Meta Platforms, Inc. vs. Mullen Industries LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-00702 filed by Meta Platforms, Inc. on 2025-03-25. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-00702

Filing Date

2025-03-25

Accorded Filing Date

2025-03-25

Institution Decision Date

2025-10-16

Last Modified Date

2026-03-10

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-12-19

Trial Status

Terminated-Adverse Judgment

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Represented By

Nguyen, Lisaet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Mullen Industries LLC

Represented By

Snell, Peteret al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 3700 - Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 11841889

Respondent Patent Number 10967270

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Jeffrey D. Mullen

Respondent Tech Center TC 3700 - Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

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

Adverse judgment: Denying Patent Owner’s Motion to Dismiss and Granting Request for Adverse Judgment After Institution of Trial ADVRSJUDG

2025-12-19 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Panel Change Order ORDER

2025-12-19 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner’s Surreply in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss OTHER

2025-12-01 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner’s Reply to Petitioner’s Opposition to Motion to Dismiss REPLY

2025-11-21 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Petitioner's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss OTHER

2025-11-05 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Meta Platforms, Inc. vs. Mullen Industries LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Meta Platforms, Inc.

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

Adverse judgment: Denying Patent Owner’s Motion to Dismiss and Granting Request for Adverse Judgment After Institution of Trial ADVRSJUDG

Panel Change Order ORDER

Petitioner’s Surreply in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss OTHER

Patent Owner’s Reply to Petitioner’s Opposition to Motion to Dismiss REPLY

Petitioner's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss OTHER

Patent Owner's Motion to Dismiss MOTION

SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

Decision Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review DECISION

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

Notice: Referral to Board Panel NOTICE

Patent Owner’s Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Petitioner’s Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

Patent Owner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices Pursuant To 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(A)(2) NOTICE

Arns, L., A new taxonomy for locomotion in virtual environments (2002) Exhibit

Ramanujan, R., Active Network Services for Mobile Wireless Environ 2000 Exhibit

Japanese Patent App. Pub. No. JP2001070658A to Nakamura Exhibit

Thomas, First Person Indoor/Outdoor Augmented Reality App.: ARQuake (2002) Exhibit

Darken, & Cevik, Map Usage in Virtual Environ: Orientation Issues (1999) Exhibit

Falk, Pirates!: Proximity-Triggered Interaction in a Multi-Player Game 2001 Exhibit

Gratschew, A Multimedia Messaging Platform for Content Delivering 2003 Exhibit

Kamerman, WaveLAN-II A High-Perform Wireless LAN for Unlicensed Band 1997 Exhibit

Björk, S. et al., Pirates! Using the Physical World as a Game Board, (2001) Exhibit

Petitioner's Power of Attorney '270 NOTICE

Fitzmaurice, Virtual Reality for Palmtop Computers (1993) Exhibit

Declaration of Gregory Welch, Ph.D. Exhibit

Fitzmaurice, Situated Info Spaces and Spatially Aware Palmtop Comp. 1993 Exhibit

HP Singapore, HP Jornada 600 Series Handheld PC User’s Guide (2000) Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 6,757,068 to Foxlin Exhibit

File History of U.S. Patent No. 10,967,270 - Part 2 Exhibit

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 10,967,270 PETITION

Young, Advanced Mobile Phone Service: Introduction, Background, & Obj 1979 Exhibit

U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/603,481 Exhibit

Cheok, Mixed Reality Game Space Based on Ubiquitous, 2002 Exhibit

Sutherland, I., A Head-Mounted Three Dimensional Display (1968) Exhibit

Ware, Explor and Virtual Camera Control in Virtual Three Dim Environ 1990 Exhibit

File History of U.S. Patent No. 10,967,270 - Part 1 Exhibit

Curriculum Vitae of Gregory Welch, Ph.D. Exhibit

Lehikoinen et al. Dev. an Augmented Reality Map App. for Wearable Comp 2002 Exhibit

Bowman, Interact Tech. for Common Tasks in Immersive Virtual Environ 1999 Exhibit

Schilit, B., Disseminating Active Map Information to Mobile Hosts (1994) Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 5,645,077 to Foxlin Exhibit

Azuma, R., A Survey of Augmented Reality (1997) Exhibit

Declaration of Mark Claypool Exhibit

Declaration of Ayman K JP2001070658A Translation Exhibit

Declaration of Philippe Geril Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 10,967,270 to Mullen Exhibit

Razzaque, S. et al., Redirected Walking (2001) Exhibit

Cheok, A Sensing-based Mobile Enter. Sys with Ubiquitous Comp & Tange 2003 Exhibit

Benini, Palm Comp. for Mgn Interaction with Immersive Virtual Heritage Exhibit

Declaration of Scott Delman Exhibit

Welch, Motion Tracking: No Silver Bullet, but a Respectable Arsenal (2002) Exhibit

U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/499,810 Exhibit

InterSense, Inertia Cube2 Bringing 3D To Life Man. for Serial Port Mod 2001 Exhibit