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` Entered: February 18, 2014
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`GAME SHOW NETWORK, LLC and WORLDWINNER.COM, INC.
`Petitioners
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`JOHN H. STEPHENSON
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00289
`Patent 6,174,237
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KEVIN F. TURNER, and
`BENJAMIN D. M. WOOD, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`On February 14, 2014, a conference call was held between counsel for the
`respective parties and Judges Medley, Turner, and Wood.
`On February 10, 2014, Patent Owner filed an ex parte reexamination,
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`IPR2013-00289
`Patent 6,174,237
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`control no. 90/013,148, seeking reexamination of the involved ’237 patent. The
`purpose of the conference call was for Petitioner to seek authorization to file a
`motion to terminate, or alternatively stay, the ex parte reexamination proceeding
`currently pending before the Office.
`Upon consideration, the Board authorizes Petitioner to file a motion to
`terminate, or alternatively stay, the ex parte reexamination proceeding.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a motion to terminate, or to
`alternatively stay, the ex parte reexamination proceeding currently pending before
`the Office;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the motion is due February 21, 2014; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that no opposition is authorized at this time.
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`IPR2013-00289
`Patent 6,174,237
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`PETITIONER:
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`Brenton R. Babcock
`Ted M. Cannon
`Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP
`Brent.babock@knobbe.com
`Ted.cannon@knobbe.com
`boxgsn@knobbe.com
`2BRB@knobbe.com
`2tmc@knobbe.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Daniel W. McDonald
`Thomas Leach
`Robert A. Kalinsky
`Merchant & Gould, P.C.
`dmcdonald@merchantgould.com
`stephensonIPR@merchantgould.com
`tleach@merchantgould.com
`rkalinsky@merchantgould.com
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