The detailed information for PTAB case with proceeding number IPR2018-00936 filed by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. against Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC et al. on May 23, 2018. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Case Details

Proceeding Number
IPR2018-00936
Filing Date
May 23, 2018
Petitioner
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Respondent
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC et al.
Status
Final Written Decision
Respondent Application Number
15093020
Respondent Tech Center
3700
Respondent Patent Number
9585658
Institution Decision Date
Jan 15, 2019
Termination Date
Dec 1, 2021

Proceeding Documents

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Document NameFiling DateCategoryFiling Party

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Trial Certificate Checklist

Feb 22, 2022PAPERBOARD

ORDER Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. sec 42.5(a)

Feb 18, 2022PAPERBOARD

Email From: Pepe, Christopher To: Trials Cc: Desai, Anish; [email protected]; Ryan O"Connor; John Phillips Subject: IPR2018-00936: Notification Regarding Redacted Final Written Decision on Remand Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Feb 18, 2022EXHIBITBOARD

Order: ORDER Conduct of the Proceeding

Dec 14, 2021PAPERBOARD

EXPUNGED

Dec 1, 2021PAPERBOARD

Exhibit 3001

Dec 1, 2021EXHIBITBOARD

Exhibit 3002

Dec 1, 2021EXHIBITBOARD

Final written decision: On remand

Dec 1, 2021PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices

Jul 19, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

PATENT OWNER���S RESPONSE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT DECISION ON THIS PROCEEDING

Jun 10, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Petitioner's Post-Remand Brief Regarding Impact Of Decision Of The Federal Circuit Court Of Appeals

Jun 2, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a)

May 24, 2021PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner Ethicon LLC¿¿¿s Notice of Appeal Under 37 C.F.R. ¿¿ 90.2(a) (PUBLIC VERSION)

Mar 16, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner Ethicon LLC¿¿¿s Notice of Appeal Under 37 C.F.R. ¿¿ 90.2(a) (CONFIDENTIAL VERSION)

Mar 16, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Order - Granting Motions to Seal and Entering Protective Order - 37 CFR 42.14, 42.54

Feb 27, 2020PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner¿¿¿s Motion to Expunge Confidential Information from the Record and File Redacted Version of Exhibits

Feb 26, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. 42.5(a)

Feb 24, 2020PAPERBOARD

Final Written Decision- Public Version

Feb 24, 2020PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List

Jan 28, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Proposed Public Version of Paper 55, Final Written Decision (January 13, 2020)

Jan 28, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Final Written Decision

Jan 13, 2020PAPERBOARD

Order - Conduct of the Proceeding - 37 CFR 42.5(a)

Jan 13, 2020PAPERBOARD

Hearing Transcript

Nov 8, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal

Sep 30, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Response to Petitioner's Observations Regarding Cross-Examination of Kevin Houser

Sep 17, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Petitioner's Motion to Seal

Sep 13, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Motion for Observation

Sep 13, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Transcript of Deposition of Kevin Houser

Sep 13, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Trial Hearing

Sep 10, 2019PAPERBOARD

Petitioner¿¿¿s Reply in Support of its Motion to Exclude

Sep 10, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence

Sep 10, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Motion to Seal

Sep 10, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices

Sep 9, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Notice of Deposition of Kevin Houser

Sep 9, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioner's Motion to Exclude

Sep 6, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioner's Motion to Exclude

Sep 6, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Kevin Houser - Confidential

Sep 6, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Kevin Houser - Public

Sep 6, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal

Sep 6, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Petitioner's Motion to Exclude

Aug 30, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence

Aug 23, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner¿¿¿s Motion to Seal

Aug 23, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument

Aug 23, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

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

Aug 23, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Sur-Reply to Patent Owner's Reply re Patent Owner's Motion to Amend (Confidential)

Aug 23, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Sur-Reply to Patent Owner's Reply re Patent Owner's Motion to Amend (Redacted)

Aug 23, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument

Aug 20, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 42.8

Aug 16, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal

Aug 16, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Reply in Support of Its Contingent Motion to Amend Under 37 C.F.R. 42.121 (CONFIDENTIAL)

Aug 16, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Supplemental Declaration of Dr. Frank Fronczak (CONFIDENTIAL)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Frederick Shelton (PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Stephen Balek (PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Deposition of Dr. Bryan Knodel in IPR2018-01247

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner Ethicon LLC's Sur-Reply (PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION)

Aug 16, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner Ethicon LLC's Sur-Reply (CONFIDENTIAL)

