Terumo BCT, Inc. vs. Haemonetics Corporation

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2026-00045 filed by Terumo BCT, Inc. on 2025-10-24. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2026-00045

Filing Date

2025-10-24

Accorded Filing Date

2025-10-24

Institution Decision Date

2026-03-10

Last Modified Date

2026-04-21

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2026-03-10

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Terumo BCT, Inc.

Represented By

Caracappa, Johnet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Haemonetics Corporation

Represented By

Milch, Eriket al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 3700 - Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 16931333

Respondent Patent Number 10980934

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Michael Ragusa

Respondent Tech Center TC 3700 - Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

71 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP BOSTON

Customer Number 86738

Address 265 Franklin Street, Boston, MA, 02110, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
27026	David Conlin	617-348-1856
31645	Basam Nabulsi	203-399-5920
32470	Thomas Hoover	617-449-6500
32555	James Bollinger	212-704-6000
32615	Mark Giarratana	860-275-6700
33715	John Isacson Jr	202-753-3400
33884	Michael Friscia	973-848-8308
38162	Michael Gnibus	203-895-0606
38364	Catherine Winter	314-342-7807
39652	Steven Davis	617-449-6580
40955	Dave Christensen	860-275-6709
41129	Basil Krikelis	302-984-6393
41289	Michael Sartori	202-344-4004
41658	Kathleen Carr	617-348-1857
43040	Kevin Reiner	860-275-6756
46590	David Burns	617-449-6500
46741	Eric Grondahl	860-275-6704
47577	Kia Freeman	617-449-6549
48319	Mark Nikolsky	973-639-6987
50306	Yu Lu	617-449-6500
50445	John Curran	617-449-6500
50749	Leigh Martinson	617-449-6500
51993	Jeffrey Mann	212-609-6811
53624	Jonathan Sparks	617-449-6500
54689	Jeffrey Safran	302-984-6357
55098	Dennis Darcy	617-449-6518
55144	Kathleen Ehrhard	212-588-0800
55450	Jill Mello	617-449-6500
56266	Maria Laccotripe Zacharakis	617-449-6500
58063	Matthew Van Eman	617-449-6500
59978	Deborah Nagle	617-449-6500
60821	Jonathan Lovely	617-443-9292
60963	Maneesh Gulati	617-994-0773
61189	Anita Bowles	617-449-6528
62139	Xin Zhang	617-449-6500
62397	Sean Varley	720-200-0676
63723	Marcie Clarke	617-449-6500
64320	Wei Song	860-961-7158
64760	Joseph Ciardi	215-979-3834
65243	Vadim Cherkasov	215-979-3893
66083	James Smedley	732-564-5443
66174	Timothy Homlish	973-379-7252
68901	Michael Degrazia	617-449-6585
71771	Zhongyu Wang	631-220-4231
72864	Oliver Han	857-758-5747
73368	Adam Kehres	864-271-1592
73381	George Blazeski	617-449-6500
73842	Alex Korona	973-849-4040
74908	Joshua Friedman	212-609-6887
76156	Nicholas Caiafa	212-209-4365
76164	Sujatha Rochford	617-449-6517
77041	Alexa Marie Derkasch	973-639-7992
77293	James Alburger	860-275-6785
78384	Andrew Ehle	857-300-4074
79164	Wei Zhang	202-741-8206
79354	Miao Yu	857-998-1341
79367	Jacob Alexander	203-536-9906
79497	Daniel Jones	413-949-3087
79656	Benjamin Ailes	215-988-3095
79687	Dylan Blumenthal	617-449-6500
800057	Sanandan Malhotra	574-387-1109
800082	Nandini Mani	617-449-6500
80174	Lingling Zhao	518-867-2837
80508	Yanjun Feng	281-231-3168
80974	Baiwei Sun	202-741-8217
81302	Yelena Margolin	617-449-6587
81488	Katarina Overberg	617-449-6614
82336	Fangyan Zhang	212-609-6908
82368	Mohamed Khames Ben Hadj Miled	617-849-3410
82428	Dale Park	212-321-0351
L1397	Thao Nguyen	617-449-6583

Proceeding Documents

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2026-04-21 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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

2026-04-20 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2026-03-10 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Authorized Preliminary Sur-Reply OTHER

2026-02-26 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Preliminary Reply OTHER

2026-02-23 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Terumo BCT, Inc. vs. Haemonetics Corporation

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Terumo BCT, Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Haemonetics Corporation

