Apple Inc. vs. Telcom Ventures LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01234 filed by Apple Inc. on 2025-08-05. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-01234

Filing Date

2025-08-05

Accorded Filing Date

2025-08-05

Institution Decision Date

2025-11-20

Last Modified Date

2026-02-02

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-11-20

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Apple Inc.

Represented By

Hart, Paulet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Telcom Ventures LLC

Represented By

Douglas, Christopheret al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2600 - Communications

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 15800885

Respondent Patent Number 10219199

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Peter D. Karabinis et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 2600 - Communications

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

51 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name ALSTON & BIRD LLP - VANTAGE SOUTH END

Customer Number 826

Address 1120 SOUTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 300, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28203-6818, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
34141	Michael Connor	704-444-1022
34610	Guy Gosnell	704-444-1000
35704	George Taulbee	704-444-1000
37505	Joe Liebeschuetz	650-838-2038
38114	Jason Cooper	404--88-1-7000
38337	David Teske	404-881-7000
42365	Keith Broyles	404-881-7000
44316	Susan Sather	650-838-2069
44754	John Haynes	404-881-7000
46571	Kirk Bradley	704-444-1000
50813	Brian Ellsworth	704-444-1000
50857	Christopher Gegg	704-444-1000
50893	Bryan Skelton	919-862-2200
52421	S Pleune	704-444-1000
53305	Stephen Mcniff	404-881-7452
54762	M. Stevens	704-444-1025
55274	Dane Baltich	404-881-4381
55670	Brian Teague	704-444-1212
56487	Wesley Achey	404-881-4930
56672	Kirk Ekena	919-862-2200
56950	Christopher Douglas	704-444-1119
57126	Miranda Sooter	704-444-1000
57160	Thomas Davison	202-239-3933
58307	Ryan Koppelman	650-838-2000
61182	Hidetada Abe	213-576-1000
62156	Christopher Lightner	404-881-7882
62200	Jonathan Thomas	704-444-1446
63800	Jason Keith	919-862-2233
65942	Dana Zottola	650-838-2044
67052	Zachary Higbee	704-444-1000
67258	Stephen Schilling	919-862-2225
69023	Daniel O'Connor	404-881-7854
69589	Aden Draper	404-881-4834
70405	Stephanie Cristiano	704-444-1128
71055	Nicholas Tsui	404-881-4962
71108	Neal Mclaughlin	212-210-9436
71274	Bryan Rodriguez	214-922-3476
71676	Christopher Ziegler	704-444-1000
71819	Kwok Lee	212-210-9474
73781	Ying Zhang	510-508-8140
74675	Alison Davis	248-988-8363
75333	Tyler Espy	256-783-4562
76323	Carter Reeb	704-444-1441
78978	Casey Hickey	704-444-1268
79082	Nicholas Bell	801-358-2073
79551	Killian Steer	704-444-1078
79589	Akintunde Akinbola	404-881-7808
81777	Gregory Beirne	704-444-1410
82077	Douglas Digirolamo	919-862-2246
83354	Kristine Panner	704-444-1087
L1168	Yao Zhu	214-922-3451

Proceeding Documents

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2026-02-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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

2026-01-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2025-11-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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1051

EX1051-Joint Case Management Statement, Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041, Dkt. 106 Exhibit

2025-11-06 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1043

EX1043-Telcom’s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Apple’s Motion to Dismiss, Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041, Dkt. 33 Exhibit

2025-11-06 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Apple Inc. vs. Telcom Ventures LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Apple Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Telcom Ventures 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

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

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

EX1051-Joint Case Management Statement, Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041, Dkt. 106 Exhibit

EX1043-Telcom’s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Apple’s Motion to Dismiss, Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041, Dkt. 33 Exhibit

EX1047-Joint Stipulation and Order to Dismiss Counts I, II, V, and VIII of the Complaint, Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041, Dkt. 104 Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2010-The Creation of the NFC Forum and its Vision (2011) Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2008-Chiradeep BasuMallick, What is NFC (Near Field Communication)? Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2011-McHugh & Yarmey, Near Field Communication, ERIC (2012) Exhibit

