Spero v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Case: 25-1028 Document: 104 Page: 1 Filed: 05/14/2026

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ YECHEZKAL EVAN SPERO, Appellant v. VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC., PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC., Appellees JOHN A. SQUIRES, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________ 2025-1028 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2022- 01586, IPR2023-01122. ______________________ Decided: May 14, 2026 ______________________ THOMAS A. LEWRY, Brooks Kushman PC, Royal Oak, MI, argued for appellant. Also represented by FRANK A.

ANGILERI, JOHN M. HALAN, SANGEETA G. SHAH, ANDREW B.

Case: 25-1028 Document: 104 Page: 2 Filed: 05/14/2026

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TURNER.

RICHARD CRUDO, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appel- lee Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Also represented by JASON A. FITZSIMMONS, RYAN N. KAISER, MICHAEL D.

SPECHT, DANIEL YONAN.

EDGAR HAUG, Haug Partners LLP, New York, NY, for appellee Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Also repre- sented by ROBERT COLLETTI.

PETER JOHN SAWERT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for intervenor John A. Squires. Also represented by ROBERT J. MCMANUS, FAHD H. PATEL. ______________________ Before MOORE, Chief Judge, PROST and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges.

MOORE, Chief Judge.

Yechezkal Evan Spero appeals a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) determining claims 1–8, 10–19, 21–30, and 32–33 of U.S. Patent No. 11,208,029 are unpatentable. Because we affirm the Board’s decision determining all claims of the ’029 patent are unpatentable in Spero v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, No. 2025-1306 (Fed. Cir. May 14, 2026), we dismiss this appeal as moot.

DISMISSED COSTS No costs.