Red Hat, Inc. vs. Competitive Access Systems, Inc.

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01372 filed by Red Hat, Inc. on 2025-08-04. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-01372

Filing Date

2025-08-04

Accorded Filing Date

2025-08-04

Institution Decision Date

2025-11-20

Last Modified Date

2026-03-25

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-11-20

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Red Hat, Inc.

Represented By

Friedman, Toddet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Competitive Access Systems, Inc.

Represented By

Schroeder, Johnet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex & Cybersecurity

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 13531294

Respondent Patent Number 8861349

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Eric M. Delangis

Respondent Tech Center TC 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex & Cybersecurity

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

17 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Harold McGurk - The Law Office of Clay McGurk

Customer Number 64828

Address P.O. BOX 1488, Orange, CA, 92856, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
33716	Kurt James	314-345-7000
34017	Penny Slicer	816-842-8600
36736	Robert Bain	314-345-7013
36838	Vincent Keil	314-345-7000
41904	Judith Carlson	816-842-8600
55258	Janet Hendrickson	314-345-7020
61338	James Cronin	816-691-2416
61381	Jason Conway	314-345-7000
61808	Timothy Krieger	314-925-5700
63573	John Schroeder	314-918-1351
67087	William Everding	314-345-7000
69561	Colin Turner	816-691-2421
71702	Jonathan Pollmann	314-345-7000
73963	Morgan Johnson	314-345-7000
76498	Steven Levitt	314-345-7000
80237	Emmalie Gulledge	316-268-7988
82020	Natalie Brock	816-691-2634

Proceeding Documents

108

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2026-03-25 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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

2026-03-23 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2025-11-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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1071

In re Steed Exhibit

2025-11-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1068

EPR Examiner's Answer to 908 Appeal Exhibit

2025-11-10 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Red Hat, Inc. vs. Competitive Access Systems, Inc.

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Red Hat, Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Competitive Access Systems, Inc.

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 on Post-Institution Fees OTHER

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

In re Steed Exhibit

EPR Examiner's Answer to 908 Appeal Exhibit

Eli Lilly and Co. v. Synthon Pharms., Dkt. 60 Exhibit

NetworkWorld Site (Web Capture) Exhibit

Joint Consent Motion to Modify Scheduling Order Exhibit

Valencell v. Apple (2017 WL 2819768) Exhibit

’349 Spec Redline Exhibit

Implus Footcare v. Maverick Sports Med., Dkt. 26 Exhibit

Pentair Water Pool and Spa Inc v Hayward Industries Inc Exhibit

Patent Rules_EDTX Exhibit

Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

CAS v. Oracle_Dkt. 35 Exhibit

Federal Court Management Statistics Exhibit

CAS Amended Answer and Counterclaim Exhibit

Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response POPR

Photograph Exhibit

Declaration of Dr. Stan Mcclellan Exhibit

Executive Summary Exhibit

April 2002 Draft Application Exhibit

Letter to McEntee Exhibit

Application Drawings Exhibit

CV of Dr. Stan Mcclellan Exhibit

Declaration of Eric M P. Delangis Exhibit

Presentation slides Exhibit

PO Discretionary Denial Brief - Corrected RESPONSE

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Order transferring Oracle case the Western District of Texas Exhibit

Red Hat Joint Planning Report including Proposed Schedule Exhibit

Case Management Order in Apple, Inc. Litigation Exhibit

Unified Patents member listing, https://www.unifiedpatents.com/members Exhibit

Red Hat Litigation Scheduling Order Exhibit

SUPPLEMENTED MANDATORY NOTICES OF THE PATENT OWNER UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 NOTICE

Complaint from Competitive Access Systems, Inc. v. Motorola Mobility LLC, No. 4-25-cv-00948 (N.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Complaint from Competitive Access Systems, Inc. v. Apple Inc., No. 3:25-cv-04595 (N.D. Cal.) Exhibit

Red Hat’s Complaint from Red Hat, Inc. v. Competitive Access Systems, Inc., No. 5:24-CV-505-D (D.N.C.) Exhibit

Red Hat’s Motion to Dismiss Exhibit

Oct. 2, 2023 Demand Letter Exhibit

Apple, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss Exhibit

Complaint from Competitive Access Systems, Inc. v. Samsung Elects. Co., Ltd., et al., No. 4:25-cv-00886 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Red Hat Partnership webpage, https://www.oracle.com/cloud/red-hat/ (last accessed Sept. 30, 2025) Exhibit

Complaint from Competitive Access Systems, Inc. v. Oracle Corporation et al., No. 2:22-cv-00287 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

Red Hat, Inc. v. Competitive Access Systems, Inc., 4:24-cv-00130-D, Dkt. 1 Exhibit

Certified File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,861,349 Exhibit

Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No. 8,861,349 Exhibit

James Carlson, PPP Design, Implementation, and Debugging Exhibit

Red Hat, Inc. v. Competitive Access Systems, 4:24-cv-00130-D, Dkt. 1-10 Exhibit

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 60/377,631 (“Tucker”) Exhibit

RFC 2663: IP Network Address Translator (NAT) Terminology Exhibit

Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No. 11,582,343 Exhibit

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0001512 A1 (“Challener”) Exhibit

Red Hat's Power of Attorney NOTICE

Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1990 Exhibit

Konishi et al., Web SHAKE: A fast WWW access method for mobile terminals Exhibit

RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, March 1997 Exhibit

Certified Copy of U.S. Patent No. 8,228,801 Exhibit

RFC 1945: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.0, May 1996 Exhibit

Certified File History of U.S. Patent No. 11,582,343 Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 6,917,960 (“Decasper”) Exhibit

Gilbert Held, Network Design Principles and Applications, 2000 (“Held”) Exhibit