Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al. vs VB Assets, LLC - IPR2025-00868

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny

Petitioners’ Sur-Reply Regarding Discretionary Denial

Patent Owner's Reply in Support of Discretionary Denial

Email Correspondence

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2025 - Declaration of Dr. Anatole Gershman

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2026 - Curriculum vitae of Dr. Anatole Gershman

Petitioners' Response to Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief

Exhibit 1014 - Grice

Exhibit 1015 - Nuance Buys VoiceBox Technology with Little Fanfare, Speech Technology News (May 22, 2018)

Exhibit 1016 - U.S. Pat. & Trademark Off., Assignment abstract of title for Application 11/580926

Exhibit 1017 - Official Transcript of Jury Trial for Nov. 02, 2020, VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Servs. LLC, No. 1:19-cv-01410-MN

Exhibit 1018 - Docket Navigator, Gilstrap Uncontested Motions to Stay Pending IPR, 2014-present

Exhibit 1019 - Pacer, List of Calendar Events Set for Judge Gilstrap for 6/29/2026-7/7/2026

Exhibit 1020 - United States District Court – Judicial Caseload Profile 2020-March 2025

Exhibit 1021 - Docket Navigator, Gilstrap Cases by Year for 1/1/2020-8/18/2025

Exhibit 1022 - Andrew T. Dufresne et al., Perkins Coie, How Reliable are Trial Dates Relied on by the PTAB in the Fintiv Analysis?, 1600 PTAB & Beyond (Oct. 29, 2021)

Exhibit 1023 - Katherine K. Vidal, Under Sec’y of Com. for Intell. Prop. & Dir. of the USPTO, Mem. Re Interim Proc. for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Procs. with Parallel Dist. Ct. Litig. (June 21, 2022)

Exhibit 1024 - Letter from D. Kline to Counsel Regarding Updated Sotera Stipulation

Exhibit 1025 - Email from A. Ligotti Regarding Updated Sotera Stipulation

Exhibit 1026 - H.R. Rep. No. 112-98 (2011)

Exhibit 1027 - America Invents Act: Hearing on H.R. 1249 Before the Subcomm. on Intell. Prop., Competition, & the Internet of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 112th Cong. (March 30, 2011)

Exhibit 1028 - 157 Cong. Rec. 13,159 (2011)

Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Brief

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2002 - Director Memorandum

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2003 - FAQs

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2004 – Complaint, VB Assets

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2005 - Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 10,891,968

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2006 - U.S. Patent No. 8,073,681

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2007 - Amazon Delaware Litigation Jury Verdict Samsung EDTX Litigation Answer

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2008 - Amazon Notice of Appeal

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2009 - EDTX Litigation Amended Docket Control Order

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2010 - Notice According Filing Date in IPR2025-00868

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2011 - Docket Navigator Statistics

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2012 - Samsung EDTX Litigation Invalidity Contentions

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2013 - Exhibit G-1, Subject Matter Eligibility Contentions for 765 Patent

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2014 - Samsung Notice of Deposition Subpoena to Carnegie Mellon University

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2015 - Samsung Notice of Documents Subpoena to Carnegie Mellon University

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2016 - Samsung Notice of Deposition Subpoena to Mavenir Systems

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2017 - Samsung Notice of Documents Subpoena to Mavenir Systems

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2018 - Samsung Notice of Deposition Subpoena to Xura, Inc.

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2019 - Samsung Notice of Documents Subpoena to Xura, Inc.

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2020 - Samsung Notice of Deposition Subpoena to AT&T Communications, LLC

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2021 - Plaintiff’s Rule 30(B)(1) Notice of Oral and Videotaped Deposition of Ho-Jung Ahn

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2022 - Plaintiff’s Rule 30(B)(6) Notice of Oral and Videotaped Deposition of Roger Kibbe

Patent Owner's Notice of Intent to Designate Provisionally Recognized PTAB Attorney Andrew J. Ligotti

VB Assets Exhibit No. 2001-Declaration of Andrew J. Ligotti

Notice: Notice filing date accorded

Notice: Mandatory Notice

Notice: Power of Attorney

Exhibit 1001 - US 8,515,765

Exhibit 1002 - Prosecution History for US 8,515,765

Exhibit 1004 - Stuart Lipoff CV

Exhibit 1005 - Smith and Hipp, An Architecture for Voice Dialog Systems

Exhibit 1006 - Guinn

Exhibit 1007 - Declaration of June Ann Munford

Exhibit 1008 - Möller, Quality of Telephone-Based Spoken Dialogue Systems

Exhibit 1009 - McTear, Spoken Dialogue Technology

Exhibit 1010, Part 1 of 4 - Huang, pp. 1-224

Exhibit 1010, Part 2 of 4 - Huang, pp. 225-474

Exhibit 1010, Part 3 of 4 - Huang, pp. 475-724

Exhibit 1010, Part 4 of 4 - Huang, pp. 725-980

Exhibit 1011 - Wiemer-Hastings, RMT

Exhibit 1012 - Graesser, AutoTutor

Exhibit 1013 - Bernsen, Designing Interactive Speech Systems

Notice: Power of Attorney - Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

Notice: Power of Attorney - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Exhibit 1003 - Declaration of Stuart Lipoff

Petition: as filed