`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 13
`Entered: May 21, 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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`ERICSSON INC. and
`TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-01412
`Patent 5,963,557
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`Before BRIAN J. McNAMARA, JUSTIN BUSCH, and
`MINN CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Background
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`On April 20, 2014, Ericsson Inc. and Telefonaktiebolaget LM
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`Ericsson (collectively, “Petitioner”) filed a petition in IPR2015-01077
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`challenging claims 11 and 25 of U.S. Patent No. 5,963,557 and a motion to
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`join IPR2015-01077 with this proceeding. In our summary of the initial
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`conference in this proceeding, we noted that Petitioner and Intellectual
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`Ventures II LLC (“Patent Owner”) would confer about a schedule under
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`which we would proceed if we join or consolidate this proceeding and
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`IPR2015-01077. In an e-mail on May 13, 2015, the parties proposed the
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`following dates:
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`Date 1 – August 21, 2015
`Date 2 – November 13, 2015
`Date 3 – November 30, 2015
`Date 4 – December 21, 2015
`Date 5 – January 4, 2016
`Date 6 – January 13, 2016
`Date 7 – January 26, 2016
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`In a telephone conference on May 21, 2015, we advised the parties
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`that their proposed schedule defers a number of dates longer than necessary,
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`whether or not we join or consolidate the proceedings. We further advised
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`the parties that we had determined a schedule that would allow us to
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`accommodate joinder, consolidation, or a parallel proceeding, should we
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`institute a trial in IPR2015-01077. The amended schedule in Appendix A
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`changes DATE 1 from June 18, 2015 to August 10, 2015, DATE 2 from
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`September 18, 2015 to October 10, 2015, and DATE 3 from October 19,
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`2015 to October 30, 2015. No other changes have been made to the
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`Scheduling Order. The parties are authorized to stipulate to further changes
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`to DATES 1–5 only. The parties may not stipulate to changes in DATES 6
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`and 7. In order to accommodate this schedule, we also advised the parties
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`that we set June 15, 2015 as the Due Date for filing a Patent Owner
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`Preliminary Response in IPR2015-01077.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`DUE DATE 1 ........................................................................... Aug. 10, 2015
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`Patent owner’s response to the petition
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`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2 ............................................................................. Oct. 10, 2015
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`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
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`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ............................................................................. Oct. 30, 2015
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`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4 ............................................................................. Nov. 9, 2015
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`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of reply witness
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`Motion to exclude evidence
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`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5 ........................................................................... Nov. 23, 2015
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`Response to observation
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`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6 .............................................................................. Dec. 2, 2015
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`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7 ............................................................................ Dec. 15, 2015
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`Oral argument (if requested)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Steven Spears
`sspears@mwe.com
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`Matthew McCloskey
`mmcloskey@mwe.com
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`PATENT OWNER
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`Lori Gordon
`Lgordon-ptab@skgf.com
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`Michael Specht
`Mspecht-ptab@skgf.com
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`James Hietala
`jhietala@intven.com
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`Tim Seeley
`tim@intven.com
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