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`Paper 11
`Date: April 7, 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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`BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`LIQUIDPOWER SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC.
`(f/k/a/ LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.),1
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01901
`Patent 8,450,249 B2
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`Before KRISTINA M. KALAN, CHRISTOPHER M. KAISER, and
`MICHELLE N. ANKENBRAND, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KALAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`1 Patent Owner represents that its name has changed from Lubrizol Specialty
`Products, Inc. to LiquidPower Specialty Products Inc., and that LiquidPower
`Specialty Products Inc. is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 8,450,249 B2 by
`assignment, holding all rights, title, and interest to that patent. Paper 8, 2.
`Accordingly, we modify the original case caption to reflect that change.
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`IPR2016-01901
`Patent 8,450,249 B2
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`A. DUE DATES
`This order sets due dates for the parties to take action after institution
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`of the proceeding. The parties may stipulate to different dates for DUE
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`DATES 1 through 5 (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 6). A
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`notice of the stipulation, specifically identifying the changed due dates, must
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`be promptly filed. The parties may not stipulate to an extension of DUE
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`DATES 6 and 7.
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`In stipulating to different times, the parties should consider the effect
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`of the stipulation on times to object to evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)), to
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`supplement evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2)), to conduct cross-
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`examination (37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2)), and to draft papers depending on the
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`evidence and cross-examination testimony (see section B, below).
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`The parties are reminded that the Testimony Guidelines appended to
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`the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,772
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`(Aug. 14, 2012) (Appendix D), apply to this proceeding. The Board may
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`impose an appropriate sanction for failure to adhere to the Testimony
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`Guidelines. 37 C.F.R. § 42.12. For example, reasonable expenses and
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`attorneys’ fees incurred by any party may be levied on a person who
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`impedes, delays, or frustrates the fair examination of a witness.
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`INITIAL CONFERENCE CALL
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`The parties are directed to contact the Board within a month of this
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`decision to schedule an initial conference call if there is a need to discuss
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`proposed changes to this Scheduling Order or proposed motions. See Office
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`Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,765–66 (Aug. 14, 2012)
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`(guidance in preparing for the initial conference call).
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`DUE DATE 1
`The patent owner may file—
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`a.
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`b.
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`A response to the petition (37 C.F.R. § 42.120), and
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`A motion to amend the patent (37 C.F.R. § 42.121).
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`The patent owner must file any such response or motion to amend by DUE
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`DATE 1. The patent owner is reminded that it must confer with the Board
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`before filing a motion to amend. 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a). The patent owner
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`should contact the Board to request any such conference in sufficient time to
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`ensure that the conference is conducted at least one week before DUE
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`DATE 1. If the patent owner elects not to file anything, the patent owner
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`must arrange a conference call with the parties and the Board. The patent
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`owner is cautioned that any arguments for patentability not raised in the
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`response will be deemed waived.
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`DUE DATE 2
`The petitioner must file any reply to the patent owner’s response and
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`opposition to the motion to amend by DUE DATE 2.
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`DUE DATE 3
`The patent owner must file any reply to the petitioner’s opposition to
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`patent owner’s motion to amend by DUE DATE 3.
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`DUE DATE 4
`a.
`Each party must file any motion for an observation on the
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`cross-examination testimony of a reply witness (see section C, below) by
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`DUE DATE 4.
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`b.
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`Each party must file any motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R
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`§ 42.64(c)) and any request for oral argument (37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)) by
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`DUE DATE 4.
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`DUE DATE 5
`a.
`Each party must file any response to an observation on cross-
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`examination testimony by DUE DATE 5.
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`b.
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`Each party must file any opposition to a motion to exclude
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`evidence by DUE DATE 5.
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`DUE DATE 6
`Each party must file any reply for a motion to exclude evidence by
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`DUE DATE 6.
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`DUE DATE 7
`The oral argument (if requested by either party) is set for DUE
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`DATE 7.
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`B. CROSS-EXAMINATION
`Except as the parties might otherwise agree, for each due date—
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`1.
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`Cross-examination begins after any supplemental evidence is
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`due. 37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2).
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`2.
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`Cross-examination ends no later than a week before the filing
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`date for any paper in which the cross-examination testimony is expected to
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`be used. Id.
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`C. MOTION FOR OBSERVATION ON CROSS-EXAMINATION
`A motion for observation on cross-examination provides the parties
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`with a mechanism to draw the Board’s attention to relevant cross-
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`examination testimony of a reply witness because no further substantive
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`paper is permitted after the reply. See Office Patent Trial Practice Guide,
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`77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,768 (Aug. 14, 2012). The observation must be a
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`concise statement of the relevance of precisely identified testimony to a
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`precisely identified argument or portion of an exhibit. Each observation
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`should not exceed a single, short paragraph. The opposing party may
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`respond to the observation. Any response must be equally concise and
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`specific.
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`D. INTERLOCUTORY DISPUTES
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`To the extent that a dispute arises between the parties during the trial,
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`the parties shall meet and confer to resolve such dispute before contacting
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`the Board. If attempts to resolve the dispute fail, a party may request a
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`conference call with the Board and the other party in order to seek
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`authorization to move for relief. In any request for a conference call with
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`the Board, the requesting party shall: (a) certify that it has conferred with
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`the other party in an effort to resolve the dispute; (b) identify with specificity
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`the issues for which agreement has not been reached; (c) identify the precise
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`relief to be sought; and (d) propose specific dates and times at which both
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`parties are available for the conference call.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`DUE DATE 1 ............................................................................ June 26, 2017
`Patent owner’s response to the petition
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`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2 .................................................................. September 18, 2017
`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
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`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ...................................................................... October 16, 2017
`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4 ...................................................................... October 30, 2017
`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of reply witness
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`Motion to exclude evidence
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`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5 .................................................................. November 13, 2017
`Response to observation
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`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6 .................................................................. November 20, 2017
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7 ..................................................................... December 4, 2017
`Oral argument (if requested)
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Herbert Hart
`George Wheeler
`Aaron Barkoff
`Peter Lish
`McANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY, LTD.
`hhart@mcandrews-ip.com
`gwheeler@mcandrews-ip.com
`abarkoff@mcandrews-ip.com
`plish@mcandrews-ip.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Doug McClellan
`Elizabeth Weiswasser
`Melissa Hotze
`WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
`doug.mcclellan@weil.com
`elizabeth.weiswasser@weil.com
`melissa.hotze@weil.com
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