The detailed information for PTAB case with proceeding number IPR2021-00942 filed by Micron Technology, Inc. et al. against Unification Technologies LLC et al. on Jun 4, 2021. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Case Details

Proceeding Number
IPR2021-00942
Filing Date
Jun 4, 2021
Petitioner
Micron Technology, Inc. et al.
Respondent
Unification Technologies LLC et al.
Status
Institution Denied
Respondent Application Number
14309751
Respondent Tech Center
2100
Respondent Patent Number
9632727
Institution Decision Date
Dec 15, 2021
Termination Date
Dec 15, 2021

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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Notice: refund approved

Jan 10, 2022PAPERBOARD

Petitioners' Updated Power of Attorney

Jan 3, 2022PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioners' Updated Mandatory Notices

Jan 3, 2022PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioners' Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees

Jan 3, 2022PAPERPETITIONER

Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. § 314

Dec 15, 2021PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Second Updated Mandatory Notices Per 37 C.F.R. 42.8

Oct 1, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

ORDER Granting Petitioners Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Michael R. Rueckheim 37 C.F.R. 42.10

Sep 21, 2021PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Sep 17, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Dkt. No. 70, Scheduling Order filed in Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al., on March 25, 2021

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Paper No. 10, Scheduling Order filed in Case Nos. IPR2021-00345; Micron Technology, Inc., et al. v. Unification Technologies LLC, on July 19, 2021

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Civil Docket Sheet for Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Plaintiff���s Initial Infringement Contentions Pursuant to the Order Governing Proceedings in a Patent Case, served on August 21, 2020, in Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Defendants��� Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, served October 16, 2020, in Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Paper No. 4, Petition for Inter Partes Review of Claims 15-21 and 26-30 of U.S. Patent No. 8,533,406 filed in Case No. IPR2021-00343; Micron Technology, Inc., et al. v. Unification Technologies LLC, on December 22, 2020

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Paper No. 4, Petition for Inter Partes Review of Claims 1-5, 8-12, 22-26 of U.S. Patent No. 8,762,658 filed in Case No. IPR2021-00344; Micron Technology, Inc., et al. v. Unification Technologies LLC, on December 22, 2020

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Paper No. 4, Petition for Inter Partes Review of Claims 1-6 and 12-16 of U.S. Patent No. 9,632,727 filed in Case No. IPR2021-00345; Micron Technology, Inc., et al. v. Unification Technologies LLC, on December 22, 2020

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Defendants��� July 9, 2021 Supplemental Invalidity Contentions, served on July 9, 2021, in Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Paper No. 9, Decision Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review, 35 U.S.C. �� 314, filed in Case No. IPR2021-00343; Micron Technology, Inc., et al. v. Unification Technologies LLC, on July 9, 2021

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Paper No. 9, Decision Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review, 35 U.S.C. �� 314, filed in Case No. IPR2021-00344; Micron Technology, Inc., et al. v. Unification Technologies LLC, on July 9, 2021

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Paper No. 9, Decision Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review, 35 U.S.C. �� 314, filed in Case No. IPR2021-00345; Micron Technology, Inc., et al. v. Unification Technologies LLC, on July 19, 2021

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

The National Law Review, ���Move Over Marshall, There���s a New Sheriff in Town ��� The Rise of Waco and the Western District of Texas���, March 28, 2021, by Ronald S. Lemieux and Steven M. Auvil

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Defendants��� First Set of Interrogatories, served March 12, 2021, in Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Plaintiff���s Responses to Defendants��� First Set of Interrogatories (Nos. 1-16), served April 26, 2021, in Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Email chain between counsel for Unification Technologies LLC and counsel for the Micron Defendants regarding discovery response extension request

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Appendix C to Defendants��� Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, served October 16, 2020, in Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00500-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Civil Docket Sheet for Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00501-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. HP Inc.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Civil Docket Sheet for Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00499-ADA; Unification Technologies LLC v. Dell Technologies, Inc., et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Email chain between counsel for Unification Technologies LLC, counsel for the Micron Defendants, and the District Court regarding discovery

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Excerpt of public file history of U.S. Pat. No. 8,261,005, titled, ���APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA IN A STORAGE DEVICE WITH AN EMPTY DATA TOKEN DIRECTIVE,��� to Flynn et al.

