PHISON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION vs Vervain, LLC

Institution Decision: Denying Institution of Post-Grant Review 35 U.S.C. sec. 324

Preliminary Claim Constructions– email from Mr. Brown received on February 5, 2025.

Markman Hearing Transcript dated February 6, 2025

Patent Owner's Current List of Exhibits

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notice

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Declaration of Dr. Sunil Khatri

Chen et al., Ultra MLC Technology Introduction, Advantech Technical White Paper (Oct. 5, 2012) (“Chen”)

Excerpts from Micheloni et al., Inside NAND Flash Memories (1st ed. 2010) (“Micheloni”)

Vervain, LLC v. Phison Electronics Corporation, No. 1:24-CV-259- ADA, Dkt. 37 (W.D. Tex. Nov. 27, 2024) (Joint Claim Construction Statement)

Vervain v. Western Digital Corp. et al., No. 6:21-cv-488-ADA, Dkt. 41 (W.D. Tex. Jan. 24, 2022) (Claim Construction Order)

U.S. Patent App. No. 2007/0271609 assigned to Phison Electronics Corp.

U.S. Patent Application Pub. No. 2011/0099460 (“Dusija”)

Highlighted Version of U.S. Patent No. 8,634,240 (“Gavens”), indicating which material from Gavens is also present in U.S. Patent Application Pub. No. 2011/0099460 (“Dusija”)

Micron Technology, Inc., v. Vervain, LLC, IPR2021-01550, Ex. 1009 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 21, 2021) (expert declaration challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 10,950,300)

U.S. Patent No. 8,194,452 to G. R. Mohan Rao (incorporated by reference by the 546 Patent and 612 Patent)

Oxford Dictionary of Computing (Sixth Edition, 2008) (page 312, defining “memory element”)

U.S. Patent App. No. 2010/0186084 currently assigned to Kingston Digital, Inc.

Microsoft Computer Dictionary (5th ed. 2002)

Micron’s Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 10,950,300, IPR2021-01550, Sept. 21, 2021 (“300 petition”)

“Maximize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster. Accessed 24 Nov. 2021.

Vervain, LLC v. Phison Electronics Corporation, No. 1:24-CV-259- ADA, Dkt. 16 (W.D. Tex. Jul. 15, 2024) (agreed scheduling order)

Docket Sheet for Vervain, LLC v. Phison Electronics Corporation, No. 1:24-CV-259-ADA (W.D. Tex.)

“Judge Albright Patent FAQ,” Accessed December 18, 2024)

Phison’s Preliminary Invalidity Contentions served on August 16, 2024 in Vervain, LLC v. Phison Electronics Corporation, No. 1:24- CV-259-ADA

Judge Albright’s Standing Order Governing Proceedings (OGP) 4.4—Patent Cases, Filed January 23, 2024.

Excerpts from the Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 11,830,546

U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2011/0096601 to Gavens et al. (“Gavens- 601”)

Excerpt from the Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 11,854,612, including a Statutory Disclaimer of Claim 7. Filed January 21, 2025.

Excerpt from the Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 11,854,612, including a Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Provisional Double Patenting Rejection Over the Pending U.S. Patent Appl. No. 17/203,385. Filed October 31, 2023.

Phison’s Exhibit F Claim Chart, served with its Preliminary Invalidity Contentions on August 16, 2024 in Vervain, LLC v. Phison Electronics Corporation, No. 1:24-CV-259-ADA

Phison Electronics Corp. v. Vervain, LLC, PGR2024-00047, Paper 2 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 27, 2024) (petition for post grant review of U.S. Patent No. 11,830,546)

Vervain, LLC v. Phison Electronics Corporation, No. 1:24-CV-259- ADA, Dkt. 54 (W.D. Tex. Jan. 29, 2025) (Order resetting Zoom Markman Hearing for Feb. 6, 2025)

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Notice : Mandatory Notice

Notice : Power of Attorney

PHI EX. 1001 _U.S. Patent No. 11,854,612

PHI EX. 1003_U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/509,257

PHI EX. 1004 _U.S. Patent No. 8,194,452

PHI EX. 1005 _U.S. Patent No. 8,891,298

PHI EX. 1007 _U.S. Patent No. 9,196,385

PHI EX. 1009 _U.S. Patent No. 9,997,240

PHI EX. 1011_U.S. Patent No. 10,950,300

PHI EX. 1012 _Excerpts from prosecution history of ’300 patent

PHI EX. 1013 _U.S. Patent No. 11,830,546

PHI EX. 1014_Excerpts from prosecution history of ‘546 patent

PHI EX. 1016_Excerpts from prosecution history of ’612 patent

PHI EX. 1025_Excerpts from INSIDE NAND FLASH MEMORIES (Springer 2010)

PHI EX. 1026_Excerpts from Nonvolatile Memory Technologies…Flash

PHI EX. 1027_Excerpts from MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY 346 (5th ed. 2002)

PHI EX. 1030 _Program Interference in MLC NAND Flash Memory

PHI EX. 1031_Kang-Deog Suh et al., A 3.3 V 32 Mb NAND Flash Memory…

PHI EX. 1032_Eitan Yaakobi., Error Characterization and Coding Scheme...

PHI EX. 1033_ Chris Evans, Enterprise MLC…

PHI EX. 1034_Nelson Duann, SLC & MLC Hybrid

PHI EX. 1035_Ashish Jagmohan, Adaptive Endurance Coding for NAND Flash

PHI EX. 1036_Sungjin Lee, FlexFS…

PHI EX. 1037_Minyoung Sung, Asymmetric Flash Volume Management

PHI EX. 1038_Greg Atwood, Intel StrataFlash™ Memory Technology Overview

PHI EX. 1040_U.S. Patent No. 6,456,528

PHI EX. 1041_U.S. Patent No. 8,078,794

PHI EX. 1042_U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2008/0140918

PHI EX. 1043_U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2009/0327591

PHI EX. 1044_U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2010/0172179

PHI EX. 1045 _U.S. Patent No. 8,634,240

PHI EX. 1046 _U.S. Patent No. 8,806,301

PHI EX. 1047_U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2010/0115192

PHI EX. 1048_U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2011/0271043

PHI EX. 1049_ U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2011/0153912

PHI EX. 1050_U.S. Patent No. 5,930,167

PHI EX. 1051_U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 2010/0172180

PHI EX. 1052_U.S. Patent No. 8,225,035

PHI EX. 1060 _Docket list for Vervain v. Phison, No. 1-24-cv-259

PHI EX. 1061_Docket list for Vervain v. Kingston, No. 1-24-cv-254

PHI EX. 1062_First Amended Complaint, Doc. No. 9 in 1-24-cv-259

PHI EX. 1063_Signed Agreed Scheduling Order, Doc. No. 16 in 1-24-cv-259

PHI EX. 1039_Taehee Cho, A 3.3 V 1 Gb multi-level NAND flash memory …

Notice : Power of Attorney

PHI EX. 1002 _Declaration of Carl Sechen, Ph.D.

Petition : as filed