The detailed information for PTAB case with proceeding number IPR2018-01216 filed by Zip Top, LLC against Stasher, Inc. on Jun 15, 2018. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Case Details

Proceeding Number
IPR2018-01216
Filing Date
Jun 15, 2018
Petitioner
Zip Top, LLC
Respondent
Stasher, Inc.
Status
Terminated-Settled
Respondent Application Number
14639065
Respondent Tech Center
3700
Respondent Patent Number
9371153
Institution Decision Date
Jan 17, 2019
Termination Date
Jul 3, 2019

Proceeding Documents

The table below shows documents filed in the case, listing each document name, filing date, document type, and filing party. Tracking these filings indicates the activity of the parties involved in the case, and the types of documents filed can provide insights into the legal strategies being employed.


Document NameFiling DateCategoryFiling Party

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Order - Conduct of the Proceeding

Jul 3, 2019PAPERBOARD

Termination Decision Document

Jul 3, 2019PAPERBOARD

Confidential Settlement Agreement

Jul 1, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Motion to Treat Settlement as Confidential

Jul 1, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Joint Motion to Terminate Proceedings

Jul 1, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Notice of Petitioner's Signed Acknowledgements under the Proposed Protective Order

Apr 23, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Patent Owners Response to Petition for Inter Partes Review (Public)

Apr 22, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2032 The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), Inc., National Certification in Plastics Study Guide, Sponsored by National Certification in Plastics and SPI

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2034 Tseng, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0031609

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2035 Handbook of Molded and Extruded Rubber, by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Inc.

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2036 Guide to Plastics Property and Specification Charts by the editors of Modern Plastics Encyclopedia

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2037 Polymer Data Handbook, Edited by James E. Mark

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2038 Mechanical Properties of Polymers by Anil K. Bhowmick

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2039 The Influence of Fillers and Degree of Vulcanization on the Mechanical Properties of Hard Rubber Polyblends, by T.H. Meltzer and W. J. Dermody

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2042 Standard Terminology Relating to Rubber, ASTM International

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2043 Stress-Strain Diagram with curves of various grades from the ELASTOSIL¿¿ LR 3003/90

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2045 April 10, 2019 email from Susan J. Cassar of Wacker Chemical Corporation

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2046 Curriculum Vitae of Robert M. Kimmel

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2047 Stasher Silicone Properties (Public)

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2033 Madsen, U.S. Patent Application No. 2,613,421

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2040 Influence of Prolonging Vulcanization on the Structure and Properties of Hard Rubber

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2041 Overview of Materials for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer (EVA), Film Grade, MatWeb Material Property Data

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2044 A Hard Character, an article by Wacker Chemie

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2053 Die 299 45% HDPE (.103 Width) Track Specifications, July 26, 1999

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2054 Declaration of Haley Haggerstone

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2057 Galland, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0095848

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2058 Swain, U.S. Patent Application No. 5,351,369

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2060 2019 IHA Global Innovation Award (gia) Global Honorees ¿¿¿ Photo of Kat Nouri with the Award for Home Organization & Storage

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2065 Stasher, Inc. Sales by Item Summary Report, January 1, 2016 through March 11, 2019 (Public)

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2068 An Analysis of the Wastes and Emissions Throughout the Lifecycle of Ziploc Bags, by Nicole Martin

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2070 The 7 Most Brilliant Product Designs of 2016, by Abigail Baron and Kevin J. Ryan, from the June 2016 issue of INC. Magazine

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2072 Example of a Stasher, Inc. knock off from Shanghai Qian Dan International Trade Company, purchased through ALIBABA

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2074 International Housewares Association, International Home + Housewares Show Information

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2048 Amazon Copier Emails

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2049 Declaration and Curriculum Vitae of Toby T. Thomas (Public)

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2050 Description of Ziploc Materials

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2051 What are Ziploc Brand Bags made of ? article by Danielle Hill from www.hunker.com

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2052 Die 324 (2044-2001) Bolthouse Carrot Temper Evident Specifications, July 14, 1999

