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`Paper No. 9
`Date: November 3, 2016
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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,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SIGNAL IP, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-01382
`Patents 5,732,375
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`Before MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, JEREMY M. PLENZLER, and
`JAMES A. TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2016-01382
`Patents 5,732,375
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`A conference call was held on November 3, 2016, between respective
`counsel for Petitioner Toyota Motor Corporation, Patent Owner Signal IP,
`Inc., and Judges Petravick, Plenzler, and Tartal. Petitioner initiated the
`conference call to request authorization to file a reply to Patent Owner’s
`Preliminary Response pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.108(c). Patent Owner
`opposed Petitioner’s request.
`Petitioner’s request was granted, as set forth in the order below, to
`provide the Board with the full benefit of Petitioner’s response to whether
`the Board should decline to institute an inter partes review under 35 U.S.C.
`§§ 314(a) and 325(d). Patent Owner’s request during the call for
`authorization to file a sur-reply was denied at this time.
`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a reply of no more than
`three pages no later than November 10, 2016, solely on the issue of whether
`the Board should decline to institute an inter partes review under 35 U.S.C.
`§§ 314(a) and 325(d); and
`FURTHER ORDERED that no other paper or exhibit is authorized to
`be filed other than what is authorized above.
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`IPR2016-01382
`Patents 5,732,375
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`PETITIONER:
`John Flock
`George E. Badenoch
`Mark Chapman
`ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP
`johnflock@andrewskurthkenyon.com
`georgebadenoch@andrewskurthkenyon.com
`markchapman@andrewskurthkenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Tarek N. Fahmi
`Holly J. Atkinson
`Jason A. LaBerteaux
`ASCENDA LAW GROUP, PC
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
`holly.atkinson@ascendalaw.com
`jason.laberteaux@ascendalaw.com
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