Litigation summary

US Patent 11880207 is currently involved in the following litigation:

1. Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)

• Case Number: IPR2026-00160
  • Petitioner: Unified Patents (This is an assumption based on the Unified Patents portal listing the case, but the specific petitioner is not explicitly stated in the provided snippets for this case number)
  • Owner: Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
  • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated for this case number in the provided snippets.
  • Current Status: Pending
• Case Number: IPR2026-00201
  • Petitioner: Beatbot Technology USA Co Ltd.
  • Owner: Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
  • Filing Date: January 26, 2026
  • Current Status: Not Instituted - Procedural (as of May 19, 2026)

2. District Court Litigation

• Case Number: 2:25-cv-00582 ("Zodiac II")
  • Plaintiff(s): Zodiac Pool Systems LLC and Zodiac Pool Care Europe
  • Defendant(s): Wybotics, Co. Ltd. f/k/a Tianjin Wangyuan Environmental Protection and Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • Filing Date: May 23, 2025
  • Current Status: An amended complaint was filed on September 22, 2025, to add infringement claims pertaining to patent 11880207, among others. The case was removed from the court's active caseload as of December 3, 2025, pending further application by the parties or court order, with joint status reports due every 120 days.
• Case Number: 3:25-cv-01946
  • Plaintiff(s): Beatbot Technology (USA) Co. Ltd., Deepwater Innovation Technology (Hong Kong) Limited, and Xingmai Innovation Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
  • Defendant(s): Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
  • Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • Filing Date: July 31, 2025
  • Current Status: This is a declaratory judgment action for non-infringement and invalidity of patent 11880207 and other related patents. The court deferred to the earlier-filed infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas (2:25-cv-00582) and ordered a stay or transfer, consistent with the "first-to-file" rule. As of December 9, 2025, a stipulative protective order was granted.