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

Petitioner's Authorized Preliminary Sur-Reply OTHER

Patent Owner's Preliminary Reply OTHER

Joint Disputed Claim Terms Chart, Haemonetics Corp. v. Terumo BCT, Inc. (D. Colo. Feb. 3, 2026), D.I. 77 Exhibit

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Director Discretionary Decision: Refer RESPONSE

“Fresenius Kabi Received FDA 510(k) Clearance for Adaptive Nomogram, Enhancing Plasma Collection Efficiency with the Aurora Xi Plasmapheresis System,” Fresenius Kabi (Jan. 28, 2025) Exhibit

NexSys PCS® Plasma Collection System Brochure, Haemonetics (2021) Exhibit

PTAB Notice of Decisions on Institution, Dec. 11, 2025 Exhibit

“ADMA Biologics Advances Expansion Plans and Opens New Plasma Collection Center in Conyers, GA; ADMA Implements Haemonetics’ Persona Technology for NexSys Plasma Collection System,” ADMA Biologics, Inc. (Aug. 10, 2021) Exhibit

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

PTAB Notice of Decisions on Institution, Jan. 9, 2026 Exhibit

“Q&A Session at the Financial Results Briefing for the FY22,” Terumo Corporation (May 17, 2023) Exhibit

“Peer-Reviewed Results of Haemonetics’ Improving Plasma Collection (IMPACT) Trial Published in the Journal Transfusion,” Haemonetics Press Release (Apr. 29, 2021) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

U.S. Patent No. 10,758,652 (“’652 patent”) Exhibit

“The Transcript of Plasma Innovation Business Seminar on June 23, 2022,” Terumo Corporation Exhibit

Letter from E. Milch to A. Gawin re Notice of Infringement of Haemonetics’ Plasma Collection Patents (Oct. 1, 2024) Exhibit

510(k) Summary, Rika Plasma Donation System, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (2021), Exhibit

U.S. FDA Clears Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies’ New Plasma Collection Technology, Terumo Global (Mar. 10, 2022) Exhibit

Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management, Coke Morgan Stewart (Mar. 26, 2025) Exhibit

Guidance on USPTO’s recission of “Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation,” Scott R. Boalick (Mar. 24, 2025) Exhibit

Second Amended Complaint, Haemonetics Corp. v. Terumo BCT, Inc., No. 1:25-cv-01409-RMR-SBP (D. Colo. Aug. 12, 2025), D.I. 48 Exhibit

510(k) Summary, Rika Plasma Donation System, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (2024) Exhibit

Voluntary Search Disclosure Declarations as a Favorable Factor in Institution Decisions, John A. Squires (Nov. 17, 2025) Exhibit

Persona Plasma Collection Solution Brochure, Haemonetics Corporation (2020) Exhibit

Patent Owner's Brief Requesting Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Lex Machina Timing for Patent Cases in the District of Colorado since Jan. 1, 2009 Exhibit

Scheduling Order in a Patent Case, Haemonetics Corp. v. Terumo BCT, Inc., No. 1:25-cv-01409-RMR-SBP (D. Colo. Aug. 19, 2025), D.I. 54 Exhibit

Lex Machina Motion Metrics Report for Patent Cases in the District of Colorado since Jan. 1, 2000 Exhibit

Notice of Petitioner's Sotera Stipulation NOTICE

Redacted Search Disclosure Declaration Exhibit

Petitioner's Motion to Seal, Request for In Camera Review, and for Entry of Stipulated Protective Order MOTION

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

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

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0097344 (“Darashkevich”) Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,072,769 (“Fletcher-Haynes”) Exhibit

Bruce C. McLeod, MD, et al., “Apheresis: Principles and Practice,” 3rd Edit Exhibit

Petition: as filed PETITION

Declaration of Dr. Gary Fletcher in Support of Petition Exhibit

“Volume Limits – Automated Collection of Source Plasma,” November 4, 1992, Exhibit

Sergent SR, Ashurst JV. Plasmapheresis. [Updated 2023 Jul 10]. In: StatPear Exhibit

File History of the ’934 patent Exhibit

“Calculations in Apheresis” (“Neyrinck”) Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 4,898,675 (“Lavender”) Exhibit

Japanese Patent Publication No. JP 2002-282352 A and certified Japanese to Exhibit

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

“Membrane versus centrifuge-based therapeutic plasma exchange: a randomized Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 10,792,934 (“’934 patent”) Exhibit

Curriculum Vitae (“CV”) of Dr. Gary D. Fletcher Exhibit