American Airlines, Inc. et al. vs. Intellectual Ventures II LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2026-00043 filed by American Airlines, Inc. et al. on 2025-10-10. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2026-00043

Filing Date

2025-10-10

Accorded Filing Date

2025-10-10

Institution Decision Date

2026-02-03

Last Modified Date

2026-03-06

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2026-02-03

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

American Airlines, Inc. et al.

Represented By

Harden, Keithet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Intellectual Ventures II LLC

Represented By

Theiss, Brandonet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2100 - Computer Architecture & Software

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 11395816

Respondent Patent Number 7721282

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Pradip Kulkarni et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 2100 - Computer Architecture & Software

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

38 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name VOLPE KOENIG

Customer Number 3624

Address 30 SOUTH 17TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19103, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
28377	Anthony Volpe	215-568-6400
29662	C Koenig Iii	215-568-6400
33701	Daniel Golub	267-693-4322
34626	Randolph Huis	215-568-6400
37633	Gerald Halt Jr	215-568-6400
43593	John Donch Jr	215-568-6400
45215	Stuart Whittington	215-255-9230
48636	Todd Norton	215-255-9135
53223	Daniel Ling	216-363-9000
53401	Ryan O'Donnell	609-924-7900
53703	Dean Tricarico	973-828-1284
56982	Wesley Mcmichael	215-568-6400
57204	Robert Leonard	215-568-6400
58200	Nicholas Tinari Jr.	215-567-2010
58347	Michael Snyder	215-568-6400
59819	Joseph Gushue	215-570-3300
59955	Joshua Hamberger	201-410-8447
61553	Christina Walsh	215-568-6400
62745	Joseph Boos Jr	215-255-9190
64233	Marina Sigareva	617-470-1531
64397	Edward La Barr	215-255-6400
65170	Anthony Pettes	215-568-6400
65711	John Bollinger	610-213-6283
65760	Jonathan Dunsay	215-568-6400
66827	Baha Obeidat	206-622-4900
67743	Dawn Kerner	215-568-6400
69369	Patrick Griffin	610-733-1599
70507	Brandon Theiss	201-953-0854
71204	Robert Moore	617-348-1826
71315	Alok Parikh	215-255-9206
73179	Andrew Buschmeier	215-255-9158
74555	Danielle Gross	215-255-9233
75417	Michael Maicher	215-568-6400
76110	John Wilt	215-255-9187
78244	Joshua Schmid	609-313-8038
800108	Radhika Joshi	215-255-9212
81932	Bradley Richards	678-386-2752
82796	Brandon Barr	215-568-6400

Proceeding Documents

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2026-02-19 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees OTHER

2026-02-05 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2026-02-03 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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2008

Defendant Southwest Airline Co.'s Opening Claim Construction Brief For U.S. Patent Nos. 7,721,282, 8,332,844, 7,949,785, And 8,407,722 in Case No. 7:24-cv-00277, Doc. #76 (WD Tx). Exhibit

2026-01-20 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Ex. 1025 Southwest Opening Claim Construction Brief Exhibit

2026-01-20 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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American Airlines, Inc. et al. vs. Intellectual Ventures II LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

American Airlines, Inc. et al.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Intellectual Ventures II 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 Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees OTHER

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

Defendant Southwest Airline Co.'s Opening Claim Construction Brief For U.S. Patent Nos. 7,721,282, 8,332,844, 7,949,785, And 8,407,722 in Case No. 7:24-cv-00277, Doc. #76 (WD Tx). Exhibit

Ex. 1025 Southwest Opening Claim Construction Brief Exhibit

Ex. 1024 IV Southwest Claim Chart Exhibit

Patent Owner Preliminary Response POPR

Ex. 1026 American Scheduling Order Exhibit

Defendant American Airlines, Inc.'s Supplemental Rule 4-2 Disclosures in Case No. 4:24-cv-00980. Exhibit

Ex. 1023 IV American Claim Chart Exhibit

Ex. 1027 Case Transferred to Northern District Exhibit

Petitioner Response to Request for Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Ex. 2005 - IAM 2014 - What's Inside IVs Patent Portfolio Exhibit

Ex. 2006 - Decision Denying Institution in IPR2025-01055 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Brief In Support Of Motion for Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Ex. 2001 - Decision Referring Cases To Board in IPR2025-00785 and -00786 Exhibit

Ex. 2004 - Southwest's Invalidity Contentions in District Court Exhibit

Ex. 2007 - Abstract of Title Exhibit

Ex. 2002 - Decision Referring Cases to Board in IPR2025-00782 and -00931 Exhibit

Ex. 2003 - Decision Referring Cases To Board in IPR2025-00987 and -01055 Exhibit

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

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

Complaint, Intellectual Ventures v. American, No. 4:24-cv-980-ALM Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,721,282 Exhibit

Complaint, Intellectual Ventures v. Southwest, No. 7:24-cv-00277 Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 6,981,114 (Wu) Exhibit

U.S. Patent 6,668,264B1 to Patterson et al. Exhibit

Expert Declaration of Erez Zadok, Ph.D. Exhibit

Second Amended Complaint (redacted), Intellectual Ventures v. Southwest Exhibit

U.S. Patent 8,209,680B1 to Le et al. Exhibit

Amended Complaint, Intellectual Ventures v. American, No. 4:24-cv-980 Exhibit

Complaint, Intellectual Ventures v. American, No. 4:25-cv-00576-ALM Exhibit

Prosecution File History of U.S. Patent No. 7,721,282 Exhibit

File History for U.S. Patent Application No. 11/026,622 Exhibit

SnapMirror: File System Based Asynchronous Mirroring for Disaster Recovery Exhibit

Petition: as filed PETITION

Claim Listing Exhibit

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI), RFC 3720 Exhibit

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

U.S. Patent No. 7,089,300 (Birse) Exhibit

Erez Zadok, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Exhibit

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0191911 (Kleinschnitz) Exhibit

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0235092 (Ballew) Exhibit

U.S. Patent 7,334,095B1 to Fair et al. Exhibit

File System Design for an NFS File Server Appliance, Dave Hitz et al. Exhibit

Microsoft Computer Dictionary, 3rd ed., 1997, excerpts Exhibit