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

���Data Set Management Commands Proposal for ATA8-ACS2,��� published October 5, 2007, Rev. 3

Sep 17, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Petitioners' Motion For Pro Hac Vice Admission of Michael R. Rueckheim

Sep 13, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Ex. 1041 - Declaration of Michael R. Rueckheim in Support of Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission

Sep 13, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Patent Owner's Updated Power of Attorney

Sep 13, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

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

Sep 13, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Other: other

Sep 9, 2021PAPERBOARD

Patent Owner Unification Technologies LLC's Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Jonathan H. Rastegar Under 37 C.F.R. 42.10(c)

Aug 27, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Jonathan H. Rastegar In Support of Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission

Aug 27, 2021EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Power of Attorney

Jun 21, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Patent Owner's Mandatory Notices Per 37 C.F.R. 42.8

Jun 21, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Jun 17, 2021PAPERBOARD

Ex. 1001 - U.S. Pat. No. 9,732,727 B2

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1002 - U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 60/912,728

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1003 - U.S. Pat. No. 9,207,876

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1005 - American National Standard for Information Technology- ATA/ATAPI Command Set - 2 (ACS-2)

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1006 - Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment Revision 1.0

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1007 - Serial ATA (SATA) ATA Revision 2.5 [Part 1 of 6]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1007 - Serial ATA (SATA) ATA Revision 2.5 [Part 2 of 6]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1007 - Serial ATA (SATA) ATA Revision 2.5 [Part 3 of 6]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1007 - Serial ATA (SATA) ATA Revision 2.5 [Part 4 of 6]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1007 - Serial ATA (SATA) ATA Revision 2.5 [Part 5 of 6]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1007 - Serial ATA (SATA) ATA Revision 2.5 [Part 6 of 6]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1008 - William D. Brown and Joe E. Brewer, Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory Technology [Part 1 of 2]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1008 - William D. Brown and Joe E. Brewer, Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory Technology [Part 2 of 2]

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1009 - Brian Dipert and Markus Levy, Designing with FLASH MEMORY

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1010 - April 2007 Plenary Minutes 2

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1011 - U.S. Pat. No. 8,762,658

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1012 - Original Complaint for Patent Infringement

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1013 - Exhibit C to Plaintiff's First Amended Infringement Contentions

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1014 - Frank Shu and Nathan Obr, Data Set Management Commands Proposal for ATA8-ACS2

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1015 - U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 60/873,111

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1016 - Docket Report for Unification Techs. LLC v. Micron Tech. Inc.

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1017 - Frank Shu, Notification of Deleted Data Proposal for ATA8-ACS2, T13

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1018 - Frank Shu and Nathan Obr, Data Set Management Commands Proposal for ATA8-ACS2

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1019 - Excerpt of Plaintiff's Responses to Defendant's First Set of Interrogatories (No. 16)

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1020 - Eran Gal et al., Mapping Structures for Flash Memories Techniques and Open Problems

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1021 - Public file history of U.S. Pat. No. 9,632,727

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1022 - Frank Shu, Solid-State Drives Next-Generation Storage, Microsoft WinHEC 2007

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1023 - Wayback Machine Archive of Microsoft WinHEC 2007 Conference Presentations Website

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1024 - Frank Shu, Windows 7 Enhancements for Solid-State Drives

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1025 - U.S. Pat. No. 5,404,485

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1026 - Curriculum vitae of Jacob Baker, Ph.D., P.E.

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1027 - H. Niijima, Design of a Solid-State File Using Flash EEPROM

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1028 - U.S. Pat. No. 7,057,942

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1029 - U.S. Pat. No. 7,624,239

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1030 - Plaintiff's Reply Claim Construction Brief

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1031 - Computer-generated comparison of the Shu Provisional Disclosure with the Shu Patent

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1032 - SD Specifications Part 1 PHYSICAL LAYER

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1033 - U.S. Pat. 6,014,724

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1034 - U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 60/974,470

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1035 - Claim Construction Order

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1036 - U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,432 B2

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1037 - U.S. Pat. No. 9,632,727

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1038 - IDS submitted on September 25, 2013 during prosecution of U.S. Pat. No. 8,762,658

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1039 - Declaration of Frank Shu Regarding Publication of Proposals

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1040 - American National Standard for Information Technology

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Ex. 1004 - Expert Declaration of Jacob Baker, Ph.D., P.E.

Jun 4, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petitioners' Power of Attorney

Jun 4, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Petition for Inter Partes Review

Jun 4, 2021PAPERPETITIONER