Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. et al. vs U.S. Well Services LLC

Other: other court decision

Other: Fed Circuit mandate

ORDER Denying Without Prejudice to Refiling Petitioner's Motions to Expunge Confidential Information

Patent Owner's Notice of Appeal

Petitioner's Motion to Expunge Confidential Information

Final Written Decision: original

Order: Granting Petitioners and Patent Owners Motions to Seal

Redacted Hearing Transcript

Other: Hearing transcript

Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. sec s 42.5 and 42.54

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notice

Petitioner Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Hearing Presentation – REDACTED

Petitioner Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Hearing Presentation – CONTAINS PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL

Patent Owner U.S. Well Services, LLC Hearing Presentation – REDACTED

Patent Owner U.S. Well Services, LLC Hearing Presentation – CONTAINS PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL

Petitioner's Updated Mandatory Notices

Petitioner's Updated Power of Attorney

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal Reply to Petitioner's Opposition to the Motion to Exclude Evidence

Patent Owner's Reply to Opposition to Motion to Exclude Evidence [CONTAINS PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIALS]

Patent Owner's Reply to Opposition to Motion to Exclude Evidence [REDACTED]

Petitioner's Motion to Seal Sur-Reply in Support of Opposition to Patent Owner's Revised Motion to Amend

Petitioner's Sur-Reply in Support of Opposition to Patent Owner's Revised Contingent Motion to Amend

Petitioners' Sur-Reply in Support of Opposition to Patent Owner's Revised Contingent Motion to Amend (REDACTE)

Petitioner's Motion to Seal Opposition to Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude Evidence

Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude

Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude (Redacted)

EX 1100 - Declaration of Paul Smith

EX 1101 - Declaration of Chad Joost

EX 1102 - Email re Supplemental Evidence

EX 1103 - 105 2022.05.23 HAL 2nd Am Answer & CC (REDACTED COPY)

Order Trial Hearing

Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal

Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence [CONTAINS PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIALS]

Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence [REDACTED]

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notice

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal

Patent Owner Reply to Petitioner Opposition to Patent Owner Revised Non-Contingent Motion to Amend [CONTAINS PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIALS]

Patent Owner Reply to Petitioner Opposition to Patent Owner Revised Non-Contingent Motion to Amend [REDACTED]

Patent Owner's Objections to Petitioner's Evidence

Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument

Petitioners' Request for Oral Argument

REDACTED Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Revised Contingent Motion to Amend

Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Revised Contingent Motion to Amend [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

Primera Energy, The Evolution of the Modern Substation

U.S. Patent No. 2,237,812 to Blieux

U.S. Patent No. 3,116,086 to Barengoltz

U.S. Patent No. 4,562,360 to Fujimoto

U.S. Department of Energy, ���Benefits of Using Mobile Transformers"

ABB, ���Mobile Substations on wheels���

ABB, ���Prefabricated Electric Centers (PEC) Mobile Electric Centers (MEC)���

ABB, ���MEC���s Mobile Electric Centers for Voltages up to 36kV���

Stewart & Stevenson, ���Electric Fracturing Pump: Commercial Proposal��� [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

Declaration of Chad Joost [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

Third Declaration of Dr. L. Brun Hilbert [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

REDACTED Third Declaration of Dr. L. Brun Hilbert

Deposition Transcript of Chad Joost [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

Deposition Transcript of Paul Smith [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

Stewart & Stevenson, ���Electric Motor Driven Fracturing Equipment ��� [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

Stewart & Stevenson, ���Electric Powered Fracturing Equipment ��� [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL] - PART 1

Stewart & Stevenson, ���Electric Powered Fracturing Equipment ��� [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL] - PART 2

Stewart & Stevenson, ���Electric Powered Fracturing Equipment ��� [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL] - PART 3

Stewart & Stevenson, ���Sales Order Entry Summary��� [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]

Petitioner's Motion to Seal and Entry of Protective Order

Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of Brun Hilbert

Patent Owner's Sur-Reply to Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response under 37 CFR 42.23

REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER

Patent Owner's Revised Contingent Motion to Amend under 37 CFR 42.121

Notice: PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE PATENT OWNERS MOTION TO AMEND

