`571-272-7822
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`Paper 24
`Date: October 7, 2022
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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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`BLACK SWAMP IP, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2016-00957
`Patent 7,921,211 B2
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`Before MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge,
`KARL D. EASTHOM, JASON W. MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Dismissing Petition on Remand
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`IPR2016-00957
`Patent 7,921,211 B2
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`I.
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`BACKGROUND
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`On June 12, 2017, the Board issued a Final Written Decision in this
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`proceeding. Paper 14 (“Final Written Decision”). On appeal, the Federal
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`Circuit determined that the appeal of this proceeding was moot because all
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`claims of U.S. Patent 7,921,211 B2 were affirmed as unpatentable in another
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`appeal. VirnetX Inc. v. Hirshfeld, No. 2017-2593, 2022 WL 996439, at *1
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`(Fed. Cir. Apr. 4, 2022) (citing VirnetX Inc. v. Apple Inc., 931 F.3d 1363,
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`1380 (Fed. Cir. 2019)). Thus, the Court vacated our decision and instructed
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`us to dismiss the Petition. Id.
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`II. ANALYSIS
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`As directed by the Federal Circuit, we dismiss the Petition in
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`IPR2016-00957. 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`It is hereby:
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`III. ORDER
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`ORDERED that the Petition in IPR2016-00957 is dismissed.
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`IPR2016-00957
`Patent 7,921,211 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Thomas Martin
`Wesley Meinerding
`MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP
`tmartin@martinferraro.com
`wmeinerding@martinferraro.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph Palys
`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`PH-VirnetX-IPR@paulhastings.com
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