Amazon.com Services LLC vs. VB Assets, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01343 filed by Amazon.com Services LLC on 2025-07-31. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-01343

Filing Date

2025-07-31

Accorded Filing Date

2025-07-31

Institution Decision Date

2025-12-11

Last Modified Date

2026-01-13

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-12-11

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 12943699

Respondent Patent Number 9502025

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Mike Kennewick et al

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

2025-12-11 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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1028

Exhibit 1028-Nomination of John A. Squires to be Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Director of the USPTO, Question for the Record, May 28, 2025 Exhibit

2025-11-12 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1027

Exhibit 1027-VB Assets' Responses to Interrogatories (Set 1) Case No. 19-cv-01410 (D. Del.) Exhibit

2025-11-12 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1025

Exhibit 1025-Docket Navigator statistics regarding Judge Noreika decisions on motions to stay pending IPR Exhibit

2025-11-12 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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

2025-11-12 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

Exhibit 1028-Nomination of John A. Squires to be Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Director of the USPTO, Question for the Record, May 28, 2025 Exhibit

Exhibit 1027-VB Assets' Responses to Interrogatories (Set 1) Case No. 19-cv-01410 (D. Del.) Exhibit

Exhibit 1025-Docket Navigator statistics regarding Judge Noreika decisions on motions to stay pending IPR Exhibit

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

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

Exhibit 1026-VB Assets' Responses to Interrogatories (Set 1) Case No. 24-cv-00839 (D. Del.) Exhibit

USPTO, FAQs for Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management (archived), available at: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/faqs/interim-processes-workload-management Exhibit

Patent Owner's Brief ISO Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Amazon’s Identification of Proposed Constructions, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-00839 (D. Del.) (served June 25, 2025) Exhibit

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. v. Auris Health, Inc., Case No. 1:18-cv-01359, Dkt. Entry No. 238 (D. Del.) (Apr. 14, 2020) Exhibit

Excerpts from File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 14/018,331 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 11,199,906) Exhibit

Exact Sciences Corp. v. Geneoscopy, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-01319, Dkt. Entry entered Nov. 1, 2024 (D. Del.) Exhibit

Excerpts from File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 13/907,178 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 9,953,630) Exhibit

Defendant’s Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-00839 (D. Del.) (served April 11, 2025) Exhibit

PureWick Corp. v. Sage Prods. LLC, Case No. 1:19-cv-01508, Dkt. Entry entered May 4, 2021 (D. Del.) Exhibit

Scheduling Order, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, Dkt. No. 19, Case No. 1:24-cv-00839 (D. Del.) (filed Dec. 9, 2024) Exhibit

Complaint for Patent Infringement and Exhibits, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-00839 (D. Del.) (filed July 18, 2024) Exhibit

Excerpts from File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 16/834,214 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 11,195,534) Exhibit

Excerpts from File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/716,353 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,504,513) Exhibit

Final Judgment, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, Dkt. No. 350, Case No. 1:19-cv-01410 (D. Del.) (filed May 16, 2025) Exhibit

Final Jury Instructions, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., Case No. 1:19-cv-01410 (D. Del.) (Nov. 8, 2023) Exhibit

Complaint for Patent Infringement and Exhibits, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., Case No. 1:19-cv-01410 (D. Del.) (filed July 29, 2019) Exhibit

Excerpts from File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 17/099,058 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 11,533,283) Exhibit

Federal Court Management Statistics, U.S. District Courts Profiles, District of Delaware (June 30, 2025) Exhibit

Notice: Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Notice: Patent Owner's Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

Exhibit 1012-Part 12 of 16 Exhibit

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

Exhibit 1012-Part 10 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1004-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2007/0050191 (“Weider”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1003-(Part 1 of 2) Prosecution File History of US Patent 9,502,025 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 8 0f 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 14 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1005-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2002/0032752 (“Gold”) Exhibit

Power of Attorney NOTICE

Exhibit 1019-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2005/0240494 (“Cue”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 9 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1021-Claim Constr. Memo Order, VB Assets, LLC, v. Amazon.com, Inc. Exhibit

Exhibit 1015-Haughey, M., “Napster A New Killer Internet App,” Evolt Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 15 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 5 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1003-Part 2 of 2 Exhibit

Exhibit 1017-Press Release, “Apple Launches the iTunes Music Store" Exhibit

Exhibit 1018-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2008/0301241 (“Svendsen”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 2 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1016-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2005/0021478 (“Gautier”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1013-U.S. Patent No. 6,859,776 (“Cohen”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 3 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1024-Microsoft Computer Dictionary, 5th Ed., Microsoft Press (2002) Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 6 pf 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 4 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 7 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1007-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2004/0199387 (“Wang”) Exhibit

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

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

Exhibit 1012-Part 11 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1012-Part 16 of 16 Exhibit

Exhibit 1009-U.S. Patent No. 5,892,900 (“Ginter”) Exhibit

Exhibit 1022-Complaint for Patent Infringement, VB Assets v. Amazon.com Exhibit

Exhibit 1008-U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2004/0193420 (“Kennewick”) Exhibit

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,502,025 PETITION

Exhibit 1014-McCandless, M. et al., “The MP3 Revolution,” IEEE Intelligent Exhibit

Exhibit 1001-U.S. Patent No. 9,502,025 Exhibit