Tesla Inc. vs. ChargeLogic LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2026-00382 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

IPR2026-00382

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

HALL, JAMESet 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 17949911

Respondent Patent Number 11909011

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

116

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

Ex. 2036 Exhibit

Ex. 2035 Exhibit

Ex. 2034 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Authorized Supplemental Brief OTHER

Ex. 2033 Exhibit

Email Correspondence Exhibit

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

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

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

EX1080-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

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

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

EX1083-Part 583 American Automobile Labeling Act Reports Exhibit

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

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

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

EX1089-Tesla On X, March 21, 2026 Exhibit

EX1093-Tesla Annual Report December 31, 2025 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

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

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

EX1086-Tesla Manufacturing on X, October 2025 Exhibit

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

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

EX1094-U.S. Patent No. 10,090,567 to Austin 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

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

EX1066-Patent Assignment to ChargeLogic LLC Exhibit

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

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response POPR

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

Ex. 2100 Exhibit

Ex. 2004 Exhibit

Ex. 2002 Exhibit

Ex. 2003 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Request for Discretionary Denial RESPONSE

Ex. 2006 Exhibit

Ex. 2011 Exhibit

Ex. 2001 Exhibit

Ex. 2008 Exhibit

Ex. 2005 Exhibit

Ex. 2009 Exhibit

Ex. 2007 Exhibit

Ex. 2010 Exhibit

EX1058-Email to Patent Owner’s Counsel with Stipulation Exhibit

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Notice: Mandatory Notice NOTICE

Notice: Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Notice filing date accorded NOTICE

EX1017-U.S. Patent No. 5,548,200 to Nor et al. Exhibit

EX1016-U.S. Patent No. 6,548,985 to Hayes et al. Exhibit

EX1019-Your Palm® Treo™ 700P Smartphone User Guide. 2006 Exhibit

EX1048-U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0312903 to Hafner et al Exhibit