Tesla Inc. vs. ChargeLogic LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2026-00380 filed by Tesla Inc. on 2026-06-18. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2026-00380

Filing Date

2026-06-18

Accorded Filing Date

2026-06-18

Institution Decision Date

—

Last Modified Date

2026-10-15

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

—

Trial Status

Pending

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Tesla Inc.

Represented By

Bailey, Jenniferet al

Patent Owner / Respondent

ChargeLogic LLC

Represented By

Zinda, Stephenet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 17694456

Respondent Patent Number 11721844

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Christopher B. Austin

Respondent Tech Center TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

77 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke)

Customer Number 23409

Address N19 W24133 Riverwood Drive, Suite 200, Waukesha, WI, 53188, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
19787	Charles Laff	312-222-0800
28911	Martin Stern	312-661-2121
32879	Scott Alter	720-240-9515
33049	Teresa Welch	608-283-0108
36328	Brian Tumm	414-225-8281
37193	Kevin Moran	262-956-6560
37945	Derek Stettner	414-271-6560
38344	Jon Trembath	720-931-3200
40290	Christopher Tobin	202-747-9597
41592	Christopher Austin	414-271-6560
42697	Daniel Jones	414-271-6560
44278	Todd Palmer	608-257-3501
46075	Kevin Barner	202-747-9560
46158	Richard Kaiser	262-956-6560
46761	Gregory Hartwig	414-271-6560
48172	Plymouth Nelson	262-956-6560
48337	Glen Weitzer	262-956-6560
49038	Jeffrey Peterson	608-257-3501
50762	Yuri Gruzdkov	215-557-8544
51232	Stephen Gigot	414-271-6560
51789	Julie Haut	414-271-6560
52195	Marshall Schmitt	312-222-0800
52224	David Sigmon	864-987-9696
52677	Gayle Bush	608-257-3501
53029	Todd Hofmeister	312-596-5800
58890	Molly Lawson	414-271-6560
59679	Duncan Williams	720-398-0104
60132	Michael Langer	608-275-3501
60293	Benjamin Evans	608-257-3501
60543	Bernard Brown Ii	984-220-8763
61576	Edward Evans	262-956-6548
61795	William Carroll	312-222-0800
61929	Jayson Hongsermeier	262-956-6560
62081	Aaron Nodolf	262-956-6560
62174	Julianne Cozad Smith	414-271-6560
62318	Julia Cox	608-283-4429
66269	Emily Haas	919-854-1844
67966	Alan Cheslock	414-271-6560
68272	Jared Riedl	414-347-4759
68367	Elias Swanson	608-257-3501
68734	Brian Mccall	608-416-1692
69715	William Gravatt	919-348-2194
71004	David Trautschold	414-347-4761
73184	Garrett Hausman	312-222-0800
73461	Russell Steinbrenner	414-271-6560
73613	Kenneth Brooks	414-277-3038
74036	Brian Jacobs	414-270-2733
75047	Blaine Zern	312-596-5833
75542	Marcus Walker	318-450-0163
75591	Jason Muth	414-271-6560
76144	Melanie Reichenberger	414-347-4755
76197	Christian Schaefer	312-848-4995
76251	Gregory Helding	414-225-2779
76324	Serene Sahar	262-391-7596
76469	Young Fei	984-220-8748
77070	Jeanine Gasper	616-742-3500
77107	Alexander Izzo	414-271-6560
77324	Caleb Nitz	262-956-6541
77984	Nicolaas Bressers	312-596-5821
78147	Sean Van Eysden	414-225-2765
78287	Robert Brooks	586-747-3615
78333	Katherine Lyons	312-596-5854
78426	Taylor James	978-835-5035
78570	Abigail Griffin	414-225-2758
79156	Prateek Reddy	312-596-5811
79868	Ashley Cowie	312-596-5844
80088	Colden Krasinski	414-277-3493
80271	Kyle Beczkiewicz	414-270-2711
80408	Jonathan Blanchard	414-223-2538
80875	Alison Bayly	312-596-5896
80877	Matthew Bury	385-695-6484
81886	Xin Shao	202-595-7936
82116	Anthony Brandt	608-283-0111
82118	Kyle Clow	414-260-5788
82160	Laura Laidlaw	414-277-3450
82384	Jonathan Buettner	414-260-5789
82774	Chelsea Deleon	984-220-8757

Proceeding Documents

118

3103

Email Correspondence Exhibit

2026-10-15 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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2037

Ex. 2037 Exhibit

2026-10-15 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Patent Owner's 3-Page Rebuttal Brief OTHER

2026-10-13 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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3102

Email Correspondence Exhibit

2026-10-08 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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1096

EX1096_Declaration of Brian Rosenthal Exhibit

2026-10-07 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Tesla Inc. vs. ChargeLogic LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Tesla Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

ChargeLogic LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Ex. 2037 Exhibit

