MPL Brands NV, Inc. vs. BuzzBallz, LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding PGR2024-00035 filed by MPL Brands NV, Inc. on 2024-06-07. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

PGR2024-00035

Filing Date

2024-06-07

Accorded Filing Date

2024-06-07

Institution Decision Date

2024-12-18

Last Modified Date

2026-09-10

Proceeding Type

PGR

Termination Date

2025-11-17

Trial Status

Final Written Decision - Appealed

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

MPL Brands NV, Inc.

Represented By

Tehranchi, Babaket al

Patent Owner / Respondent

BuzzBallz, LLC

Represented By

Webb, Greget 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 18506811

Respondent Patent Number 11932441

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Merrilee Kick

Respondent Tech Center TC 3700 - Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

83 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name Haynes and Boone, LLP - IP Section

Customer Number 27683

Address 2801 N. Harwood St., Suite 2300, Dallas, TX, 75201, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
28801	Marvin Glazer	650-687-8826
31213	Randall Brown	214-651-5242
32271	David Mccombs	972-739-8636
33743	William Nash	210-978-7477
34250	Michael Shenker	650-687-8857
35819	Philip Albert	415-293-8900
36113	Sharon Crane	202-654-4500
37456	Mark Tidwell	713-547-2551
40107	David O'Brien	512-867-8457
40566	Randall Colson	214-651-5000
40706	J Lowes	972-680-7557
41008	Gary Edwards	650-687-8842
42044	David O'Dell	972-739-8635
42234	Jeffrey Wolfson	202-654-4565
42406	Tom Chen	949-202-3000
42622	Jonathan Hallman	949-202-3000
42903	Mark Moore	713-547-2040
43614	Brent Folsom	949-202-3013
44940	Gregory Michelson	949-202-3000
47684	Dustin Johnson	972-739-6969
50271	Andrew Ehmke	214-651-5000
50426	Alan Herda	214-651-5000
50826	Julie Nickols	972-739-8640
52147	Michael Ramon	512-867-8426
52978	Brian Gustafson	650-839-5070
54255	Jade Laye	713-547-2118
54574	Jonathan Bowser	202-654-4503
57004	Evert Farah Tu	949-202-3000
57456	Theodore Foster	303-382-6205
57931	Robert Ziemian	702-484-3713
59859	Gregory Webb	972-739-8641
60393	Gavin George	214-651-5000
61579	Eugene Goryunov	312-216-1630
62332	Kelly Lyle	512-867-8528
62448	Clint Wilkins	972-739-6927
63962	Dina Blikshteyn	212-835-4809
65005	Adam Fowles	972-739-8674
66087	Vera Suarez	214-651-5129
66506	Michael Chen	949-202-3069
66734	Benjamin Pelletier	415-293-8922
66910	Calmann Clements	972-734-6400
67408	Jason Whitney	210-978-7440
67723	Cort Wetherald	858-351-6150
68500	Zachary Halbur	214-651-5000
69009	Hong Shi	512-867-8400
69042	Daniel Kwok	949-202-3061
69739	Andrew Cohn	949-202-3000
70039	Angela Grant	202-654-4572
70297	Scott Jarratt	972-739-8663
70480	Gregory Huh	972-739-6939
71506	Jiaping Liu	650-687-8805
71565	Kelvin Varghese	972-739-6947
71869	Michael Tobin	214-651-5195
72569	Mini Kapoor	713-547-2261
72914	Jeremy Neilson	972-739-6900
73009	Brett Bostrom	972-739-6973
73271	Angela Oliver	202-654-4552
75064	Ian Rainey	303-382-6202
75722	Dagim Hailu	202-654-4582
76066	Jinrong Yuan	415-293-8900
76371	Michael Mccarty	972-739-8652
76754	Li Yang	972-739-6934
76934	William Hoyer Mccarthy	720-935-8793
77109	Ryan Johnson	972-739-8664
77224	Mu Wei Hsu	972-739-8608
77434	Adam Erickson	202-654-4531
77476	Jeffrey Morton	949-202-3082
77596	Noble Woo	617-510-8677
78492	Qing Xu	651-367-0471
79752	Laura Vu	415-293-8930
79791	Matthew Beck Jr	202-654-4573
79943	Brooke Parker	972-739-8648
79960	Braden Davies	214-651-5381
80404	Destiny Stephenson	214-651-5792
80752	Caylee Phillips	214-651-5627
81190	Austin Lorch	972-739-8624
81908	Lindsey Doncost	424-229-2947
81999	Jamie Raju	--
82068	Kalyani Yamarthy	202-654-4583
82175	Alexis Blake	540-287-4813
82832	Allyson Malecha	415-293-8900
82879	Quanquan He	972-739-6941
83199	Jay Yin	972-739-8653

