Apple Inc. vs. Telcom Ventures LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01235 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

IPR2025-01235

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 16251834

Respondent Patent Number 10674432

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 Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh & Lindquist, P.A.

Customer Number 138517

Address 225 S. Sixth St., Ste. 4200, Minneapolis, MN, 55402, 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

Download

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

2026-01-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

Download

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2025-11-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

Download

2010

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

2025-11-06 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

Download

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

2025-11-06 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

Download

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

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

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

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

EX1044-File History of the ’411 Patent Exhibit

EX1052-National Judicial Caseload Profile Exhibit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

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

Telcom Ventures Exhibit No. 2006-Declaration of Chuck Easttom 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. 2003-Standing Order for Civil Cases Before Judge Rita F. Lin 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

Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

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

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

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

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

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

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

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

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

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

EX1002-File History of the ’432 Patent Exhibit

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

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

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

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

EX1001-U.S. Patent No. 10,674,432 Exhibit

EX1030-U.S. Patent No 10,380,573 to Lin et al. Exhibit

EX1033-Declaration of June Munford Exhibit

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

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

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

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

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

EX1003-Declaration of Stuart Lipoff Exhibit

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

Petitioner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No, 10,674,432 PETITION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EX1010-Complaint, Exhibit L, Claim Chart, 1:24-cv-23837-JEM, Doc 1-12 Exhibit