ORDER Granting Petitioners Motions for Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel 37 C.F.R. 42.10

Petitioners Reply to Patent Owner's Response

Deposition Transcript of Robert Schaaf (June 29, 2022) taken in IPR2021-01032, -01034, -01036, and -01038

Deposition Transcript of Robert Schaaf (July 1, 2022) taken in IPR2021-01033

Deposition Transcript of William Marscher, P.E. (June 21, 2022) taken in IPR2021-01032 and -01034

Petitioners Motion to Withdraw

Petitioners Updated Mandatory Notices

Petitioner's Withdrawal of the Notice of Deposition of Joel N. Broussard

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

PCT International Patent Application Publication WO2014/177346 by Kaarstad et al. entitled Power System for a Floating Vessel (Kaarstad)

Second Declaration of Dr. L. Brun Hilbert

Declaration of Nathaniel E. Frank-White, custodian of records for Internet Archive, regarding GE website (June 21, 2022) (PART 1)

Declaration of Nathaniel E. Frank-White, custodian of records for Internet Archive, regarding GE website (June 21, 2022) (PART 2)

General Electric TM2500+ Mobile Gas Turbine Generator fact sheet (July 15, 2014)

Deposition Transcript of Robert Schaaf (July 1, 2022)

Deposition Transcript of William Marscher, P.E. (June 28, 2022)

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2014/0251623 to Lestz et al. entitled Fracturing Systems and Methods for a Wellbore (Lestz)

Lionel B. Roe, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES OF INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL DESIGN (McGraw-Hill: 1972), ISBN: 0-07-053390-3 (Roe)

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Standards Publication ICS 61800-4-2004

Declaration of Duncan Hall, custodian of records for Internet Archive, NEMA Internet Archive Declaration, regarding NEMA website (October 26, 2021)

IEEE100: The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms, 7th ed. (IEEE Press: 2000), ISBN: 0-7381-2601-2

Robert A. Hanna et al., Medium-Voltage Adjustable-Speed Drives���Users and Manufacturers��� Experiences, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 6, November/December 1997

Petitioners' Notice of Deposition of Joel N. Broussard

Notice of Stipulation of Change to Due Datas 2 and 3

Panel Change Order

Petitioners' Notice of Deposition of William D. Marscher, P.E.

Petitioners' Notice of Deposition of Dr. Robert Schaaf

Patent Owner's Response under 37 CFR 42.120

U.S. Pat. No. 8,893,787 - Tips

Reinventing the Frac Fleet Brochure

Declaration of William D. Marscher, P.E.

Patent Owner's Contingent Motion to Amend under 37 CFR 42.121

Order: On Conference Concerning Motion to Amend

Other: ORDER Granting Patent Owner's Motion for Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notice Changing Lead Counsel

Patent Owner's Power of Attorney

PATENT OWNERS MOTION TO WITHDRAW B. TODD PATTERSON AND JOHN A. YATES AND SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL

Patent Owner Notice of Deposition of Dr. L. Brun Hilbert, P.E.

Petitioners Updated Mandatory Notices

DECISION Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. 314

Scheduling Order

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List

U.S. Well Services, LLC et al. v. Halliburton Company et al., No. 6:21-cv-00367, Dkt. 64 (W.D. Tex. December 8, 2021) Order Resetting Markman Hearing

PO Authorized Surreply

PACER Docket Report

Order Setting Markman Hearing

PACER Docket Report LedComm Case

Transcend Case Dismissal

Order Resetting Markman Hearing

Petitioners' Authorized Reply to Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

USWS Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Preliminary Infringement Contentions dated July 12, 2021

How reliable are trial dates relied on by the PTAB in the Fintiv analysis? Perkins Coie 1600 PTAB and Beyond

Fintiv Fails: PTAB Uses Remarkably Inaccurate Trial Dates, Law360, https://www.law360.com/articles/1436071/fintiv-fails-ptab-uses-remarkably-inaccurate-trial-dates (last visited Nov. 15, 2021)

LEDcomm LLC v. Signify North America Corp., No. 6:20-cv-01056-ADA, Dkt. 24 (W.D. Tex.) (Scheduling Order)

