`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 35
`Filed: February 1, 2017
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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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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
`LTD., HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA, HYUNDAI MOTOR
`MANUFACTURING ALABAMA, LLC, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION,
`KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC., KIA MOTORS MANUFACTURING
`GEORGIA, INC., NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., NISSAN MOTOR
`CO., LTD., and AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BLITZSAFE TEXAS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-004181
`Patent 8,155,342 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, MIRIAM L. QUINN, and KERRY BEGLEY,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BEGLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Order Regarding Oral Argument
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a)
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`1 Cases IPR2016-01533, IPR2016-01557, and IPR2016-01560 have been
`joined with this proceeding.
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`IPR2016-00418
`Patent 8,155,342 B2
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`On January 31, 2017, the Board received an email from counsel for
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`Petitioners Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd., Hyundai Motor America, Hyundai
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`Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC, Kia Motors Corp., Kia Motors
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`America, Inc., and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (collectively,
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`“the Hyundai and Kia Petitioners”) indicating that they have agreed to settle
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`their dispute with Patent Owner. Ex. 3003. The Hyundai and Kia
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`Petitioners further inquired whether their counsel is required to attend the
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`oral hearing on February 2, 2017. Id.
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`We authorized, via email, the filing of motions related to the
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`settlement, including a motion for the Hyundai and Kia Petitioners to
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`withdraw as Petitioner in this proceeding. Id. Given the upcoming oral
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`argument and the impending settlement of the Hyundai and Kia Petitioners,
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`we hereby order as follows:
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`ORDERED that the Hyundai and Kia Petitioners have the option, but
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`are not required, to attend the oral argument; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that should the Hyundai and Kia Petitioners
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`choose to attend the oral argument, their back-up counsel may attend in lieu
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`of lead counsel.
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`IPR2016-00418
`Patent 8,155,342 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
`William H. Mandir (Lead Counsel)
`John F. Rabena (Back-up Counsel)
`Brian Shelton (Back-up Counsel)
`wmandir@sughrue.com
`jrabena@sughrue.com
`bshelton@sughrue.com
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`AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.
`Joseph Melnik (Lead counsel)
`Joseph Beauchamp (Back-up counsel)
`H. Albert Liou (Back-up counsel)
`jmelnik@jonesday.com
`jbeauchamp@jonesday.com
`aliou@jonesday.com
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`HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY LTD., HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA,
`HYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAMA, LLC, KIA MOTORS
`CORPORATION, KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC., and KIA MOTORS
`MANUFACTURING GEORGIA, INC.
`Paul R. Steadman (Lead counsel)
`Matthew D. Satchwell (Back-up counsel)
`Gianni Minutoli (Back-up counsel)
`Nicholas Panno (Back-up counsel)
`paul.steadman@dlapiper.com
`matthew.satchwell@dlapiper.com
`Gianni.minutoli@dlapiper.com
`Nicholas.panno@dlapiper.com
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`IPR2016-00418
`Patent 8,155,342 B2
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`NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. and NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
`David Tarnoff (Lead counsel)
`Sean Hsu (Back-up counsel)
`Suzanne E. Konrad (Back-up counsel)
`dtarnoff@giplaw.com
`shsu@hdbdlaw.com
`skonrad@giplaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Peter Lambrianakos (Lead Counsel)
`Shahar Harel (Back-up Counsel)
`Vincent Rubino (Back-up Counsel)
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`sharel@brownrudnick.com
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
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