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July belonged to Tesla. The automaker drove the month’s docket 13 petitions, every one instituted as its seven-patent campaign against NPE Bulletproof Property Management cleared institution and it swept Charge Fusion’s EV-charging patents at final decision. Automotive surged to nearly a quarter of all tracked cases. The broader numbers moved with it: institution climbed to 55% (from 44% in June), and once petitions were instituted, challengers dominated 14 of 24 final decisions cancelled the patent outright. The discretionary gate stayed the main obstacle: 71% of July’s denials were discretionary, still driven by parallel-court timing. The message of the month: get past institution, and the merits are increasingly falling the petitioner’s way.
AUTOMOTIVE / EV CHARGING
Tesla, Inc. v. Charge Fusion Technologies, LLC,
IPR2025-00152 & -00153
Posture
Two IPRs against an EV-charging NPE’s patents, decided at final written decision (July 13).
Held
Why it matters
Tesla’s month in one case: it wiped out a charging-tech NPE at final decision the same month its seven-petition campaign against Bulletproof Property Management cleared institution. The EV-
patent fight is now Tesla’s to lose.
SEMICONDUCTORS / MEMORY
Posture
Held
Why it matters
HEALTHCARE / WEARABLES
IPR2025-00147
Posture
Held
All challenged claims survived a clean win for the patent owner.
Why it matters
Institution: 55% (29 granted of 53 decided in July). Denials: 24 – 71% discretionary (17), 6 on the
merits, 1 procedural. Of the discretionary denials, 13 turned on parallel-court timing (Fintiv). The
busiest refusals: Cisco drew three straight Fintiv denials against OptimNet, and Uber’s challenge to Carma
Technology was denied on the same ground. The gate is still where petitions die but fewer died there in
July than in June.
Challenger
Petitions
Tesla
13 (all instituted)
8
Uber Technologies
5
Cisco Systems
4
Medtronic / Samsung
3 each
Most-challenged owner
Challenges
Bulletproof Property Mgmt (NPE)
7
Carma Technology (NPE)
5
SoftView (NPE)
4
Headwater Research / IV II
3 each
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