Belden Inc. et al. vs. CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-00833 filed by Belden Inc. et al. on 2025-04-25. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-00833

Filing Date

2025-04-25

Accorded Filing Date

2025-04-25

Institution Decision Date

2025-09-12

Last Modified Date

2026-01-05

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-09-12

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Belden Inc. et al.

Represented By

Bell, Coryet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina

Represented By

Caspers, Philipet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 3600 - Transportation, E-Commerce & Construction

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 12484393

Respondent Patent Number 9266697

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Eddy Robert Houston et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 3600 - Transportation, E-Commerce & Construction

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

43 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name MYERS BIGEL, P.A.

Customer Number 79207

Address 4130 Parklake Avenue, Suite 250, RALEIGH, NC, 27612, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
28510	Erich Gess	703-684-2511
30247	John Clifford	480-725-8806
32344	Bruce Boggs Jr	703-684-2515
32960	Brian Batzli	612-336-4755
33280	Gregory Sebald	612-336-4728
34130	Steven Bruess	612-336-4711
34994	Dennis Daley	612-332-5300
36414	Julie Daulton	612-336-4724
37703	John Reich	612-332-5300
39721	Scott Johnston	612-371-5274
39828	David Schmaltz	612-336-4617
39998	Mark Gleason	612-371-5354
43361	Tong Wu	612-336-4611
45255	Anthony Zeuli	612-371-5208
45774	Melissa Hayworth	703-684-2522
50471	Robert Kalinsky	612-336-4771
50640	Daniel Stier	404-954-5100
53188	Thomas Leach Iii	612-336-4665
53214	George Lewis	303-357-1670
54434	Anneliese Mayer	612-332-5300
55868	Daniel Evans	404-954-5061
58884	Jeffrey Blake	404-954-5040
58911	Alpaslan Sapmaz	612-766-6093
59315	Andrew Larsen	212-223-6658
59325	Todd Obijeski	404-954-5072
59572	Heather Kroona	612-332-5300
62303	Benjamin Tramm	612-332-5300
62529	Andrew Lagatta	612-371-5383
63431	Julie Skoge	612-336-4628
66251	Alexander Zumbulyadis	612-336-4607
67805	Benjamin Graf	212-223-6651
69422	Christian Hansen	612-349-3019
69677	Ian Mcfarland	865-380-5960
70043	T. Johnson	612-371-5281
71113	Robert Sykes	720-259-4572
72503	Luciano Ricondo	212-223-6526
74302	Heather Chatterton	612-371-5392
79152	Brian Monahon	803-640-2581
79777	Taylor Stemler	952-334-7090
79886	Kelsey Covert	989-859-4948
82487	Zachary Zadow	612-462-8417
83133	Sophia Vogeler	612-336-4660
L0799	Kamal Arvind	404-954-5039

Proceeding Documents

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2026-01-05 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioners' Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee OTHER

2025-12-22 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Order Denying Director Review of Institution Decision REHEARING

2025-12-15 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Authorized Response to Director Review Request OTHER

2025-10-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Email, Subject_IPR2025-00833 Director Review Request Exhibit

2025-10-15 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Belden Inc. et al. vs. CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Belden Inc. et al.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina

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

Authorized Response to Director Review Request OTHER

Email, Subject_IPR2025-00833 Director Review Request Exhibit

Request for Director Review - Institution Decision REQUEST

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

Petitioners' Sur-Reply in Opposition to Patent Owner's Request for Discretionary Denial OTHER

Patent Owner's Reply Regarding its Motion for Discretionary Denial OTHER

Ex 3100 Exhibit

Petitioners' Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Plaintiffs Initial Infringement Contentions Exhibit

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

US8016222 (Galgano) Exhibit

LegalMetric Time to Jury Trial Report 2019-2025 Exhibit

Motion to Stay Pending IPR (D. Del.) Exhibit

US4160533 (Kotzer) Exhibit

Motion to Stay Pending IPR (Judge Andrews) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

US7204452 (Wilkinson) Exhibit

US7938357 (Johanson) Exhibit

Screenshot of CommScope’s Product Patent website Exhibit

United States Patent No. 12,304,766 (Honsinger et al.) Exhibit

Amended Answer from CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina v. Belden Inc. and PPC Broadband, Inc., Exhibit

Patent Owner's Brief Requesting Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Scheduling Order from CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina v. Belden Inc. and PPC Broadband, Inc. Exhibit

Defendants’ Initial Reduction of Asserted Prior Art from CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina v. Belden Inc. and PPC Broadband, Inc. Exhibit

Screenshot from CommScope’s YouTube video “CablePak Jr installation guide” Exhibit

Complaint from CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina v. Belden Inc. and PPC Broadband, Inc. Exhibit

Defendants’ Initial Invalidity Contentions from CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina v. Belden Inc. and PPC Broadband, Inc., Exhibit

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

US 2002/0125161 A1 (Cote) Exhibit

US 2008/0179370 A1 (Williams) Exhibit

US 5,337,933 (Nunez) Exhibit

US 9,266,697 Exhibit

US 5,704,479 (Barnett) Exhibit

US 4,650,073 (Young) Exhibit

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent 9,266,697 PETITION

Declaration of Charles A. Eldering, Ph.D. Exhibit

697 patent prosecution history Exhibit

US 2004/0016666 A1 (Redzisz) Exhibit

Petitioners' Power of Attorney NOTICE

US 5,529,186 (Bass) Exhibit

US 2,400,417 (Hickey) Exhibit

DDE-1-24-cv-00427-1 Complaint (Cable Bag) Exhibit

US 7,534,041 (Godshaw) Exhibit

US 7,320,445 (Eastwood) Exhibit

US 2007/0062997 A1 (Thurner) Exhibit

US 6,145,780 (Fontana) Exhibit

US 6,427,839 (Helfer-Grand) Exhibit

Joint Claim Construction Chart Exhibit

US 2004/0178100 A1 (Cheng-Ho) Exhibit

US 6,145,781 (Kawabe) Exhibit

Internet Archive copy of www.wapitistraps.com Exhibit

US 3,150,769 (Cohn) Exhibit

US 3,693,784 (Holmes) Exhibit