`571-272-7822
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`Paper 31
`Entered: May 27, 2015
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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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`CANON, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURE I LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2014-00535 (Patent 7,315,406 B2)
`IPR2014-00757 (Patent 8,300,285 B2)1
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`Before THOMAS. L. GIANNETTI, JAMES A. TARTAL, and
`PATRICK M. BOUCHER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BOUCHER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Request for Oral Argument
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`The date for oral hearing in each of these proceedings is set for
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`June 24, 2015, if hearing is requested by the parties and granted by the
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`Board. Paper 25 (IPR2014-00535), Paper 9 (IPR2014-00757). Both parties
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`1 The parties are not authorized to use this style heading in subsequent
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`IPR2014-00535 (Patent 7,315,406 B2)
`IPR2014-00757 (Patent 8,300,285 B2)
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`have requested oral hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70. Papers 26, 29
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`(IPR2014-00535), Papers 24, 25 (IPR2014-00757). Petitioner’s and Patent
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`Owner’s requests for oral hearing are granted.
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`Each side will have 60 minutes, total, to present argument as to both
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`cases. Any representation made by counsel at the consolidated oral hearing
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`is applicable to and useable in all proceedings which have underlying basis
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`for the representation. The Board will provide a court reporter for the
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`consolidated hearing and the reporter’s transcript will constitute the official
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`record of the hearing for all three proceedings.
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`Petitioner bears the ultimate burden of proof that Patent Owner’s
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`claims at issue in these reviews are unpatentable. Therefore, Petitioner will
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`open the hearing by presenting its case regarding the challenged claims for
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`which the Board instituted trial. Petitioner may allocate its time as it wishes
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`among the two patents involved. After Petitioner’s presentation, Patent
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`Owner will respond to Petitioner’s argument. Petitioner may reserve time to
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`respond to arguments presented by Patent Owner.
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`The hearing will commence at 2 PM on June 24, 2015, on the ninth
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`floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. At
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`least one member of the panel will be attending the oral argument remotely
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`by use of two-way audio-visual communication equipment. The hearing
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`will be open to the public for in-person attendance that will be
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`accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. If the parties have any
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`concern about disclosing confidential information, they are requested to
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`IPR2014-00535 (Patent 7,315,406 B2)
`IPR2014-00757 (Patent 8,300,285 B2)
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`contact the Board at least 10 days in advance of the hearing to discuss the
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`matter.
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`The parties are reminded that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.53(f)(7), a
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`proponent of deposition testimony must file such testimony as an exhibit.
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`The Board will not consider any deposition testimony that has not been so
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`filed.
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`Furthermore, under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must
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`be served at least five business days before the hearing date. The parties
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`also shall provide a courtesy copy of any demonstrative exhibits to the
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`Board at least five business days prior to the hearing by emailing them to
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`Trials@uspto.gov. The parties shall not file any demonstrative exhibits in
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`this proceeding without prior authorization from the Board.
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`The parties must file any objections to the demonstrative exhibits with
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`the Board at least two business days before the hearing. Any objection to
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`demonstrative exhibits that is not timely presented will be considered
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`waived. The objections should identify with particularity which
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`demonstrative exhibits are subject to objection, and include a short (one
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`sentence or less) statement of the reason for each objection. No argument or
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`further explanation is permitted. The Board will consider the objections and
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`schedule a conference if deemed necessary. Otherwise, the Board will
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`reserve ruling on the objections until after the oral argument. The parties
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`are directed to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. v. The Board
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`of Regents of the University of Michigan, IPR2013-00041 (PTAB
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`IPR2014-00535 (Patent 7,315,406 B2)
`IPR2014-00757 (Patent 8,300,285 B2)
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`January 27, 2015) (Paper 65), for guidance regarding the appropriate content
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`of demonstrative exhibits.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present in person
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`at the oral hearing. However, any counsel of record may present the party’s
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`argument. If either party expects that its lead counsel will not be attending
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`the oral argument, the parties should initiate a joint telephone conference
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`with the Board no later than two business days prior to the oral hearing to
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`discuss the matter.
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`Any special requests for audio-visual equipment should be directed to
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`Trials@uspto.gov. Requests for special equipment will not be honored
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`unless presented in a separate communication not less than five days before
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`the hearing directed to the above email address.
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`IPR2014-00535 (Patent 7,315,406 B2)
`IPR2014-00757 (Patent 8,300,285 B2)
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`PETITIONER
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`Justin Oliver
`Daniel Glueck
`Canon406IPR@fchs.com
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`PATENT OWNER
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`Brenton Babcock
`2brb@knobbe.com
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`Tedd Cannon
`2tmc@knobbe.com
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`Tim Seeley
`tim@intven.com
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`James Hietala
`jhietala@intven.com
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