The detailed information for PTAB case with proceeding number IPR2019-01017 filed by SweeGen, Inc. et al. against PureCircle USA Inc. et al. on Apr 25, 2019. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Case Details

Proceeding Number
IPR2019-01017
Filing Date
Apr 25, 2019
Petitioner
SweeGen, Inc. et al.
Respondent
PureCircle USA Inc. et al.
Status
Institution Denied
Respondent Application Number
14469076
Respondent Tech Center
1600
Respondent Patent Number
9243273
Institution Decision Date
Oct 24, 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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Decision Granting Patent Owners' Motion to Expunge

Dec 10, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion to Expunge Confidential Information Under 37 C.F.R. Sec. 42.56 for Exhibits 2019-2022

Dec 6, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. sec 314(a)

Oct 24, 2019PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Jul 26, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2001 - Declaration of Professor Joe P. Foley

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2002 - Declaration of Professor Robert M. Williams

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Exhibit List

Jul 26, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2003 - Declaration of Avetik Markosyan

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2007 - "Steviol Glycoside Determination by HPLC with Charged Aerosol and UV Detections Using the Acclaim Trinity P1 Column," Application Note 293 (2011)

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2008 - "Novel, Universal Approach for the Measurement of Natural Products in a Variety of Botanicals and Supplements," Application Note 1013 (2016)

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2010 - SweeGen's FDA GRAS Notice GRN667

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2013 - "Simultaneous determination of aspartame, acesulfame-K, saccharin, citric acid and sodium benzoate in various food products using HPLC¿¿¿CAD¿¿¿UV/DAD,"

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2014 - "The Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni), Their Constituents and the Analyses Thereof: A Review," Wo¿¿lwer-Rieck, U. (2012), Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60(4), 886-895

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2015 - "Photostability of Rebaudioside A and Stevioside in Beverages," Clos, J. F., DuBois, G. E., & Prakash, I. (2008), Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 56(18), 8507-8513

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2016 - Deposition transcript of Dr. Andrew Webb dated June 4, 2019

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2004 - U.S. Patent Appl. Publication 2015/0031868

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2005 - STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES: CULTIVATION, PROCESSING, ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS IN FOOD (Ursula Wolwer-Rieck, ed., Royal Society of Chemistry 2019)

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2006 - CHARGED AEROSOL DETECTION FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND RELATED SEPARATION TECHNIQUES (Paul H. Gamache, ed., Wiley 2017)

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2009 - "Structural Characterization of the Degradation Products of a Minor Natural Sweet Diterpene Glycoside Rebaudioside M Under Acidic Conditions"

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2011 - "Fluorescent Light Exposure of Rebaudioside A in Mock Beverages Under International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Guidelines," Chaturvedula, V. S. P., Clos, J. F., & Prakash, I. (2012), International Journal of Chemistry, 4(3), 1

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2012 - "Utilization of RP-HPLC fingerprinting analysis for the identification of diterpene glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana," Chaturvedula, V. S. P., & Prakash, I. (2011), Int J Res Phytochem Pharmacol, 1, 88-92.

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2017 - Recorded assignments of WO420 at Reel/frame 035914/0327, 033894/0227, and 033894/0328 to PureCircle and Coca-Cola

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2018 - Recorded assignments of the '273 Patent at Reel/frame 037273/0404, 037267/0952, and 037267/0784 to PureCircle, LibraGen, and Coca-Cola

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2023 - Assignment from LibraGen dated February 4, 2013

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2024 - Deposition transcript of Dr. Robert M. Williams dated May 29, 2019

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2025 - ¿¿¿Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Rebaudioside M Isomer from a Bioconversion Reaction of Rebaudioside A and NMR Comparison Studies of Rebaudioside M Isolated from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni and Stevia rebaudiana Morita.

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2026 - Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2027 - Non-Final Office Action dated July 31, 2015

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2028 - Dr. Andrew Webb Declaration

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Exhibit Number Omitted

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EXPUNGED

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2030 - Curriculum Vitae of Joe P. Foley, Ph.D.

