The detailed information for PTAB case with proceeding number IPR2020-00300 filed by Metall Zug AG et al. against Carl Zeiss Meditec AG on Dec 16, 2019. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Case Details

Proceeding Number
IPR2020-00300
Filing Date
Dec 16, 2019
Petitioner
Metall Zug AG et al.
Respondent
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
Status
Final Written Decision
Respondent Application Number
13140752
Respondent Tech Center
2800
Respondent Patent Number
8690330
Institution Decision Date
Jun 29, 2020
Termination Date
Jun 17, 2021

Proceeding Documents

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Judgment Final Written Decision Determining Some Challenged Claims Unpatentable Granting Patent Owner’s Revised Contingent Motion to Amend

Jun 17, 2021PAPERBOARD

EXPUNGED

May 11, 2021PAPERBOARD

Hearing Transcript

May 11, 2021PAPERBOARD

Petitioners' Demonstrative Exhibits

Apr 23, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

PATENT OWNER'S UPDATED EXHIBIT LIST

Apr 23, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owners Demonstratives

Apr 23, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Petitioners' Sur-Reply to Patent Owner's Reply to Petitioners' Opposition to the Revised Contingent Motion to Amend

Apr 19, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

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

Mar 30, 2021PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Reply To Petitioner's Opposition To Revised Contingent Motion To Amend

Mar 29, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Second Supplemental Declaration of Dr. Rainer A. Leitgeb

Mar 29, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument

Mar 15, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Petitioners' Request for Oral Hearing

Mar 15, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioners' Opposition to Patent Owner's Revised Contingent Motion to Amend

Mar 8, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Supplemental Declaration of Dr. James F. Brennan

Mar 8, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Revised Scheduling Order

Jan 26, 2021PAPERBOARD

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

Jan 22, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Revised Contingent Motion To Amend

Jan 22, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Supplemental Declaration of Rainer Leitgeb

Jan 22, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Preliminary guidance Patent Owner's Motion to Amend

Jan 6, 2021PAPERBOARD

Petitioners' Reply to Patent Owner's Response

Dec 11, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Huber, R., Wojtkowski, M., Fujimoto, J.G., "Fourier Domain Mode Locking (FDML): A new laser operating regime and applications for optical coherence tomography," Optics Express, Aril 17, 2006, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 3225-3237.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Agrawal, Fiber-optic Communication Systems, ISBN 0-471-21571-6 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2002).

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

T. Pfeiffer et al, "Analysis of FDML lasers with meter range coherence," Proc. SPIE 10053, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XXI, 100531T (21 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254792.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

H. Lim, F. ¿¿. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, "Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control," Optics Express, December 16, 2002, Vol. 10, No. 25., pp. 1497-1502.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Siegman, Lasers, ISBN 0-935702-11-5 University Science Books 1986 (Part 1 of 2)

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Siegman, Lasers, ISBN 0-935702-11-5 University Science Books 1986.(Part 2 of 2)

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U. Keller, ¿¿¿Materials and new approaches for ultrashot pulse lasers,¿¿¿ Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 218-224 (April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254792.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Klein, T., Wieser, W., Reznicek, L., Neubauer, A., Kampik, A., and Huber, R., "Multi-MHz retinal OCT," Biomedical Optics Express, October 1, 2013, Vol. 4, No. 10., pp. 1890-1908.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Blatter, C., Klein, T., Grajciar, B., Schmoll, T., Wieser, W., Andre, R., Huber, R., and Leitgeb, R. A.,"Ultrahigh-speed non-invasive widefield angiography," J. Biomedical Optics, July 2012, Vol. 17, No. 7., pp. 1-2.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Kolb, J. P., Klein, T., Eibl, M., Pfeiffer, T., Wieser, W., and Huber, R., ¿¿¿Megahertz FDML laser with up to 143nm sweep range for ultrahigh resolution OCT at 1050nm¿¿¿ (2016).

