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Avidbots Corporation et al. vs. Brain Corporation

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01601 filed by Avidbots Corporation et al. on 2025-12-01. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-01601

Filing Date

2025-12-01

Accorded Filing Date

2025-12-01

Institution Decision Date

2026-03-23

Last Modified Date

2026-05-07

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2026-03-23

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Avidbots Corporation et al.

Represented By

BUROKER, BRIAN MARKet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Brain Corporation

Represented By

Hughes, Danielet 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 16011499

Respondent Patent Number 10379539

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Borja Ibarz Gabardos et al

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

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

4 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Pierson Ferdinand - Knobbe Joint (Brain Corp.) - PierFerd- Knobbe

Customer Number 237694

Address 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20005, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
36516	Michael Fuller	858-707-4000
59378	Christopher Kinkade	609-415-0101
68159	Sidharth Kapoor	650-702-9700
72983	Naira Simmons	516-408-2096

Proceeding Documents

ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motions to Expunge 37 C.F.R. § 42.56 ORDER

2026-05-07 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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3001

Email Correspondence Exhibit

2026-04-21 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXPUNGE MOTION

2026-04-16 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2026-04-07 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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

2026-04-06 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2026-03-23 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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3104

Email Correspondence Exhibit

2026-03-09 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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1020

Ex1020 - Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkt. 138 Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1036

Ex1036 - Appl. No. 15/845,891, Notification of loss of small entity status Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1027

Ex1027 - Board Meeting (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Brief Opposing Discretionary Denial (Public) RESPONSE

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1034

Ex1034 - Appl. No. 15/340,807, Notification of loss of small entity status Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1016

Ex1016 - Joint Development and License Agreement (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1035

Ex1035 - Appl. No. 15/341,612, Notification of loss of small entity status Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1039

Ex1039 - Avidbots’s List of Proposed Claim Terms for Construction Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1025

Ex1025 - Joint Development and License Agreement (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1038

Ex1038 - Appl. No. 16/356,160, Notification of loss of small entity status Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1033

Ex1033 - Defendant Avidbots’s Final Invalidity Contentions (Excerpt) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1023

Ex1023 - Joint Development and License Agreement (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1030

Ex1030 - Docket Sheets Search, Motions to Stay Pending IPR Denied (N.D. Ill.) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1017

Ex1017 - 14/208,709 Documents & transaction history Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1028

Ex1028 - Brain Email (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1037

Ex1037 - Appl. No. 16/011,499, Notification of loss of small entity status Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1026

Ex1026 - Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp., No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkt. 145 Exhibit

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1032

Ex1032 - Time to Milestones Exhibit

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1024

Ex1024 - Joint Development and License Agreement (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1031

Ex1031 - Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp., No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkt. 40 Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1022

Ex1022 - Brain Email (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Petitioner's Motion to Seal Petitioner's Discretionary Brief and Exhibits MOTION

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1029

Ex1029 - Docket Sheets Search, Motions to Stay Pending IPR Granted (N.D. Ill.) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2052

Diane Souvaine, Michael Horn, Julie Weber, “Voronoi Diagrams,” Tufts University (2005) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2050

Declaration of Marilyn C. Wolf, Ph.D. Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2053

David Miller, “A Spatial Representation System for Mobile Robots,” Yale University (1985) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2024

March 4, 2026 Email from Avidbots to Brain re Representations in Avidbots’ Brief Opposing Discretionary Denial Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2051

Marilyn C. Wolf Curriculum Vitae Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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1021

Ex1021 - Janitorial Equipment and Supplies (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1019

Ex1019 - Brain Corp. First Supplemental Objections and Response to Defendants’ Third Set of Interrogatories (No. 20) (Public) Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1018

Ex1018 - Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkt. 126 Exhibit

2026-03-04 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Order: ORDER Granting Motion for Entry of Protective Order 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14, 42.54 ORDER

2026-02-23 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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3103

