Be Smarter, LLC et al. vs Yondr, Inc. - IPR2025-00970

Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response to Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,819,788 B2

Excerpts from Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition

Screen capture of Yondr webpage

Screen capture of CellockED webpage

LinkedIn post from Petitioner James Guerra

Screen capture of Yondr webpage

Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2024, “A Way To Disconnect Yondr Pouch”

Washington Post – “How a Connecticut middle school won the battle against cellphones” (2024)

Houston Chronicle – “Cell phones hinder classroom learning. Texas should tell school districts to lock them up Editorial” (2025)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution – “Better behaved, more engaged: School cellphone bans seem successful so far” (2025)

Forbes– “Meet Yondr, The Startup Helping Schools Ban Cell Phones” (2024)

Petitioners' Response to Patent Owner's Brief in Support of Discretionary Denial Under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a)

Petition for Post-Grant Review of U.S. Patent No. 12,133,078

Scheduling Order

Joint Motion for Entry of a Scheduling Order

Lex Machina Timing Statistics

Defendants’ Motion to Stay

Lex Machina Stay Statistics

Amended Complaint (C.D. Cal.)

Stipulation (C.D. Cal.)

Order to Dismiss (C.D. Cal.)

Notice of Institution Regarding Cancellation Proceeding

Patent Owner's Corrected Power of Attorney

Patent Owner's Corrected Mandatory Notices

October 31, 2024 Complaint in Case No. 1:24-cv-01326-ADA in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

December 13, 2024 Answer and Counterclaims in Case No. 1:24-cv-01326-ADA

Docket Report in Case No. 1:24-cv-01326-ADA

January 31, 2024 First Amended Counterclaim in Case No. 1:24-cv-01326-ADA

March 24, 2025 Order Reassigning Case to Judge Alan Albright

Judge Albright’s Standing Order Governing Proceedings of Patent Cases (“Judge Albright’s OGP”)

Petitioners’ April 14, 2025 Invalidity Contentions in Case No. 1:24-cv-01326-ADA

August 7, 2025 Scheduling Order in Case No. 1:24-cv-01326-ADA

July 29, 2025 Joint Claim Construction Statement in Case No. 1:24-cv-01326-ADA

U.S. Patent No. 5,977,876 (“Coleman”)

Patent Owner's Brief in Support of Discretionary Denial Under 35 U.S.C. §314(a)

Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Arthur Gollwitzer III

Declaration of Arthur Gollwitzer III In Support of Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission

Notice: Notice filing date accorded

Notice: Mandatory Notice

Notice: Power of Attorney

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,819,788 B2

U.S. Patent No. 9,819,788 B2

Declaration of Dr. Gregory Buckner

Curriculum Vitae of Gregory Buckner

Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 9,819,788 B2

U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2003/0011455

Korean Patent Laid-open No. 10-2007-0041248

U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2012/0187003

U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2014/0298492

Complaint in Case No. 2024-CV-1326 pending in W.D. Tex.

U.S. Patent No. 6,499,638

U.S. Patent No. 5,977,876

U.S. Patent No. 6,218,929

U.S. Patent No. 6,608,548

U.S. Patent No. 7,277,726

U.S. Patent No. 7,181,229

Petitioners' Power of Attorney