`571-272-7822
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` Paper 87
` Entered: December 4, 2019
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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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`BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED and
`BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`PACKERS PLUS ENERGY SERVICES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2016-005981
`Patent 7,861,774 B2
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`NEIL T. POWELL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Petitioner’s Motion to Submit Supplemental Information
`37 C.F.R. § 42.123(a)
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`1 IPR2016-01506 has been joined with IPR2016-00598.
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`IPR2016-00598
`Patent 7,861,774 B2
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`Petitioner filed a Motion to Submit Supplemental Information.
`Paper 11 (hereafter, “Mot.” or “the Motion.”). The Motion seeks to submit
`Exhibits 1015–1018, which address the prior art status of various exhibits
`previously submitted. Mot. 1. The Motion asserts that “[e]ntry of the
`proposed supplemental information is appropriate because the exhibits are
`both timely and relevant to a claim for which trial has been instituted.”
`Id. at 6.
`Petitioner filed a Response to Petitioner’s Motion. Paper 18
`(hereafter, “Resp.” or “Response”). In the Response, Patent Owner states
`that it “does not oppose the relief requested in the motion.” Resp. 1.
`Having reviewed Petitioner’s Motion and accompanying evidence,
`Petitioner persuades us that the relief sought in the Motion is warranted.
`Order
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Submit Supplemental
`Information is granted.
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`Case IPR2016-00598
`Patent 7,861,774 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Mark T. Garrett
`Eagle H. Robinson
`NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
`mark.garrett@nortonrosefulbright.com
`eagle.robinson@nortonrosefulbright.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Hamad Hamad
`Gregory Gonsalves
`CALDWELL, CASSADY & CURRY P.C
`hhamad@caldwellcc.com
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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