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Srinivasan, V. J., Huber, R., Gorczynska, I., and Fujimoto, J. G., "High-speed, high-resolution optical coherence tomography retinal imaging with a frequency-swept laser at 850 nm," Optics Letters, February 15, 2007, Vol. 32, No. 4., pp. 361-363.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Yasuno, Y., et al, "In vivo high-contrast imaging of deep posterior eye by 1-¿¿m swept source optical coherence tomography and scattering optical coherence angiography" Optics Express, May 14, 2007, Vol. 15, No. 10., pp. 6121-6139

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

A. Efimov and D.H. Reitze, "Programmable dispersion compensation and pulse shaping in a 26-fs chirped-pulse amplifier," Optics Letters, October 15, 1998, Vol. 23, No. 20., pp. 1612-1614.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Chong, Changho, et al., ¿¿¿Large coherence length swept source for axial length measurement of the eye,¿¿¿ Applied Optics, Vol. 48, No. 10, April 1, 2009, pp. D144-D150.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Biedermann, B., Wieser, W., Eigenwillig, C., Klein, T. and Huber, R., "Dispersion, coherence and noise of Fourier domain mode locked lasers," Optics Express, June 8, 2009, Vol. 17, No. 12., pp. 9947-9961.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Kraetschmer, T. and Sanders, S., "Ultrastable Fourier Domain Mode Locking Observed in a Laser Sweeping 1363.8 ¿¿¿ 1367.3 nm," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference, Baltimore, MD

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Kent, Christopher, "Any Way You Slice It: A Better AC View A forthcoming," Review of Ophthalmology, February 16, 2005, available at https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/any-way-you-slice-it-a-better-ac-view.

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Declaration of Dr. James F. Brennan

Dec 11, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

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

Dec 11, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Rainer A. Leitgeb

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Dr. Rainer A. Leitgeb

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

US Application No. 13/140,752

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Huber et al. Fourier Domain Mode Locking at 1050 nm for Ultra-High-Speed Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Retina

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Response

Sep 18, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Reexamination File History for USP 8690330, Part 1 of 3

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Reexamination File History for USP 8690330, Part 2 of 3

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Reexamination File History for USP 8690330, Part 3 of 3

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

WO2010072394A1

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Certified Copy of DE Application No. 10 2008 063 225.2

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Palmer et al Optical Properties of Water in the Near Infrared

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Listing of Prior Art References Identified by the Petitioner in other IPR proceedings

Sep 18, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Contingent Motion to Amend

Sep 18, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

DECISION Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review

Jun 29, 2020PAPERBOARD

SCHEDULING ORDER

Jun 29, 2020PAPERBOARD

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

May 4, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Petitioners' Reply to Patent Owner Preliminary Response

Apr 28, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Authorizing Petitioner to File a Reply and Authorizing Patent Owner to File a Sur-Reply 37 C.F.R. secs. 42.5; 42.108(c)

Apr 21, 2020PAPERBOARD

Exhibit 3002

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITBOARD

Corrected Exhibit 1021

Apr 14, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Declaration of Siddhesh V. Pandit In Support of Motion to Correct

Apr 14, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Declaration of Andrew L. Ramos In Support of Motion to Correct

Apr 14, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Motion to Correct A Clerical Mistake In the Petition Under 37 CFR 42.104(c)

Apr 14, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioners' Email to Patent Owner Counsel

Apr 14, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Original File History of US 8,690,330 Part 1 of 3

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Original File History of US 8,690,330 Part 2 of 3

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Original File History of US 8,690,330 Part 3 of 3

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

US 7,330,270

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Apr 9, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Yun Motion Artifacts in Optical Coherence Tomography with Frequency-Domain Ranging

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

EP 1 870 030

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Drexler, Ultrahigh-resolution ophthalmic optical coherence tomography

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

WO 2006/058735

Apr 9, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices

Mar 17, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Denying Petitioner's Motion to Waive Word Count and Denying Petitioner's Request to File a Reply 37 C.F.R. secs. 42.5; 42.20(d); 42.24(a)(2)

Mar 6, 2020PAPERBOARD

Exhibit 3001

Mar 6, 2020EXHIBITBOARD

Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioners' Motion to Waive Word Count

Mar 4, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices

Jan 15, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Power of Attorney

Jan 15, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Jan 10, 2020PAPERBOARD

Exhibit 1001 - U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330 to Hacker et al.

