Apple Inc. et al. vs. SiOnyx, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-00845 filed by Apple Inc. et al. on 2025-04-16. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-00845

Filing Date

2025-04-16

Accorded Filing Date

2025-04-16

Institution Decision Date

—

Last Modified Date

2025-08-12

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-07-11

Trial Status

Terminated

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Apple Inc. et al.

Represented By

SMITH, MATTHEWet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

SiOnyx, LLC

Represented By

McCarthy, Alisonet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 15216244

Respondent Patent Number 10224359

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Martin U. Pralle et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

22 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (Rochester)

Customer Number 11951

Address 80 Linden Oaks, Suite 320, Rochester, NY, 14625, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
35584	Gunnar Leinberg	585-270-2103
40087	Edwin Merkel	585-270-2104
51998	Alison Mccarthy	617-204-5100
56048	Tate Tischner	585-270-2109
59767	Bryan Smith	585-270-2141
60758	Nicholas Gallo	585-270-2133
61926	Chris Davis	404-885-3145
63064	Mark Jones	404-885-3652
65668	Megan O'Gara	585-270-2110
68605	Scott Bergeson	804-697-1476
69241	Amanda Keys	585-270-2116
69372	Alina Khankin	212-704-6000
72877	Bryan Cannon	202-220-1257
73590	Mark Bell Iii	610-640-7838
76449	Dustin Ferzacca	978-578-3804
77780	Olivia Block	585-270-2142
78968	Ann Slade	585-270-2148
79568	Stephanie Remy	404-885-3239
79721	Anna Gromova	585-270-2153
81204	Harrison Lawrence	972-679-0190
81615	Emily Tarsis	585-270-2129
82542	Amanda Wahl	585-270-2156

Proceeding Documents

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2025-07-16 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Termination Decision: DECISION Dismissal Prior to Institution of Trial 35 U.S.C. § 314 TERMINATE

2025-07-11 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner Request for Refund OTHER

2025-07-11 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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EX1083-Order of Dismissal Exhibit

2025-06-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Motion to Withdraw Petition for Inter Partes Review MOTION

2025-06-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Apple Inc. et al. vs. SiOnyx, LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Apple Inc. et al.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

SiOnyx, 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

Termination Decision: DECISION Dismissal Prior to Institution of Trial 35 U.S.C. § 314 TERMINATE

Petitioner Request for Refund OTHER

EX1083-Order of Dismissal Exhibit

Motion to Withdraw Petition for Inter Partes Review MOTION

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

Patent Owner Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Patent Owner Power of Attorney NOTICE

Maximillian A. Perez, Rubidium Vapor Cell with Integrated ("Perez") Exhibit

Petition: as filed PETITION

A. Sproul, Solar Cells: Resources (2003) ("Sproul") Exhibit

Joint Statement Identifying Accused Products, USITC Inv., No. 337-TA-1403 Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,135,350 ("Smith") Exhibit

Jan Provoost, Backside-illuminated image sensors ("Provoost") Exhibit

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2007/0108476 to Hong ("Hong") Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/002589 ("Hibbeler") Exhibit

Case No. 2:24-cv-00291-JRG (EDTX, Dkt. No. 4-10) Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2009/0160000 ("Kim") Exhibit

Declaration of Dr. Stanley Shanfield Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0019050 ("Yamashita") Exhibit

C. Shea, A Silicon p-i-n detector for a hybrid CMOS imaging ("Shea") Part 2 Exhibit

Declaration of June Munford Exhibit

Meza-Rocha, Characterization of Lanthanum-Aluminum Oxide ("Meza-Rocha") Exhibit

R. Daniel McGrath, Image Sensor Technology ("McGrath") Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0156186 Al ("Iida") Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2007/0190681 ("Lee") Exhibit

C. Shea, A Silicon p-i-n detector for a hybrid CMOS imaging ("Shea") Part 1 Exhibit

Case No. 1:24-cv-12354 (D. Mass, Dkt. No. 22-4) Exhibit

Inv. No. 337-TA-1403, Order Construing Certain Claim Terms Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2006/0286766 ("Cole") Exhibit

Photodiode Characteristics and Applications (2005) ("OSI Whitepaper") Exhibit

Case No. 1:24-cv-12354 (D. Mass, Dkt. No. 51) Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0241148 ("Hiyama") Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 6,710,370 ("Street") Exhibit

Certified Translation of JPH06-244444 ("Uematsu") Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 6,888,214 ("Mouli-214") Exhibit

Certified English Translation of Korean Patent No. 10-0688584 ("Hwang-584") Exhibit

James R. Janesick, Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices (2001) ("Janesick") Exhibit

D. Mass Local Patent Rules Exhibit

V. Suntharalingam, Back-illuminated three-dimensionally ("Suntharalingam") Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 10,224,359 ("the ’359 Patent") Exhibit

File History of the ’359 Patent (Application No. 15/216,244) Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2004/0251513 ("Su") Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 6,395,650 ("Callegari") Exhibit

S. M. Sze & Kwok Ng, Physics of Semicond. Devices (3rd ed. 2007) ("Sze") Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,709,775 ("Konno") Exhibit

I. H. Malitson, Interspecimen Comparison of the Refractive ("Malitson") Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0121962 ("Forbes") Exhibit

Weiming He, Atomic Layer Deposition of Lanthanum Oxide ("He") Exhibit

Werner, et al., Very low surface recombination velocities ("Werner") Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,675,099 ("Hwang-099") Exhibit

Case No. 2:24-cv-00291-JRG (EDTX, Dkt. No. 4-9) Exhibit

M. Aguilar-Frutis, Optical and electrical properties ("Aguilar-Frutis") Exhibit

M. Boroditsky, Absorption Enhancement ("Boroditsky") Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,492,027 ("Mouli") Exhibit

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2012/0033119 ("Shinohara") Exhibit

Kyriaki Minoglou, Reduction of Electrical Crosstalk ("Minoglou") Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2010/0302432 ("Komuro") Exhibit

Case No. 1:24-cv-12354 (D. Mass, Dkt. No. 53) Exhibit

Toshio Mita, Deep-Trench Vertical Si Photodiodes ("Mita") Exhibit

H. A. Macleod, Thin-Film Optical Filters (3rd ed. 2001) ("Macleod") Exhibit

A. Tournier et al., R 5 Pixel-to-Pixel Isolation ("Tournier") Exhibit

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0265349 ("Kasano") Exhibit