbeck) Exhibit

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 11,503,144 PETITION

144 Patent File History Exhibit

Provisional Application 60500602 (2003-09-05) Exhibit

Petitioners Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s Power of Attorney NOTICE

Provisional Application 60496702 (2003-08-20) Exhibit

Provisional Application 60475533 (2003-06-03) Exhibit

As-filed PCTUS2004012082 Exhibit

Provisional Application 60463844 (2003-04-18) Exhibit

2024-10-09 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions Exhibit

Provisional Application 60474447 (2003-05-30) Exhibit

WO2004070871A1 (Wedel) Exhibit

Provisional Application 60482706 (2003-06-26) Exhibit

As-filed US App No 14146125 Exhibit

JP_2000151774_A (Yamaguchi with Certified Translation) Exhibit

Provisional Application 60504331 (2003-09-19) Exhibit

Declaration of Dr. Benjamin Bederson Exhibit

US11503144 (144 Patent) Exhibit

Wedel_US Provisional Application 60449701 Exhibit

Provisional Application 60536564 (2004-01-14) Exhibit

Prosecution File History of U.S. Application No. 10553575 Exhibit

EP0399176A2 (Tattari) Exhibit

Provisional Application 60552968 (2004-03-11) Exhibit

Petitioner Samsung Electronics America, Inc.'s Power of Attorney NOTICE

Provisional Application 60510885 (2003-10-14) Exhibit

EP0651544A2 (Allard) Exhibit