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R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company et al. vs U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC et al.

The detailed information for PTAB case with proceeding number IPR2021-00478 filed by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company et al. against U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC et al. on Feb 2, 2021. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Case Details

Proceeding Number: IPR2021-00478
Filing Date: Feb 2, 2021
Petitioner: R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company et al.
Respondent: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC et al.
Status: Institution Denied
Respondent Application Number: 12859019
Respondent Tech Center: 3700
Respondent Patent Number: 8458996
Institution Decision Date: Aug 6, 2021
Termination Date: Aug 6, 2021

Proceeding Documents

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Document Name	Filing Date	Category	Filing Party
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Notice: refund approved	Nov 5, 2021	PAPER	BOARD
Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees	Oct 28, 2021	PAPER	PETITIONER
Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review	Aug 6, 2021	PAPER	BOARD
Patent Owner's Surreply	Jun 21, 2021	PAPER	PATENT OWNER
Updated Exhibit List	Jun 14, 2021	PAPER	PETITIONER
Reply to Patent Owner's Preliminary Response	Jun 14, 2021	PAPER	PETITIONER
Transcript from District Court Hearing of April 28, 2021	Jun 11, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
PATENT OWNER��S UPDATED EXHIBIT LIST	Jun 10, 2021	PAPER	PATENT OWNER
Docket No. 79 �� Memorandum Opinion, M.D.N.C. Case No. 1:20-cv- 0472, dated May 12, 2021	Jun 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Order - Conduct of the Proceeding - 37 CFR 42.5	Jun 8, 2021	PAPER	BOARD
Patent Owner's Preliminary Response	May 10, 2021	PAPER	PATENT OWNER
Declaration of Benny D. Freeman	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 9,936,729	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Defendant R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company��s Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, M.D.N.C. Case No. 1:20-cv-0472, dated November 10, 2020	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Docket No. 33 - Scheduling Order, M.D.N.C. Case No. 1:20-cv-0472, dated October 18, 2020	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Docket No. 61 �� Notice of Scheduling, M.D.N.C. Case No. 1:20-cv-0472, dated March 15, 2021	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Docket No. 1 �� Complaint for Patent Infringement, M.D.N.C. Case No. 1:20-cv-0472, dated May 28, 2020	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Defendant R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company's Amended Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, M.D.N.C. Case No. 1:20-cv-0472, dated March 29, 2021	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Docket No. 46 �� First Amended Complaint for Patent Infringement, M.D.N.C. Case No. 1:20-cv-0472, dated January 5, 2021	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 4,545,392	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 9,717,272	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Pub. 20080173317A1	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
EP2048976B9	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Pub. 20080029117A1	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 8,910,781	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Excerpts from McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheets, 3rd Int��l Conference on Smokeless Tobacco - Advancing Science & Protecting Public Health (Sept. 22-25, 2002)	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Brad Rodu and William T. Godshall, ��Tobacco harm reduction: an alternative cessation strategy for inveterate smokers��, Harm Reduction Journal (2006), 3:37.	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
��A Spitless Chew from Camel, PM USA and RJR testing first smokeless products��, May 2, 2006 (CSP Daily News), https://www.cspdailynews.com/tobacco/spitless-chew-camel	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Jane Busch, "An Introduction to the Tin Can", Historical Archeology, Volume 15, Number 1, p.95-104.	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Transportation Information Service, Tobacco (leaf tobacco) product information, https://www.tis-gdv.de/tis_e/ware/genuss/tabak/tabak-htm/	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Dr. Linus R. Walton, "Burley Curing Technology", University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture, re-printed 2004.	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 4,528,993	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Calcium Hypochlorite Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (Rev. April 2003)	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Amran Alabakan, "Moisture gain of biscuits in hermetically-sealed packages versus non-hermetically-sealed packages" (1997). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology.	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
"Water Activity (aw) in Foods", Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, (April 16, 1984)	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Mustasa, et. al. "The Water Content/Water Activity Relationship of Cured Tobacco and Water Relations of Associated Spoilage Fungi", Int��l Biodeterioration 26 (1990) 381-396.	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 7,798,319 ("the '319 patent")	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 8,458,996 ("the '996 patent")	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
U.S. Patent No. 8,556,070 ("the '070 patent")	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Plaintiffs�� Preliminary Infringement Contentions For U.S. Patent No. 7,798,319, Altria Client Services LLC and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., Case No. 1:20-cv-00472-NCT-JLW (M.D.N.C. Sep. 11, 2020)	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Plaintiffs�� Preliminary Infringement Contentions For U.S. Patent No. 8,458,996, Altria Client Services LLC and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., Case No. 1:20-cv-00472-NCT-JLW (M.D.N.C. Sep. 11, 2020)	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Plaintiffs�� Preliminary Infringement Contentions For U.S. Patent No. 8,556,070, Altria Client Services LLC and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., Case No. 1:20-cv-00472-NCT-JLW (M.D.N.C. Sep. 11, 2020)	May 10, 2021	EXHIBIT	PATENT OWNER
Power of Attorney for Patent Owner	Feb 17, 2021	PAPER	PATENT OWNER
Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices	Feb 17, 2021	PAPER	PATENT OWNER
Notice of Accord Filing Date	Feb 9, 2021	PAPER	BOARD
US8458996	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
CV	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
996 FH	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US2816682 (Brucker)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US20080202956A1 (Welk)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
CA1205024A (Rosson)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US4190170 (Boyd)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US20070110928A1 (Bried 928)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
GB2136775A (Budd)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US3245566 (Szalay)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US20070012328A1 (Winterson)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US4660577 (Sensabaugh)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
Johnson	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
Swain	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
US5425215 (Lewis)	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
Soroka	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
Joint Claim Construction Statement	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
996 Infringement Contentions	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
Kimmel Declaration	Feb 2, 2021	EXHIBIT	PETITIONER
Petition for Review of U.S. 8,458,996	Feb 2, 2021	PAPER	PETITIONER
Petitioner R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company's Power of Attorney	Feb 2, 2021	PAPER	PETITIONER
Petitioner Modoral Brands, Inc.'s Power of Attorney	Feb 2, 2021	PAPER	PETITIONER