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` Paper 88
` Entered: October 29, 2021
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY AND DIRECTOR OF
`THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS, LLC
`(f/k/a BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC),
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`LIQUIDPOWER SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC.
`(f/k/a LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.),
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2016-00734 (Patent 8,022,118 B2)
`IPR2016-01901 (Patent 8,450,249 B2)
`IPR2016-01903 (Patent 8,426,498 B2)
`IPR2016-01905 (Patent 8,450,250 B2)
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`Before ANDREW HIRSHFELD, Commissioner for Patents, Performing the
`Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
`Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`ORDER
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`IPR2016-00734 (Patent 8,022,118 B2)
`IPR2016-01901 (Patent 8,450,249 B2)
`IPR2016-01903 (Patent 8,426,498 B2)
`IPR2016-01905 (Patent 8,450,250 B2)
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`The Office has received a request for Director review of the Final Written
`Decision in each of the above-captioned cases. Ex. 3100. The requests were
`referred to Mr. Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents, Performing the Functions and
`Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director
`of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
`It is ORDERED that the requests for Director review are denied; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final
`Written Decisions are the final decisions of the agency.
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`IPR2016-00734 (Patent 8,022,118 B2)
`IPR2016-01901 (Patent 8,450,249 B2)
`IPR2016-01903 (Patent 8,426,498 B2)
`IPR2016-01905 (Patent 8,450,250 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
`Herbert Hart
`George Wheeler
`Peter Lish
`Aaron Barkoff
`McANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY, LTD.
`hhart@mcandrews-ip.com
`gwheeler@mcandrews-ip.com
`plish@mcandrews-ip.com
`abarkoff@mcandrews-ip.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Doug McClellan
`Elizabeth Weiswasser
`Melissa Hotze
`WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
`melissa.hotze@weil.com
`doug.mcclellan@weil.com
`elizabeth.weiswasser@weil.com
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