On April 19, 2019, Red Diamond requested post-grant review (“PGR”) of claims 13, 18, and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 10,071,852, directed to beverage brewing products. In Red Diamond, Inc. v. Southern Visions LLP, PGR2019-00045, Paper 9 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 15, 2019), a PTAB panel of Administrative Patent Judges, Crumbley, Abraham, and Kennedy, granted Red Diamond’s PGR petition (“Institution Decision”). Earlier, on Sept. 28, 2018, Southern Visions sued Red Diamond for patent infringement, and on June 19, 2019, the district court stayed the case pending the outcome of the PGR.
