`571-272-7822
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`Paper 7
`Entered: January 29, 2016
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`ERICSSON INC. and TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON,
`Patent Owners.
`____________
`
`Cases
`IPR2015-01904 (Patent 8,812,059)
`IPR2016-00107 (Patent RE43,931)
`IPR2015-01905 (Patent 8,812,059)
`IPR2016-00108 (Patent 6,400,376)
`IPR2015-01919 (Patent 6,291,966)
`IPR2016-00109 (Patent 6,157,620)
`IPR2016-00004 (Patent 6,029,052)
`IPR2016-00110 (Patent 6,122,263)
`IPR2016-00050 (Patent 6,633,550)
`IPR2016-00152 (Patent 6,026,293)
`IPR2016-00154 (Patent 6,029,052)1
`IPR2016-00106 (Patent RE43,931)
`
`
`____________
`
`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, BENJAMIN D. M. WOOD,
`PATRICK R. SCANLON, BARBARA A. BENOIT, and BETH Z. SHAW,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`SCANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`DECISION
`Motion to Dismiss
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
`
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`1 This Decision addresses issues pertaining to all twelve cases. Thus, we
`exercise our discretion to issue one Decision to be filed in each case.
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`
`
`IPR2015-01904, IPR2015-01905, IPR2015-01919, IPR2016-00004, IPR2016-
`00050, IPR2016-00106, IPR2016-00107, IPR2016-00108, IPR2016-00109,
`IPR2016-00110, IPR2016-00152, IPR2016-00154
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`
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`In each of the instant proceedings, Petitioner filed an Unopposed
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`Motion to Dismiss on December 29, 2015. Paper 6.2 The Board authorized
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`the filing of these Motions via e-mail on December 28, 2015. Petitioner
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`requests, in each proceeding, dismissal of the pending petition and termination
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`of the proceeding. Id. at 2.
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`Each of these proceedings is still in a preliminary stage. Patent Owner
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`has not filed a preliminary response, and we have not considered the merits of
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`the Petitions. Furthermore, according to Petitioner, the parties met and
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`conferred and Patent Owners do not oppose the Motions. Id. Petitioner also
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`asserts that dismissal of the Petitions “will preserve the Board’s resources and
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`the parties’ resources while also epitomizing the Patent Office’s policy of
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`‘secur[ing] the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution’” in accordance with
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.1(b), and Patent Owners will not be prejudiced by dismissal.
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`Id. at 3. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to
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`dismiss the petitions. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does not
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`constitute a final written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
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`
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Dismiss in each of the instant
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`proceedings is granted;
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`2 The paper number for the Motion to Dismiss is the same in all of the
`proceedings except for IPR2016-00050 and IPR2016-00110. In both of these
`cases, the Motion to Dismiss is Paper 7.
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`2
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`
`
`
`
`IPR2015-01904, IPR2015-01905, IPR2015-01919, IPR2016-00004, IPR2016-
`00050, IPR2016-00106, IPR2016-00107, IPR2016-00108, IPR2016-00109,
`IPR2016-00110, IPR2016-00152, IPR2016-00154
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`
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition in each of the instant
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`proceedings is dismissed; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that each of the instant proceedings is
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`terminated.
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`3
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`
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`IPR2015-01904, IPR2015-01905, IPR2015-01919, IPR2016-00004, IPR2016-
`00050, IPR2016-00106, IPR2016-00107, IPR2016-00108, IPR2016-00109,
`IPR2016-00110, IPR2016-00152, IPR2016-00154
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`4
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`
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`PETITIONERS:
`
`Michael Hawkins
`hawkins@fr.com
`
`Patrick Bisenius
`Stuart Nelson
`Christopher Green
`Ruffin Cordell
`IPR30146-0011IP1@fr.com
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`
`
`PATENT OWNER:
`
`Todd Baker
`CPDocketBaker@oblon.com
`
`Sameer Gokhale
`CPDocketGokhale@oblon.com
`
`Lisa Mandrusiak
`CPDocketMandrusiak@oblon.com
`
`Alex Kuo
`CPDocketBaker@oblon.com
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