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2055 Easy Zipper Audit

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2056 LyondellBasell Petrothene NA940085 Low Density Polyethylene (Film Grade) and NOVA Chemicals Novapol HD-2100-U MDPE Extrusion Resin

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2059 2019 IHA Global Innovation Award (gia) Global Honorees ¿¿¿ Stasher¿¿¿s 2nd time winning

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2061 Thirteen Companies Honored with IHA Global Innovation Awards for Product Design, Article dated March 3, 2019

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2062 Keep America Beautiful, Wikipedia article last edited on March 7, 2019

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2063 ZipTop¿¿¿s Long Felt Need

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2064 Britain¿¿¿s Excellence in Housewares Awards 2018, Stasher as one of the 2018 finalist for the Innovation in Product Award

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2066 Stasher, Inc. Sales in dollars between March 2016 through March 2019 (Public)

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2067 National Geographic article, Fast Facts About Plastic Pollution by Laura Parker, dated December 20, 2018

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2069 Stasher, Inc. Press Webpage

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2071 Example of a Stasher, Inc. Copycat

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2073 Example of a Stasher, Inc. knock off from Alibaba.com

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2075 Red Dot Wikipedia Article

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2076 Declaration of Paul Maguire (Public)

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2077 Stasher's Point of Novelty

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2079 ASTM International Designation: D883

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2080 An overview of Silicone Rubber, by James R. Hamilton, II

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2081 Oral Deposition Transcript of Paul Edward Koch, Ph. D. dated April 11, 2019

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2082 Stasher Websites Claims

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2078 2078 International Standard Opinion 1382

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2087 Excerpt from Illustrated Glossary of Packaging Terminology Second Edition, by Walter Soroka, CCP

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2088 Excerpt from Rosato¿¿¿s Plastics Encyclopedia and Dictionary by Dominick V. Rosato

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2047 Stasher Silicone Properties

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2049 Declaration and Curriculum Vitae of Toby T. Thomas

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2065 Stasher, Inc. Sales by Item Summary Report, January 1, 2016 through March 11, 2019

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2049 Declaration and Curriculum Vitae of Toby T. Thomas

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2065 Stasher, Inc. Sales by Item Summary Report, January 1, 2016 through March 11, 2019

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2076 Declaration of Paul Maguire

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2083 Declaration of Kat Nouri

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2083 Declaration of Kat Nouri (Public)

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2084 Declaration of Robert M. Kimmel (Public)

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2085 Excerpt from Whittington¿¿¿s Dictionary of Plastics by Lloyd R. Whittington

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2086 Excerpt from Textbook of Polymer Science by Fred W. Billmeyer Jr.

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List

Apr 22, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal, Standing Protective Order, and Signed Acknowledgements

Apr 22, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owners Response to Petition for Inter Partes Review

Apr 22, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2047 Stasher Silicone Properties

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2066 Stasher, Inc. Sales in dollars between March 2016 through March 2019

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2084 Declaration of Robert M. Kimmel

Apr 22, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Notice of Stipulation to Modify Due Dates 1 and 2

Apr 11, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Notice of Deposition of Paul Koch, Ph.D.

Mar 21, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

ORDER Denying Motion for Additional Discovery

Mar 18, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owners Updated Mandatory Notice

Mar 14, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owners Substitute Power of Attorney

Mar 14, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

ORDER Motion to Withdraw and Substitute New Counsel

Mar 7, 2019PAPERBOARD

PATENT OWNER STASHER, INC.¿¿¿S MOTION FOR WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL

Mar 6, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Petitioner's Response in Opposition to Patent Owner's Motion for Additional Discovery

Mar 5, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Housewares Show Terms

Mar 5, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Updated Exhibit List

Mar 5, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Patent Owners Motion for Additional Discovery

Feb 26, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Exhibit 2027 Email from Petitioner regarding providing Zip Top samples and technical drawings being shown to the public at the International Homes and Housewares show

Feb 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List

Feb 26, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Exhibit 2028 International Homes and Housewares show description

