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`Director_Discretionary_Decision@uspto.gov
`571.272.7822
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` Date: June 23, 2025
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
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`BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
`FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
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`META PLATFORMS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MULLEN INDUSTRIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`IPR2025-00703
`Patent 11,033,821
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`
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`Before ERICA SWIFT, Chief Clerk.
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`NOTICE OF REFERRAL TO BOARD PANEL
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`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
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`1 Available at https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/
`InterimProcesses-PTABWorkloadMgmt-20250326.pdf.
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`IPR2025-00703
`Patent 11,033,821
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`merits and non-discretionary considerations. See FAQs for Interim
`Processes for PTAB Workload Management, FAQ 9.2
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`2 Available at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/faqs/interim-processes-
`workload-management.
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`2
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`IPR2025-00703
`Patent 11,033,821
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Lisa Nguyen
`David Tennant
`Kamilah Alexander
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`lisanguyen@paulhastings.com
`davidtennant@paulhastings.com
`kamilah.alexander@allenovery.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`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
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`3
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