PTAB challenges

Proceedings overview

As of May 29, 2026, there is one active Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceeding on file for U.S. Patent No. 12,254,103. This IPR is currently pending an institution decision. Consequently, all claims of the patent remain untested by the PTAB, and the defensive posture for a defendant is that the patent owner's claims have not yet been challenged or affirmed by an AIA trial.

IPR2026-00327 — Okta, Inc. et al. v. Thales DIS France SAS

• Type: Inter Partes Review
• Filed: 2026-04-06
• Status: Pending. The petition has been filed, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is currently reviewing whether to institute the trial.
• Judge panel: The judge panel information is not yet public as the institution decision is pending.
• Petition grounds: The specific claims challenged, prior art asserted, and statutory bases (§ 102 / § 103) are not publicly available at this pre-institution stage.
• Institution decision: Not yet issued. The PTAB typically issues an institution decision within six months of the petition filing date if a preliminary response is filed, or within three months otherwise. Given the filing date of April 6, 2026, this decision is expected in the coming months.
• Final Written Decision: Not issued, as the trial has not yet been instituted.
• Settlement / termination: Not applicable at this stage.
• Appeal: Not applicable at this stage.
• Defensive value: This pending IPR indicates that the patentability of some claims of U.S. Patent No. 12,254,103 is being challenged. Until an institution decision or Final Written Decision is issued, all claims remain unaddressed by the PTAB. A favorable institution decision for the petitioner would open the possibility of claims being cancelled, which could significantly weaken the patent owner's assertion position.

Strategic summary

Currently, no claims of U.S. Patent No. 12,254,103 have been canceled or sustained by the PTAB. All claims remain untested as the single IPR filed, IPR2026-00327, is in its preliminary "Pending" stage. Therefore, there is no estoppel landscape established yet under § 315(e)(2), meaning that potential defendants are not barred from raising any particular prior-art grounds in future challenges.

Regarding pattern signals, IPR2026-00327 is the first and only PTAB proceeding filed against this patent. There is no history of the same petitioner filing multiple IPRs, nor any indication of aggressive PTAB appeals by the patent owner or involvement of a defensive aggregator at this time.

Recommended next steps

The primary next step for anyone interested in this patent would be to monitor the status of IPR2026-00327 closely for the institution decision. The PTAB has a statutory deadline for issuing institution decisions, which will be approximately six months from the petition's filing date of April 6, 2026, if the patent owner files a preliminary response, or three months if no response is filed. The institution decision will reveal which claims, if any, the PTAB agrees to review and on what grounds. Access to the petition itself, once public (usually upon institution or denial of institution), would provide details on the specific prior art and arguments being leveraged by Okta, Inc..