Feb 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Exhibit 2029 Example Zip Top product for sale on ZipTop.com with May delivery date

Feb 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Exhibit 2030 Current pending claims in Zip Top¿¿¿s utility patent application

Feb 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Exhibit 2031 Final office action for Zip Top¿¿¿s utility patent application

Feb 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Modification of Scheduling Order - 37 CFR 42.5(a)

Feb 22, 2019PAPERBOARD

Order Conduct of Proceeding

Feb 21, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owners Objections to Evidence

Jan 31, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Trial Instituted Document

Jan 17, 2019PAPERBOARD

Scheduling Order

Jan 17, 2019PAPERBOARD

Ausnit, U.S. Patent No. 4,199,845

Jan 14, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Order Conduct of the Proceeding

Jan 11, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List

Nov 20, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Finell, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2018/0251267

Nov 20, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Supplemental Patent Owner¿¿¿s Preliminary Response

Nov 20, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Transcript from 11/02/2018 Telephone Conference with Board

Nov 20, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices

Nov 9, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Order Conduct of the Proceeding

Nov 7, 2018PAPERBOARD

Updated Mandatory Notices

Oct 25, 2018PAPERPETITIONER

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Oct 19, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Zip Top Containers Vimeo Webpage

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Finell Co. LLC and Zip Top LLC Texas Corporation Records

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Zip Top, LLC and Finell Co., LLC Lawsuit against BlueAvocado Co.

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

USPTO TESS Records for FINELL Trademarks

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Morner, U.S. Patent No. 2,777,181 (cited, not relied on in Petition)

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Jaster, U.S. Patent No. 3,338,285 (cited during ¿¿¿153 prosecution)

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Encyclopedia Britannica (Archived 7/4/2015) Elastomer Article

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Financials for Commercial Sales for Stasher

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Jacobs, U.S. Patent No. 3,115,689 (cited, not relied on in Petition)

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

The American Heritage College Dictionary (Third Edition 1993) for Elastomer, Liquid, Moisture, Plastic and Vapor definitions

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Shark Tank Season 9 Episode 15 webpage for Stasher broadcast 1/7/2018

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Shark Tank Season 9 Episode 15 Closed Caption Screenshots for Stasher segment

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Exhibit 2012 Shark Tank Season 9 Episode 15 Video

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Global Innovation Awards 2016 Home Organization and Storage Winer Stasher

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Red Dot Award 2016 Product Design Winner Stasher

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Letter to Rebecca Finell regarding notification of IP rights

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Zip Top FAQ page from 3/19/2018

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Stasher Seal Cross Section

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Katousha Nouri

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

International Houseware Award Global Innovation Award Press Release

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Letter from Rebecca Finell counsel regarding IP rights

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Zip Top and FINELL Kickstarter email

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

International Houseware Award Global Innovation Stasher Winning Award Presentation Photo

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Shark Tank Video Segment Closed Caption Time Offsets for Ex. 2011

Oct 19, 2018EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Notice Pursuant to 37 CFR 42.8

Aug 29, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Jul 25, 2018PAPERBOARD

Mandatory Notice

Jul 9, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Power of Attorney

Jul 9, 2018PAPERPATENT OWNER

Power of Attorney granted by Zip Top, LLC

Jun 15, 2018PAPERPETITIONER

Nouri et al., U.S. Patent No. 9,371,153

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Svec et al., U.S. Patent No. 2,780,261

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Handbook of molded and extruded rubber, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron 1949)

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

EXPUNGED

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Silverman, U.S. Patent No. 2,674,289

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

M.Rehak, "Who made that Ziploc bag," The New York Times Magazine (May 8, 2018)

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Anzai et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,235,731

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Expert Declaration of Paul Koch

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Prosecution History of '153 Patent

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Declaration of Truman Fenton

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

April 9, 2018 Ltr. Kramer to Beard

Jun 15, 2018EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petition for Inter Partes Review of the 153 Patent

Jun 15, 2018PAPERPETITIONER