Transcend Shipping Sys., LLC v. Hapag-Lloyd AG and Hapa-Lloyd (America), LLC, No. 6:20-cv-1195-ADA, Dkt. 19 (W.D. Tex.) (Scheduling Order)

Order Governing Proceedings ��� Patent Case, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division (Judge Albright)

Services, Clean Fleet, U.S Well Services, http://uswellservices.com/services/ (last visited Nov. 15, 2021)

November 18, 2021 email from the Board authorizing preliminary reply and sur-reply

Kirsch Research and Dev., LLC v. Tarco Specialty Prods., Inc., 6:20-cv-00318-ADA, Dkt. 62 (J. Albright, W.D. Tex.) (Stay Order)

Patent Owner Preliminary Response

U.S. Patent No. 5894888

U.S. Patent No. 8272439

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 20070201305

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 20080217024

Agreed Scheduling Order

Petitioner Preliminary Invalidity Contentions

PACER Docket Report

Declaration of Robert Schaaf

Declaration of Joel Broussard

U.S. Well Services YAHOO FINANCE Article

USWS Investor and Analyst Update

Caren Davis, SHALE DAILY, Natural Gas Finding Niche in E-fracking, But Diesel Still Rules

Jodi Shafto, SP GLOBAL, Growth in electric-fracking fleets stunted by tight producer budgets

Halliburton New Release Jan. 14, 2021

John Daniel, 8.30 DEP Industry Observations: New Frac Fleets; New Fleet Designs Forthcoming

2015 Northeast Industry Summit

2016 Rocky Mountain Industry Summit

2017 Northeast Industry Summit

Davis, Ryan, Albright Says He���ll Very Rarely Put Cases On Hold For PTAB

Petitioner All-Electric Fracturing Brochure

Screenshot of Halliburton���s Website

Screenshot of USWS Clean Fleet System Video

Liz Hampton, U.S. Well Services files e-frac patent lawsuit against Halliburton, Cimarex Energy

Assignment of Coli

Liz Hampton, Low-cost fracking offers boon to oil producers, headaches for suppliers

File History for U.S. Patent No. 9410410

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Patent Owner Power of Attorney

Patent Owner Mandatory Notice

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Power of Attorney

U.S. Patent No. 9,475,840 by Jared Oehring et al. entitled Electric Powered Pump Down (the 840 Patent)

U.S. Patent No. 10,408,030 by Jared Oehring et al. entitled Electric Powered Pump Down (the 030 Patent)

File History for U.S. Patent No. 9,745,840

File History for U.S. Patent No. 10,408,030

U.S. Patent No. 9,410,410 by Joel Broussard et al. entitled System for Pumping Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid using Electric Pumps (the 410 Patent) (CIP-parent)

Provisional Application No. 62/242,173 (Provisional)

U.S. Patent No. 9,903,190 to Conrad et al. entitled Modular Fracturing System (Conrad)

U.S. Patent No. 8,146,665 to Neal entitled Apparatus and Method for Maintaining Boost Pressure to High-Pressure Pumps during Wellbore Servicing Operations (Neal)

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2012/0255734 to Coli et al. entitled Mobile, Modular, Electrically Powered System for Use in Fracturing Underground Formations (Coli)

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 2009/0114392 to Tolman et al. entitled Method and Apparatus Associated with Stimulation Treatments for Wells (Tolman)

U.S. Patent No. 7,900,893 to Teurlay et al. entitled Electronic Control for Winch Tension (Teurlay)

U.S. Patent No. 8,789,601 to Broussard et al. entitled System for Pumping Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Using Electric Pumps (Broussard-601)

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2014/0138079 by Broussard et al. entitled System for Pumping Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Using Electric Pumps (Broussard-079)

PCT International Patent Application Publication WO 2012/051705 to Stromquist et al. entitled Tools and Methods for use in Completion of a Wellbore (Stromquist)

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0125544 to Robinson et al. entitled Method and Apparatus for Providing Pressure for Well Treatment Operations (Robinson)

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0138254 to Seals et al. entitled Automated Controls for Pump Down Operations (Seals)

Cimarex Energy, Co. Power of Attorney

Expert Declaration of Dr. L. Brun Hilbert

PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF CLAIMS 1-14 OF U.S. PATENT NO. 10,408,030