Amazon.com, Services LLC vs. VB Assets, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01167 filed by Amazon.com, Services LLC on 2025-06-16. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-01167

Filing Date

2025-06-16

Accorded Filing Date

2025-06-16

Institution Decision Date

2025-11-20

Last Modified Date

2025-12-23

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-11-20

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Amazon.com, Services LLC

Represented By

Hadden, J.et al

Patent Owner / Respondent

VB Assets, LLC

Represented By

Argenti, Matthewet 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 16553553

Respondent Patent Number 11087385

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Michael R. KENNEWICK Sr.

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

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

18 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Customer Number 133759

Address 650 Town Center Drive, 10th Floor, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
32694	James Gatto	202-747-1900
36727	Daniel Yannuzzi	858-720-8924
42651	David Heisey	858-720-8900
42723	John Keville	713-431-7113
50855	Timothy Cremen	202-747-1900
54736	Martin Bader	858-720-7446
70746	Iiona Wheat	412-759-4361
70890	Xin Xie	703-597-4249
71561	Dominique Combs	858-720-8900
72209	Jesse Salen	858-720-8964
74113	Brian Restauro	202-747-1852
78910	Theodore Mayer	973-626-1119
79121	James Hurt	858-720-8959
80050	Pengju Shang	650-815-2600
80496	Joshua Weisenfeld	507-995-2247
81142	Samantha Young	858-720-7459
82092	Samuel Smith	202-747-1896
82810	Fangzhou Qiu	650-815-2652

Proceeding Documents

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2025-11-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Institution Decision: Deny DECISION

2025-10-31 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response POPR

2025-10-07 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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

2025-10-07 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Exhibit 1020 - Docket Navigator Statistics re Judge Noreika Decisions on Motion to Stay pending IPR Exhibit

2025-10-07 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Amazon.com, Services LLC vs. VB Assets, LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Amazon.com, Services LLC

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

VB Assets, LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

Institution Decision: Deny DECISION

Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response POPR

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

Exhibit 1020 - Docket Navigator Statistics re Judge Noreika Decisions on Motion to Stay pending IPR Exhibit

Complaint for Patent Infringement and Exhibits Exhibit

Amazon's Preliminary Invalidity Contentions Exhibit

Final Jury Instructions Read to Jury Exhibit

Complaint for Patent Infringement and Exhibits Exhibit

Excerpts from File History of US11315071 Exhibit

Final Judgment Exhibit

Scheduling Order Exhibit

PureWick Corp v Sage Products Docket Entry Exhibit

Intuitive Surgical v Auris Health Hearing Transcript Exhibit

Exact Sciences Corp v Geneoscopy Docket Entry Exhibit

Amazon's Identification of Proposed Constructions Exhibit

Patent Owner’s Brief ISO Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Excerpts from File History of US10853761 Exhibit

FAQs for Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management Exhibit

Time-to-Trial Statistics Exhibit

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Exhibit 1002-Declaration of Padhraic Smyth, Ph.D. Exhibit

Exhibit 1011-Lucente, M., “Conversational interfaces for e-commerce Exhibit

Exhibit 1010-Asthana, A. & Krzyzanowski, P., “A Small Domain Communications Exhibit

Exhibit 1009-U.S. Patent No. 7,376,586 (“Partovi”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 5 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 2 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1006-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2012/0096358 (“Barnes”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1005-U.S. Patent No. 9,922,364 ("Chen") Exhibit

Exhibit 1014-U.S. Patent No. 6,859,776 (“Cohen”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 10 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 11 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 17 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 15 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 3 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1007-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2004/0193420 (“Kennewick”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 6 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 4 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 14 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1004-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2012/0284105 ("Li") Exhibit

Exhibit 1017-Complaint for Patent Infringement, VB Assets, LLC, v. Amazon Exhibit

Exhibit 1015-WO Pub. No. 02/073331 (“Aretoulaki”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1018-Claim Construction Memorandum Order, VB Assets, LLC, v. Amazon Exhibit

Exhibit 1016-U.S. Patent No. 7,818,176 (“Freeman”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1008-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2014/0344106 (“Lee”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 7 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 9 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 16 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1001-U.S. Patent No. 11,087,385 Exhibit

Exhibit 1003-Prosecution File History for the ’385 patent (Part 2 of 2) Exhibit

Exhibit 1019-Curriculum Vitae of Padhraic Smyth, Ph.D. Exhibit

Exhibit 1003-Prosecution File History for the ’385 patent (Part 1 of 2) Exhibit

Power of Attorney NOTICE

Exhibit 1012 - Part 8 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 12 of 17 Exhibit

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 11,087,385 PETITION

Exhibit 1013-Heinroth, T. et al., “Introducing Spoken Dialogue Systems into Exhibit

Exhibit 1012 - Part 13 of 17 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Huang, X. et al., “Spoken Language Processing: (Part 1 of 17) Exhibit