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Paper 9
`
`
`Director_Discretionary_Decision@uspto.gov
`571.272.7822
`
`
`
` Date: June 23, 2025
`
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
`
`BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
`FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`META PLATFORMS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`MULLEN INDUSTRIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`IPR2025-00703
`Patent 11,033,821
`____________
`
`
`Before ERICA SWIFT, Chief Clerk.
`
`
`NOTICE OF REFERRAL TO BOARD PANEL
`
`Under the March 26, 2025, memorandum entitled “Interim Processes
`for PTAB Workload Management” (“Interim Processes memo”), Patent
`Owner had the opportunity to file a brief requesting discretionary denial of
`institution. Interim Processes memo 2.1 Patent Owner did not file such a
`brief. Accordingly, this case is referred to a Board panel to consider the
`
`
`1 Available at https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/
`InterimProcesses-PTABWorkloadMgmt-20250326.pdf.
`
`

`

`IPR2025-00703
`Patent 11,033,821
`
`merits and non-discretionary considerations. See FAQs for Interim
`Processes for PTAB Workload Management, FAQ 9.2
`
`
`
`
`
`
`2 Available at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/faqs/interim-processes-
`workload-management.
`
`2
`
`

`

`IPR2025-00703
`Patent 11,033,821
`
`FOR PETITIONER:
`
`Lisa Nguyen
`David Tennant
`Kamilah Alexander
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`lisanguyen@paulhastings.com
`davidtennant@paulhastings.com
`kamilah.alexander@allenovery.com
`
`FOR PATENT OWNER:
`
`Peter F. Snell
`Brad M. Scheller
`Michael Dokhanchy
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS,
`GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
`PFSnell@mintz.com
`BMScheller@mintz.com
`rdokhanchy@mintz.com
`
`3
`
`

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