Patent Owner's 3-Page Rebuttal Brief OTHER

Email Correspondence Exhibit

EX1096_Declaration of Brian Rosenthal Exhibit

Petitioner's Authorized Sur-Reply Brief OTHER

Patent Owner's Authorized Supplemental Brief OTHER

Ex. 2033 Exhibit

Ex. 2034 Exhibit

Ex. 2036 Exhibit

Ex. 2035 Exhibit

Email Correspondence Exhibit

EX1082-Tesla, “Tesla Secures 1st Place on Cars.com 2025 American-Made Index,” June 17, 2025 Exhibit

EX1094-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0007204 to Pryor Exhibit

EX1073-Lens Patent Search, Tesla Patent Documents Filed Between August 18, 2008, and October 2, 2018, https://www.lens.org/lens/search/patent/analysis?p=0&n=10&s=date_published&d=%2B&f=false&e=false&l=en&authorField=author&dateFilterField=filingDate, pulled September 4, 2026 Exhibit

Ex. 2022 Exhibit

Ex. 2031 Exhibit

Ex. 2023 Exhibit

EX1084-Tesla, Public Comments, “Comments from Tesla on the Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2025-0025)” December 2, 2025 Exhibit

Ex. 2015 Exhibit

EX1093-Tesla Annual Report December 31, 2025 Exhibit

EX1070-Timeline: Tesla’s Constructions of Gigafactories, manufacturingdigital.com/digital-factory/timeline-teslas-construction-gigafactories, May 10, 2021 Exhibit

EX1089-Tesla On X, March 21, 2026 Exhibit

Ex. 2012 Exhibit

Ex. 2021 Exhibit

Ex. 2019 Exhibit

EX1078-Aeternus, “Driving Innovation: Tesla’s Marketing Strategy and Its Impact on Electric Vehicle Adoption,” February 6, 2026 Exhibit

Ex. 2014 Exhibit

Ex. 2013 Exhibit

EX1092-Tesla Form 10-Q March 31, 2026 Exhibit

EX1069-Tesla Motors to Officially Open Tesla Factory – Home of the Model S, ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-motors-officially-open-tesla-factory-home-model-s, October 26, 2010 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

Ex. 2017 Exhibit

EX1079-U.S. Patent No. 6,963,186, to Hobbs Exhibit

EX1074-Tesla Motors, Inc. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Exhibit, Q4 and FY 2025 Update Exhibit

EX1083-Part 583 American Automobile Labeling Act Reports Exhibit

EX1090-IHS Markit now a part of S&P Global, The Economic Contributions of Tesla to the California Economy, 2018-2021, October 2022 Exhibit

Ex. 2032 Exhibit

EX1076-Len’s Patent Search, Tesla Patent Documents Filed Between October 2, 2018, and March 23, 2026, https://www.lens.org/lens/search/patent/analysis?p=0&n=10&s=date_published&d=%2B&f=false&e=false&l=en&authorField=author&dateFilterField=filingDate, pulled September 4, 2026 Exhibit

EX1077-Barry, “How the Tesla Model S Changed the World,” CR90, June 22, 2022 Exhibit

Ex. 2029 Exhibit

EX1087-Tesla North America on X, January 14, 2026 Exhibit

EX1066-Patent Assignment to ChargeLogic LLC Exhibit

Ex. 2018 Exhibit

EX1075-Screenshot of Elon Musk’s Post on X Regarding $500M Supercharger Expansion, May 10, 2024 Exhibit

EX1088-U.S. Trade Commission, In the Matter of Certain Memory Devices and Electronic Devices Containing the Same, “Proposed Respondent Tesla, Inc.’s Pre-Institution Public Interest Statement,” June 17, 2024 Exhibit

EX1091-Tesla, “Tesla’s California Footprint,” January 3, 2023 Exhibit

EX1085-Tesla, Public Comments, “Request for Comments on Operation of the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USTR-2025-0004)” November 3, 2025 Exhibit

EX1081-Cars.com, “American-Made Index,” 2025 Exhibit

EX1071-Tesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharger Enabling Convenient Long Distance Driving, ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-motors-launches-revolutionary-supercharger-enabling, September 24, 2012 Exhibit

EX1067-Isidore “Tesla’s Secret Success Story: Model 3 is Best Selling Luxury Car in America,” CNN Business, October 4, 2018 Exhibit

EX1072-Tesla Motors, Inc. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Excerpted Exhibit, Q4 and FY 2018 Update Exhibit

Ex. 2030 Exhibit

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

EX080-John Squires, U.S.P.T.O. Memorandum, “Additional Discretionary Institution Consideration – US Manufacturing and Small Business Use of AIA Proceedings, March 11, 2026 Exhibit

Ex. 2016 Exhibit

EX1068-Tesla Motors, Inc. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Consolidated and Excerpted Filings and Exhibits, 2014-2018 Exhibit

EX1086-Tesla Manufacturing on X, October 2025 Exhibit

Ex. 2011 Exhibit

Ex. 2004 Exhibit

Ex. 2002 Exhibit

Ex. 2009 Exhibit

Ex. 2006 Exhibit

Ex. 2010 Exhibit

Ex. 2001 Exhibit