Tesla has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00380 on June 18, 2026. At this early stage, the public docket identifies the proceeding under the caption Tesla Inc., but key details that practitioners will want to monitor—including the patent owner, the specific patent number, and the prior-art combinations asserted—may become clearer as the petition and related papers are added to the record.

Even with a limited docket snapshot, the filing itself is notable.

Toyota Motor Corporation has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00333 on April 7, 2026. At this early stage, the docket identifies Toyota as the petitioner, but practitioners will want to monitor the record closely as the challenged patent, real parties in interest, and the full invalidity theories are fleshed out through the petition and any preliminary response.

An IPR filing is often an early signal of a broader enforcement fight or a parallel district court campaign, making proceedings like this one worth following even before institution.