Yechezkal Evan Spero v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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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
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2025-1028
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2022-
01586, IPR2023-01122.
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Decided: May 14, 2026
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T HOMAS A. L EWRY , Brooks Kushman PC, Royal Oak,
MI, argued for appellant. Also represented by F RANK A.
ANGILERI, J OHN M. H ALAN, SANGEETA G. SHAH , ANDREW B.
Case: 25-1028 Document: 104 Page: 1 Filed: 05/14/2026

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SPERO v. VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. 2
T URNER.
RICHARD CRUDO, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Sterne Kessler
Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appel-
lee Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Also represented
by J ASON A. F ITZSIMMONS , RYAN N. K AISER , MICHAEL D.
SPECHT , D ANIEL YONAN.
EDGAR HAUG, Haug Partners LLP, New York, NY, for
appellee Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Also repre-
sented by ROBERT C OLLETTI.
P ETER J OHN SAWERT , Office of the Solicitor, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for
intervenor John A. Squires. Also represented by ROBERT
J. MCMANUS , F AHD H. P ATEL .
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Before M OORE, Chief Judge, P ROST 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.
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