Aug 16, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Reply in Support of Its Contingent Motion to Amend Under 37 C.F.R. 42.121 (PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION)

Aug 16, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Supplemental Declaration of Dr. Frank Fronczak (PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Deposition Transcript of Dr. Bryan Knodel in IPR2018-00936 (August 12, 2019)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Frederick Shelton (CONFIDENTIAL)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Jerome Morgan (PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Jerome Morgan (CONFIDENTIAL)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Stephen Balek (CONFIDENTIAL)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0175950

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 7,464,849

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Public Slipsheet for Ex. 2027

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2027 (CONFIDENTIAL IN ITS ENTIRETY)

Aug 16, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Brian Knodel

Jul 29, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Notice of Stipulation to Adjust Due Dates 3 - 5

Jul 23, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List

Jul 23, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

July 18, 2019, PTAB Conference Call

Jul 23, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

ORDER Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. ¿¿ 42.5(a)

Jul 19, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Second Set of Objections to Admissibility of Evidence Served by Petitioner Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in Inter Partes Review

Jul 10, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

U.S. Pat. App. Pub. No. 2007/0175957 to Shelton et al (Shelton I)

Jul 9, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petitioner's Corrected Opposition to Patent Owner's Contingent Motion to Amend

Jul 9, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

U.S. Pat. App. Pub. No. 2007/0175961 to Shelton et al (Shelton II)

Jul 9, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Pat. No. 6,978,921 to Shelton et al (Shelton III)

Jul 9, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Pat. No. 5,954,259 to Viola et al

Jul 9, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response

Jul 2, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Contingent Motion to Amend

Jul 2, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Oxford Dictionary of English, Second Edition, Revised (2005)

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Supplemental Declaration of Bryan Knodel

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

PCT App. Pub. No. WO9825666

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 6,783,524 to Anderson

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Deposition of Dr. Frank Fronczak

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Deposition of Dr. Shorya Awtar

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

District Court Complaint in Ethicon LLC et al v. Intuitive Surgical

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 5,295,614 to Chang

Jul 2, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Notice of Deposition of Frank Fronczak, Ph.D

May 17, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence

Apr 16, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Patent Owner's Contingent Motion to Amend Under 37 C.F.R. 42.121

Apr 9, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 5,307,976

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Deposition of Bryan Knodel, Ph. D. (March 15, 2019)

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 7,905,380

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 8,931,682

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Excerpts from Merriam Webster¿¿¿s Collegiate Dictionary (1993).

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner Ethicon LLC's Response

Apr 9, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Frank Fronczak, Ph.D.

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2012/0209314

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 8,186,555

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Hermann Mayer et al., Haptic Feedback in a Telepresence System for Endoscopic Heart Surgery, Presence, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 459- 470 (October 2007).

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Allison M. Okamura, Haptic feedback in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, Current Opinion in Urology, 19:102-107 (2009).

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0220246

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0300613

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 8,640,788

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 7,524,320

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0295780

Apr 9, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Dr. Bryan Knodel

Mar 4, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Revised Scheduling Order

Feb 7, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Objections to Admissibility of Evidence Served By Petitioner Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in Inter Partes Review

Jan 30, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Petitioner's Objections to Evidence

Jan 30, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Decision Institution of Inter Partes Review

Jan 15, 2019PAPERBOARD

Scheduling Order

Jan 15, 2019PAPERBOARD

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List

Dec 12, 2018PAPERPETITIONER

Transcript of Board call of December 10, 2018

Dec 12, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Oct 16, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

U.S. Patent No. 8,322,455

Oct 16, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ethicon's Tutorial Reference Book (Excerpts)

Oct 16, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Jul 16, 2018PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 42.8

Jul 3, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner Ethicon Endo-Surgery LLC's Power of Attorney

Jun 11, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner Ethicon Endo-Surgery LLC's Mandatory Notices Pursuant to 37 CFR 42.8

Jun 11, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

U.S. Pat. No. 9,585,658 to Shelton IV

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 6,981,628 to Wales

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 5,465,895 to Knodel et al

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. US 2003/0083673 A1 to Tierney et al

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition (2004)

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Prosecution History of the 658 patent Part 1 of 3

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Prosecution History of the 658 patent Part 2 of 3

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Prosecution History of the 658 patent Part 3 of 3

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petitioner's Power of Attorney

May 23, 2018PAPERPETITIONER

Knodel Declaration

May 23, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petition for Inter Partes Review

May 23, 2018PAPERPETITIONER