EX1052-National Judicial Caseload Profile Exhibit

EX1044-File History of the ’411 Patent Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2006-Declaration of Chuck Easttom Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2007-Curriculum Vitae of Chuck Easttom Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2012-Coskun, The Survey on Near Field Communication, Sensors (June 5, 2015) Exhibit

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

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2009-Liu, Near-Field Communications, A Comprehensive Survey, IEEE (June 2025) Exhibit

EX1050-Docket Sheet, Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041 Exhibit

EX1049-Apple’s Motion for Stay, Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041, Dkt. 105 Exhibit

EX1048-Samsung’s First Amended Invalidity Contentions, 2:24-cv-00691 Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2005-Telcom Ventures LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 3:25-cv-05041-RFL, Dkt. 1 Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2004-Telcom Ventures' Proposed Case Schedule for the Apple Litigation Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2002-Third Amended Docket Control Order Exhibit

Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2001-Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management, Acting Director Memorandum Exhibit

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2003-Standing Order for Civil Cases Before Judge Rita F. Lin Exhibit

EX1042-Notice of Sotera Plus Stipulation of Defendant Apple Inc., Telecom Ventures LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-05041 Exhibit

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

EX1024-Agnieszka Zmijewska, Evaluating Wireless Technologies in Mobile Pay Exhibit

EX1027-Klaus Finkenzeller, RFID Handbook: Fundamentals and Applications in Exhibit

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

EX1040-U.S. Patent No. 8,943,580 to Fadell et al. Exhibit

EX1021-Smart Card Alliance, Contactless Payment and the Retail Point of Sal Exhibit

EX1023-Smart Card Alliance, Proximity Mobile Payments: Leveraging NFC Exhibit

EX1013-U.S. Patent Publication No. 2006/0234778 to Matsushita et al. Exhibit

EX1007-U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0155268 to Jazayeri et al. Exhibit

EX1005-U.S. Patent No. 8,229,852 to Carlson Exhibit

EX1014-U.S. Patent Publication No. 2007/0232358 to Sherman Exhibit

EX1034-Brent A. Miller & Chatschik Bisdikian, Bluetooth Revealed The Inside Exhibit

EX1003-Declaration of Stuart Lipoff Exhibit

Petition: as filed PETITION

EX1022-Sony Corp., Philips and Sony Announce Strategic Cooperation to Defin Exhibit

EX1002-File History of the ’199 Patent Exhibit

EX1026-Vedat Coskun, Kerem Ok & Busra Ozdenizci, Near Field Communication Exhibit

EX1016-International Standard, ISO-IEC 14443, Identification Cards - Contac Exhibit

Ex1029-Harry Newton, Newton’s Telecom Dictionary (23d ed. Flatiron Pub Exhibit

EX1025-Kaveh Pahlavan & Prashant Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless Netw Exhibit

EX1006-U.S. Patent No. 9,558,485 to Griffin Exhibit

EX1037-CNET, Toshiba Portege G500 Review (June 2007) Exhibit

EX1033-Declaration of June Munford Exhibit

EX1010-Complaint, Exhibit K, Claim Chart, 1:24-cv-23837-JEM, Doc 1-11 Exhibit

EX1009-WIPO International Publication No. WO 01/95246 to Murakami et al. Exhibit

EX1036-Mobile Phone Museum, Portégé G910 (Jan. 21, 2008) Exhibit

EX1001-U.S. Patent No. 10,219,199 Exhibit

EX1032-WIPO International Publication No. WO 02/49322 to Holloway, et al. Exhibit

EX1035-CNET, Photos: Hands On With the Porsche P9521 Phone (2007) Exhibit

EX1028-Rudolf Graf, Modern Dictionary of Electronics (7th ed. Newnes 1999) Exhibit

EX1041-Inst. of Elec. & Elecs. Eng’rs, IEEE Standard for Information Techno Exhibit

EX1020-Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed. 1998) Exhibit

EX1038-CNET, Toshiba Portégé G900 Review (2007) Exhibit

EX1039-Farpoint Group, The Broad Reach of Biometrics: Fingerprint Recogniti Exhibit

EX1015-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al. Preliminary Infringement Content Exhibit