Krisp Technologies, Inc. vs. Sanas.AI, Inc.

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2026-00274 filed by Krisp Technologies, Inc. on 2026-03-18. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2026-00274

Filing Date

2026-03-18

Accorded Filing Date

2026-03-18

Institution Decision Date

2026-09-02

Last Modified Date

2026-09-08

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

—

Trial Status

Trial Instituted

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Krisp Technologies, Inc.

Represented By

Buresh, Ericet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Sanas.AI, Inc.

Represented By

Macedo, Charleset al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2600 - Communications

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 18754280

Respondent Patent Number 12131745

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Lukas PFEIFENBERGER et al

Respondent Tech Center TC 2600 - Communications

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

22 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (Rochester)

Customer Number 11951

Address 80 Linden Oaks, Suite 320, Rochester, NY, 14625, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
35584	Gunnar Leinberg	585-270-2103
40087	Edwin Merkel	585-270-2104
51998	Alison Mccarthy	617-204-5100
56048	Tate Tischner	585-270-2109
59767	Bryan Smith	585-270-2141
60758	Nicholas Gallo	585-270-2133
61926	Chris Davis	404-885-3145
63064	Mark Jones	404-885-3652
65668	Megan O'Gara	585-270-2110
68605	Scott Bergeson	804-697-1476
69241	Amanda Keys	585-270-2116
69372	Alina Khankin	212-704-6000
72877	Bryan Cannon	202-220-1257
73590	Mark Bell Iii	610-640-7838
76449	Dustin Ferzacca	978-578-3804
77780	Olivia Block	585-270-2142
78968	Ann Slade	585-270-2148
79568	Stephanie Remy	404-885-3239
79721	Anna Gromova	585-270-2153
81204	Harrison Lawrence	972-679-0190
81615	Emily Tarsis	585-270-2129
82542	Amanda Wahl	585-270-2156

Proceeding Documents

Order: SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

2026-09-08 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Institution Decision: Grant DECISION

2026-09-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner Preliminary Response POPR

2026-06-25 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2033

Patent Owner Exhibit 2033 Exhibit

2026-06-25 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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2032

Patent Owner Exhibit 2032 Exhibit

2026-06-25 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Krisp Technologies, Inc. vs. Sanas.AI, Inc.

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Krisp Technologies, Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Sanas.AI, Inc.

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Order: SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

Institution Decision: Grant DECISION

Patent Owner Preliminary Response POPR

Patent Owner Exhibit 2033 Exhibit

Patent Owner Exhibit 2032 Exhibit

EX1044-Screenshot of YouTube Video Description Exhibit

EX1042-Audio of Interview with Nitesh Varshney Exhibit

EX11043-Nitesh Varshney LinkedIn Profile Exhibit

EX1045-Time to Trial Statistics for N.D. Cal. Exhibit

Opposition to Patent Owner’s Request for Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

EX1046-Correct Prosecution History for the 12,131,745 Patent Exhibit

Exhibit 2025 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Request for Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Exhibit 2031 Exhibit

Exhibit 2003 Exhibit

Exhibit 2029 Exhibit

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Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

EX1041-Petitioner's Stipulation Exhibit

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

EX1033-U.S. Patent Publication No. 2018/0174595 to Dirac et al. Exhibit

EX1005-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2014/0148933 to King et al. Exhibit

EX1029-D. Jurafsky et al., Speech and Language Processing, Chapter 27 Exhibit

EX1006-Marco Cuturi and Mathieu Blondel, Soft-DTW Exhibit

EX1030-L. Sun, Phonetic Posteriorgrams For Many-To-One Voice Conversion Exhibit

EX1018-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0246064 to Wasserblat Exhibit

EX1028-N. Kazanina, et al., Phonemes: Lexical access and beyond Exhibit

EX1038-Y. Wang, Tacotron: Towards End-to End Speech Synthesis, arXiv Exhibit

EX1032-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2022/0122579 to Biadsy et al Exhibit

EX1024-J. Holmes, Speech Synthesis and Recognition, Second Edition Exhibit

EX1023-B. Sisman et al., Group Sparse Representation with WaveNet Vocoder Exhibit

EX1021-C. Schmandt, Voice Communication with Computers Exhibit

EX1012-U.S. Patent No. 10,909,459 to Tsatsin et al. Exhibit

EX1017-Accentron: Foreign Accent Conversion to Arbitrary Non-Native Speaker Exhibit

EX1036-S. Liu et al., End-to-End Accent Conversion Without Using Native Exhibit

EX1009-U.S. Patent No. 12,400,078 to Vyas et al. Exhibit

EX1002-Prosecution History for the 12,131,745 Patent Exhibit

Petitioner's Power of Attorney NOTICE