`571-272-7822
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` Paper No. 14
` January 24, 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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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PLANO ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`IPR2016-01644
`U.S. Patent 6,466,983 B1
`____________
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`
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`Before MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, and
`SHEILA F. McSHANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`McSHANE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`SUMMARY OF JANUARY 18, 2017 CONFERENCE CALL
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.05
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`IPR2016-01644
`Patent 6,466,983 B1
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`On January 18, 2017, at the request of the Board, a conference call
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`was convened. P. Andrew Riley and Jonathan Stroud appeared for
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`Petitioner and Steven P. Strazza appeared pro se.
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`During the conference call, Mr. Strazza was advised that he could
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`seek legal representation, and was encouraged to do so. For the purposes of
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`the call, Mr. Strazza opted to continue to represent himself pro se.
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`We explained that we had learned of an assignment of U.S. Patent
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`6,466,983 B1 (“the ’983 patent”) from Mr. Strazza to Plano Encryption
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`Technologies LLC.1 The assignment indicates that Mr. Strazza assigned all
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`rights in the ’983 patent to Plano Encryption Technologies. Mr. Strazza
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`confirmed that he has no ownership interest in the ’983 patent. Mr. Strazza
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`also stated that he had contacted Mr. Bradley D. Liddle, of Plano Encryption
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`Technologies, who did not object to Mr. Strazza’s participation, but declined
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`to support that participation. Mr. Strazza represented that he has been
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`participating in the proceeding only because he is the named inventor of the
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`’983 patent and, therefore, does not want to see claims held unpatentable.
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`We explained that our paralegals had invited Mr. Liddle to join this
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`call, but he informed us by email (Ex. 3001, filed herewith) on January 18,
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`2017, that he could not participate in the call. His email also informed us
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`that he had recorded, on January 17, 2017, an assignment (Ex. 3002, filed
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`herewith) dated April 13, 2016, in which all rights to the ’983 patent are
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`assigned from Plano Encryption Technologies to Cuica LLC.
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`1 See Assignment Number 503296300, filed May 7, 2015, Reel 035583,
`Frame 0938.
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`2
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`IPR2016-01644
`Patent 6,466,983 B1
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`Counsel for Petitioner stated that because Patent Owner has not
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`appeared in the proceeding, an adverse judgment would be appropriate. We
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`explained that Petitioner’s request was premature.
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`The Board will attempt to contact a representative of Cuica LLC and,
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`if successful, will solicit dates and times at which counsel for Petitioner, Mr.
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`Strazza, and a representative of Cuica LLC all can participate in a
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`conference call.
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`IPR2016-01644
`Patent 6,466,983 B1
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`For PETITIONER:
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`P. Andrew Riley
`James D. Stein
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
`andrew.riley@finnegan.com
`james.stein@finnegan.com
`
`Jonathan Stroud
`Unified Patents Inc.
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Steven Paul Strazza, pro se
`16117 Asa Drive
`Spencerville, MD, 20868-9736
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