Proceeding Documents

101

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

2026-05-04 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Order Denying Director Review of Final Written Decision MOTION

2026-03-03 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Authorized Response to Request for Director Review OTHER

2025-12-24 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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3100

Exhibit 3100 Exhibit

2025-12-17 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Request for Director Review REQUEST

2025-12-17 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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MPL Brands NV, Inc. vs. BuzzBallz, LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

MPL Brands NV, Inc.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

BuzzBallz, LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal NOTICE

Order Denying Director Review of Final Written Decision MOTION

Petitioner's Authorized Response to Request for Director Review OTHER

Exhibit 3100 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Request for Director Review REQUEST

Final Written Decision: JUDGMENT Final Written Decision Determining All Challenged Claims Unpatentable 35 U.S.C. § 328(a) FINAL

Other: Hearing transcript OTHER

General Order: Related Matters Updates ORDER

EX2035 - Patent Owner's Demonstratives Exhibit

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Petitioner's Demonstrative Exhibit OTHER

DECISION Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Helena Burns 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 ORDER

Petitioner’s LEAP request GRANTED Helena Burns NOTICE

Ex-1023 - Affidavit of Helena Burns Exhibit

ORDER Setting Oral Argument 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 ORDER

Petitioner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Helena Burns MOTION

Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Petitioner's Updated Power of Attorney NOTICE

Notice: Patent Owner's LEAP Request GRANTED (Adam Erickson) NOTICE

Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument OTHER

EX2034 - Supplemental Delson Deposition Transcript Exhibit

Patent Owner's Sur-Reply OTHER

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition for Nathan J. Delson NOTICE

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition for Joseph T. Norris NOTICE

Exhibit 1019 - Reply Declaration of Nathan J. Delson, Ph.D. Exhibit

Exhibit 1020 - Reply Declaration of Joseph T. Norris Exhibit

Petitioner's Reply REPLYTOOPP

Exhibit 1021 - US Patent Application No. 12/762,934 Exhibit

Exhibit 1022 - Transcript of Deposition Dr. Rojas, May 28, 2025 Exhibit

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Richard Kirkpatrick NOTICE

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Folkers Eduardo Rojas, Ph.D. NOTICE

EX2033 - Journal of Food Engineering _ ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier Exhibit

EX2031 - Erickson Declaration ISO Response to Objection to Evidence Exhibit

Patent Owner's Response to Objections to Evidence OTHER

EX2029 - Rojas Declaration ISO Response to Objection to Evidence Exhibit

EX2032 - Volumes and issues _ Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Exhibit

EX2030 - Hill Declaration ISO Response to Objection to Evidence Exhibit

Opposition to Patent Owner’s Evidence OTHER

EX2015 - Nathan J. Delson Deposition Transcript Exhibit

EX2024 - Cambridge Materials Data Book (2011) Exhibit

EX2022 - Kalpakjian - 2006 Glass Transition Exhibit

EX2016 - Cheng - US6131761 Exhibit

EX2028 - Rojas Declaration ISO POR Exhibit

EX2023 - Cambridge Materials Data Book (2003) Exhibit

EX2017 - Stoner - US5154295 Exhibit

Patent Owner's Response RESPONSE

EX2014 - Joseph T. Norris Deposition Transcript Exhibit

EX2018 - Huang - PET Glass Transition Temperature Exhibit

EX2025 - Matweb PET MaterialData_78194 Exhibit

EX2026 - Han-Appl. of structure optim. technique to aluminum bottle design Exhibit

EX2020 - Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology Exhibit

EX2027 - Kannan-Heat transfer analy of canned food sterilization in still retort Exhibit

EX2019 - Folkers Rojas 202503 CV LIVE - BuzzBallz Exhibit

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition for Nathan J. Delson, PhD NOTICE

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition for Joseph T. Norris NOTICE

Order: Granting Petitioners Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Andrew Kalamarides 37 C.F.R. sec. 42.10 ORDER

Motion for Pro - Kalamarides MOTION

Ex. 1018 Exhibit

Updated Mandatory Notices NOTICE

Institution Decision: Granting Institution of Post-Grant Review 35 U.S.C. sec. 324 DECISION

Order: SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

Patent Owner's Authorized Sur-Reply to Petitioner's Authorized Reply OTHER

Reply in Support of Petition for Post Grant Review OTHER

EX2009 - US20020179888A1 (Montanari) Exhibit