Tesla Inc. vs. Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-00943 filed by Tesla Inc. on 2025-05-05. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-00943

Filing Date

2025-05-05

Accorded Filing Date

2025-05-05

Institution Decision Date

2025-09-26

Last Modified Date

2025-12-04

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-09-26

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Tesla Inc.

Represented By

Bailey, Jenniferet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC

Represented By

Friesen, Kyleet 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 17719541

Respondent Patent Number 11597402

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Michael S. Gordon et al

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

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

9 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name KINNEY & LANGE, P.A.

Customer Number 164

Address 333 S. 7TH ST., SUITE 2700, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55402-2438, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
26047	David Fairbairn	612-337-9357
34711	George Romanik	612-337-9341
43724	Alan Koenck	612-337-9360
67273	Boyd Black	612-337-7216
68920	Nicholas Peterka	612-339-1863
74067	Erik Wright	612-337-7245
78107	Andrew Swanson	612-339-1863
81335	John Leighton	763-337-9355
82324	Thea Reilkoff	612-337-7207

Proceeding Documents

Petitioner's Request for Refund of IPR Request Fees OTHER

2025-12-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2025-11-26 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees OTHER

2025-11-24 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Preliminary Response OTHER

2025-09-29 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2025-09-26 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Tesla Inc. vs. Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Tesla Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Petitioner's Request for Refund of IPR Request Fees OTHER

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

Petitioner's Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees OTHER

Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Preliminary Response OTHER

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

Petitioner’s Reply to Patent Owner’s Response to Petitioner’s Opposition To Patent Owner’s Request For Discretionary Denial OTHER

Patent Owner's Reply to Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief Pursuant to the Board's March 26, 2025 Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management OTHER

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Petitioner’s Opposition To Patent Owner’s Request For Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

EX1041_Summary of Gilstrap Rescheduled Trials Exhibit

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response Under 37 CFR 42.107 POPR

EX1045_Litigation Discovery Order Exhibit

EX1044_Logikull average pages produced Exhibit

EX1043_Gilstrap Trial Conflicts and DCOs Exhibit

EX1046_law360.com-Data Undermines USPTOs Settled Expectations Doctrine Exhibit

EX1042_Time to Trial Stats Exhibit

Public Version of Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief Pursuant to the Board's March 26, 2025 Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management OTHER

EX2002 - Docket Sheet for Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC v Tesla, Inc. Exhibit

EX2011 - ECF 52 Protective Order in the Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC v Tesla, Inc. Exhibit

EX2009 - Tesla's Invalidity Contentions Exhibit

EX2013 - Statutory Disclaimer Exhibit

EX2003 - First Amended Docket Control Order in Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC v Tesla, Inc. Exhibit

EX2004 - ECF 38 Docket Control Order in Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC v Tesla, Inc. Exhibit

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion to Seal MOTION

EX2001 - Complaint for Patent Infringement Exhibit

EX2008 - Tesla's Not of Compliance regarding P.R. 3-3 and 3-4 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Agreed Motion for Protective Order MOTION

EX2010 - Declaration of Blaine Larson Exhibit

EX2006 - GVV's Notice of P.R. 3-1 and P.R. 3-2 Disclosures Exhibit

EX2012 - ECF 88 Not of Broadened Sotera Plus Stipulation of Defendant Tesla, Inc. Exhibit

EX2014 - 37 Federal District Court Cases for Judge Rodney Gilstrap Exhibit

EX2007 - Tesla's Notice of Compliance Regarding Patent Rule 3-4(a) Disclosures Exhibit

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

EX1040-Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC v. Tesla, Inc., 2:24-cv-01007, No. 88 (E.D. Tex. July 24, 2025), Notice of Broadened Sotera Plus Stipulation of Defendant Tesla, Inc Exhibit

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

EX1026-Rajesh Rajamani et al. “A Complete Fault Diagnostic System for Autom Exhibit

EX1033-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2014/0336935 (“Zhu”) Exhibit

EX1029-A. de la Escalera. “Traffic sign recognition and analysis for intell Exhibit

EX1038-U.S. Patent No. 9,950,740 (“Sato”) Exhibit

EX1008-U.S. Patent No. 9,063,543 (“An”) Exhibit

EX1032-U.S. Patent No. 8,874,305 (“Dolgov”) Exhibit

EX1005-U.S. Patent No. 9,494,926 (“Frazer”) Exhibit

EX1031-U.S. Patent No. 9,430,944 (“Grimm”) Exhibit

EX1003-Declaration of Christopher Wilson Exhibit

EX1019-U.S. Patent No. 8,825,258 (“Cullianane”) Exhibit

EX1018-Steven E. Muldoon et al. “10.3: Vehicle Fault Diagnostics Using a Se Exhibit

EX1006-U.S. Patent No. 10,377,303 (“McNew”) Exhibit

EX1016-Keshav Bimbraw. “Autonomous Cars: Past, Present and Future.” Proceed Exhibit

EX1014-Gereon Meyer and Sven Beiker. Road Vehicle Automation. Springer. 201 Exhibit

EX1028-Matthew McNaughton et al. “Motion Planning for Autonomous Driving wi Exhibit

EX1023-U.S. Patent No. 9,483,059 (“Caveney”) Exhibit

EX1002-File History of the ’402 Patent - Part 1 Exhibit

EX1030-“Surface Vehicle Information Report J3016.” SAE International. Janua Exhibit

EX1022-U.S. Patent No. 11,040,725 (“Scofield”) Exhibit

EX1027-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0063336 (“Sugimoto”) Exhibit

EX1034-U.S. Patent No. 8,378,849 (“Chandra”) Exhibit

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 11,597,402 PETITION

EX1013-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0219720 (“Trepagnier”) Exhibit

EX1002-File History of the ’402 Patent - Part 4 Exhibit

EX1004-U.S. Patent No. 9,406,177 (“Attard”) Exhibit

EX1021-U.S. Patent No. 9,884,631 (“James”) Exhibit