Email Correspondence Exhibit

2026-02-10 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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2004

Declaration of Daniel P. Hughes Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2008

Defendant Avidbots’s Second Supplemental Non-Infringement and Invalidity Contentions, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 (Part 3) Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2012

REDACTED - Excerpts of December 11, 2025 Cabrerra Deposition in Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2015

REDACTED Excerpt of Exhibit 103 to December 11, 2025 Cabrerra Deposition in Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2010

REDACTED Exhibit 97 to December 11, 2025 Cabrerra Deposition in Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2003

Complaint for Patent Infringement, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkt. 1 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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REDACTED Patent Owner's Brief in Support of Discretionary Denial Under 35 USC §314(a) RESPONSE

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2021

Redacted Excerpt of Defendant Avidbots’s Final Invalidity Contentions, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2016

Printout of November 16, 2019 Wayback Machine archive of https://www.braincorp.com/patents (captured on January 7, 2026) Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2014

REDACTED Exhibit 104 to December 11, 2025 Cabrerra Deposition in Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2013

REDACTED Exhibit 102 to December 11, 2025 Cabrerra Deposition in Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2011

REDACTED Exhibit 99 to December 11, 2025 Cabrerra Deposition in Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2006

Joint Initial Status Report & Notification of Docket Entry, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkts. 40 & 42 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2009

Certificate of Service of Complaint in Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkt. 8 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2007

Report of the Parties’ Planning Meeting, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569, Dkt. 34 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2008

Defendant Avidbots’s Second Supplemental Non-Infringement and Invalidity Contentions, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 (Part 1) Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2023

Order Denying Motion to Stay, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's Motion to Seal Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief and Exhibits MOTION

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2018

REDACTED Document produced by Avidbots bearing production nos. AVID0576615–AVID0576616 Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2005

Northern District of Illinois Local Patent Rules Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2008

Defendant Avidbots’s Second Supplemental Non-Infringement and Invalidity Contentions, Brain Corp. v. Avidbots Corp. et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-12569 (Part 2) Exhibit

2026-02-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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3102

Email Correspondence Exhibit

2026-01-09 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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2001

Proposed Protective Order Exhibit

2025-12-29 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2002

Redlined Protective Order Exhibit

2025-12-29 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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3101

Email Correspondence Exhibit

2025-12-29 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Motion for Protective Order MOTION

2025-12-29 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

2025-12-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

2025-12-22 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Notice: NOTICE OF FILING DATE ACCORDED TO PETITION AND TIME FOR FILING PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE NOTICE

2025-12-04 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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1005

Ex1005 - Minguez (2006) Exhibit

2025-12-01 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1003

Ex1003 - Declaration of Nickolaos Papanikolopoulos Exhibit

2025-12-01 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1004

Ex1004 - U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2015/0284010 Exhibit

2025-12-01 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1014

Ex1014 - Brain Responses to First Set of Interrogatories (Redacted Excerpt) Exhibit

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Search Disclosure Declaration OTHER

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1007

Ex1007 - Castellanos (1999) Exhibit

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1006

Ex1006 - Khatib (1986) Exhibit

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1001

Ex1001 - U.S. Patent No. 10,379,539 Exhibit

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1008

Ex1008 - Declaration of Dr. Mary K. Bolin Exhibit

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1013

Ex1013 - IOS, 13482 First Edition (2014) Exhibit

2025-12-01 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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1002

Ex1002 - File History for U.S. Patent No. 10,379,539 (Appl. No. 16/011,499) Exhibit

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Petition: as filed PETITION

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1010

Ex1010 - Yamamoto (2008) Exhibit

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1015

Ex1015 - Scholz (2011) Exhibit

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Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

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1011

Ex1011 - Khatib (1999) Exhibit

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1012

Ex1012 - Choset (2005) Exhibit

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1009

Ex1009 - Habib (2007) Exhibit

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