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petition for Inter Partes Review of Claims 1-2, 21-27, 40 and 42 of U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330

Dec 16, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330 (Part 3 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 1 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 7 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 8 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1004 - B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich, ¿¿¿Fundamentals of Photonics.¿¿¿ John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1991. pp. 399-400

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330 (Part 1 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330 (Part 2 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330 (Part 4 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330 (Part 5 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,690,330 (Part 6 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 2 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 3 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 4 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 5 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 6 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of Ex Parte Reexamination Request No. 90/013,544 (Part 9 of 9)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1005 - Choma, Michael A., et al., ¿¿¿Sensitivity advantage of swept source and Fourier domain optical coherence tomography,¿¿¿ Optics Express, vol. 11, No. 18, Sep. 8, 2003, pp. 2183-2189.

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1006 - Lexer, F., et al., ¿¿¿Wavelength-tuning interferometry of intraocular distances,¿¿¿ Applied Optics, vol. 36, No. 25, Sep. 1, 1997, pp. 6548-6553.

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1007 - Lee et al., ¿¿¿In vivo optical frequency domain imaging of human retina and choroid,¿¿¿ Optics Express, May 15, 2006, vol. 14, No. 10., pp. 4407-4408.

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1008 - U.S. Patent No. 7,414,779

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1009 - U.S. Patent No. 7,365,856

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1010 - Drexler/Fujimoto, Optical Coherence Tomography ¿¿¿ Technology and Applications, ISBN 978-3-540-77549-2, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008 (Part 3 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1010 - Drexler/Fujimoto, Optical Coherence Tomography ¿¿¿ Technology and Applications, ISBN 978-3-540-77549-2, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008 (Part 5 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1010 - Drexler/Fujimoto, Optical Coherence Tomography ¿¿¿ Technology and Applications, ISBN 978-3-540-77549-2, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008 (Part 6 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1011 - Curriculum Vitae of Dr. James F. Brennan

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1015 - R. Huber, K. Taira, M. Wojtkowski, J. G. Fujimoto, "Fourier domain modelocked lasers for swept source OCT imaging at up to 290 kHz scan rates," Proc. SPIE 6079

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1018 - DE 103 23 920

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1020 - Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Sylvia Hall-Ellis

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1010 - Drexler/Fujimoto, Optical Coherence Tomography ¿¿¿ Technology and Applications, ISBN 978-3-540-77549-2, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008 (Part 1 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1010 - Drexler/Fujimoto, Optical Coherence Tomography ¿¿¿ Technology and Applications, ISBN 978-3-540-77549-2, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008 (Part 2 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1010 - Drexler/Fujimoto, Optical Coherence Tomography ¿¿¿ Technology and Applications, ISBN 978-3-540-77549-2, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008 (Part 4 of 6)

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1012 - Declaration of Dr. James F. Brennan

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1013 - R. Huber, et al., European Conference on Biomedical Optics, June 12, 2005 ¿¿¿ June 16, 2005, Munich (ECBO 2005), Optical Society of America, ¿¿¿Fourier Domain Mode Locked Lasers for OCT imaging at up to 290 kHz sweep rates¿¿¿, PDA3

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

R. Huber, K. Taira, M. Wojtkowski, J. G. Fujimoto, "Fourier domain mode locked lasers for OCT imaging at up to 290 kHz sweep rates," Proc. SPIE 5861, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques II, 58611B (7 October 2005); doi: 10.1117/12.641732

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1017 - U.S. Pat. No. 5,321,501

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1019 - U.S. Patent No. 7,380,939 to Barth et al.

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Exhibit 1021 - Declaration of Dr. Sylvia Hall-Ellis

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER

Power of Attorney

Dec 16, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Motion to Waive Word Count

Dec 16, 2019PAPERPETITIONER

Exhibit 1016 - U.S. Patent No. 8,059,277 to Atia et al.

Dec 16, 2019EXHIBITPETITIONER