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2031 - SciFinder search of pre-2012 articles on HPLC-CAD, performed by Professor Joe P. Foley

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2032 - "Direct detection method of oligosaccharides by high-performance liquid chromatography with charged aerosol detection," Inagaki, Min, and Toyo¿¿¿oka, Biomedical Chromatography, 21: 338-342 (2007)

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal

Jul 26, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2038 - CHROMATOGRAPHIC INTEGRATION METHODS, Dyson, Second Edition, RSC Chromatography Monographs 1998

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2040 - "Development and Testing of a Detection Method for Liquid Chromatography Based on Aerosol Charging," Dixon, Peterson, Anal. Chem. July 1, 2002, Vol. 74, No. 13, 2930-2937

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2041 - ¿¿¿Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Where Are We Today?¿¿¿ Shwide-Slavin, C., Swift, C. & Ross, T, Diabetes Spectrum, Vol. 25, No. 2, 104-110 (2010)

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2033 - "Development and Validation of a RP-HPLC Method for the Estimation of Netilmicin Sulfate and its Related Substances using Charged Aerosol Detection," Joseph, Patel, and Rustum, Journal of Chromatographic Science, Vol. 48, August 2010

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2034 - "Nomenclature for Chromatography," Ettre, Pure & Appl. Chem., Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 619-672, 1993

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2035 - "The Early Days of HPLC at DuPont," Henry, LC/GC, Volume 27, Issue 2, pg. 146-153

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2036 - "Charged Aerosol Detection Bibliography," ThermoFisher Scientific 2018

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2037 - ChemSpider ¿¿¿ Rebaudioside D ¿¿¿ C50H80O28 ChemSpider ¿¿¿ Rebaudioside M ¿¿¿ C56H90O33

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2039 - PRACTICAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY, Meyer, Fifth Edition 2010

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2045 - Curriculum Vitae of Robert Michael Williams, Ph.D.

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2042 - SWEETENERS: NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS, APPLICATIONS, AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, Nikoleli, G. and Nikolelis, D., 2012., pp.79-118

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2043 - ¿¿¿Non-Caloric Sweeteners, Sweetness Modulators, And Sweetener Enhancers,¿¿¿ DuBois, G.E. and Prakash, I., Annual review of food science and technology, 3, pp.353-380 (2012)

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Ex. 2044 - ¿¿¿Effect of different drying methods on antioxidant properties, stevioside and rebaudioside A contents of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana bertoni) leaves,¿¿¿

Jul 26, 2019EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices

May 14, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owners' Power of Attorney

May 14, 2019PAPERPATENT OWNER

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Apr 29, 2019PAPERBOARD

Ohta et al., ¿¿¿Characterization of Novel Steviol Glycosides from Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Morita,¿¿¿ J. Appl. Glycosi., 57:199¿¿¿209(2010).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

WO2011/153378, Kishore et al., ¿¿¿Recombinant Production of Steviol Glycosides,¿¿¿ (published December 8, 2011)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/350,553, Kishore et al., ¿¿¿Production of Steviol Glycosides in Microorganisms¿¿¿ (filed Jun. 2, 2010)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 9,243,273, Markosyan et al., ¿¿¿Method for making rebaudioside X¿¿¿ (issued Jan. 26, 2016)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/649,978 (filed May 22, 2012)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/434,582, Kishore et al., ¿¿¿Production of Steviol Glycosides in Microorganisms¿¿¿ (filed Jan. 20, 2011)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/471,622, Hicks et al., ¿¿¿Production of Steviol Glycosides in Microorganisms¿¿¿ (filed Apr. 4, 2011)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

WO2014/122227, Mikkelsen et al., ¿¿¿Methods for Improved Production of Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside M¿¿¿ (published Aug. 14, 2014).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/761,490 (filed Feb. 6, 2013).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/886,442 (filed Oct. 3, 2013).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Singh et. al, ¿¿¿Stevia,¿¿¿ Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (2008).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ceunen and Geuns, ¿¿¿Steviol Glycosides: Chemical Diversity, Metabolism, and Function, J. Nat. Prods. (Mar. 9, 2013)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Brandle and Telmer, ¿¿¿Steviol glycoside biosynthesis,¿¿¿ Phytochemistry 68:1855¿¿¿1863 (2007)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

FDA GRAS Notice Listing, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, GRAS Notices (Mar. 25, 2019) available at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Madan et al., ¿¿¿Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.) Bertoni ¿¿¿ A Review,¿¿¿ Indian J. Nat. Prod. Res. 1, 3:267-286 (Sept. 2010)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Dubal et al., ¿¿¿Biotechnological routes in flavor industries,¿¿¿ Advanced Biotech (Mar. 2008)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Prakash et al., ¿¿¿Development of Next Generation Stevia Sweetener: Rebaudioside M,¿¿¿ Foods 3, 162¿¿¿175 (2014)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Richman et al., ¿¿¿Functional genomics uncovers three glucosyltransferases involved in the synthesis of the major sweet glucosides of Stevia rebaudiana,¿¿¿ The Plant Journal, vol. 41 (2005) 56¿¿¿67

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

WO2013/096420, Prakash et al., ¿¿¿Methods for Purifying Steviol Glycosides and Uses of the Same¿¿¿ (published Jul. 27, 2013)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/577,202, Markosyan et al., ¿¿¿Rebaudioside X and Methods for Obtaining Rebaudioside X¿¿¿ (filed Dec. 19, 2011)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/651,099, Prakash et al., ¿¿¿Compositions containing Rebaudioside X¿¿¿ (filed May 24, 2012).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

WO2010/038911, Morita et al., ¿¿¿New Steviol Glycoside¿¿¿ (published April 8, 2010)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

WO2013/022989, Houghton-Larsen et al., ¿¿¿Recombinant Production of Steviol Glycosides¿¿¿ (published Feb. 14, 2013)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Olempska-Beer et al., ¿¿¿Food processing enzymes from recombinant microorganisms ¿¿¿ a review,¿¿¿ Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 45 (2006) 144¿¿¿158

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Demain, ¿¿¿Production of industrial and pharmaceutical products by microbes and cell cultures,¿¿¿ 2009 SIM Annual Meeting (Progress in industrial microbiology: The role of SIM in advancing the field) (Jul. 29, 2009).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Complaint filed in PureCircle USA Inc. v. SweeGen, Inc., Case No. 8:18-cv-1679 JVS (C.D. Cal. 2018) (Dkt. No. 1)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

EMD Millipore, PET-30a(+) DNA ¿¿¿ Novagen, available at http://www.emdmillipore.com/US/en/product/pET-30a+-DNA-Novagen,EMD_BIO-69909)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/521,084 (filed Aug. 8, 2011).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/521,203 (filed Aug. 8, 2011).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/521,051 (filed Aug. 8, 2011).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/523,487 (filed Aug. 15, 2011).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/567,929 (filed Feb. 27, 2012).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Robinson et al., ¿¿¿Use of Calculated Physicochemical Properties to Enhance Quantitative Response When Using Charged Aerosol Detection,¿¿¿ Anal. Chem., 89, 1772¿¿¿1777 (2017)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Non-Final Rejection, U.S. Patent No. 9,243,273 Prosecution History (Jul. 31, 2015)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Amendment and Remarks, U.S. Patent No. 9,243,273 Prosecution History (Oct. 27, 2015)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/603,639 (filed Feb. 27, 2012).

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Sirard, T. ¿¿¿Fundamentals of HPLC,¿¿¿ Waters Corporation (2012)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Applicant-Initiated Interview Summary, U.S. Patent No. 9,243,273 Prosecution History (Oct. 26, 2015)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Pickens et al., ¿¿¿Metabolic engineering for the production of natural products,¿¿¿ Annu Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng., 2:211¿¿¿236 (2011)

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Declaration of Professor D. Eric Walters, Ph.D.

Apr 25, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Power of Attorney

Apr 25, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petition for Inter Partes Review

Apr 25, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioner's Initial Exhibit List

Apr 25, 2019PAPERPETITIONER