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` Paper No. 29
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` Date: June 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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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`UNILOC USA, INC. and UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.,
`Patent Owners.
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`IPR2017-00058 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)
`IPR2017-00198 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
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`Before ANDREW HIRSHFELD,1 Commissioner for Patents, Acting Deputy
`Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Deputy
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`1 Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Director), is recused
`from these proceedings and took no part in this decision. See Director’s
`Memorandum, Procedures for Recusal to Avoid Conflicts of Interest and
`Delegations of Authority (Apr. 20, 2022) (Recusal Procedure Memo), available at
`https://go.usa.gov/xJjch; Interim Process for Director review (Question 20),
`available at https://go.usa.gov/xJjce. When the Director is recused from a
`proceeding involving a request for Director review, the Deputy Director will carry
`out the Director’s function. Recusal Procedure Memo § II.c.
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`IPR2017-00058 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)
`IPR2017-00198 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
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`ORDER
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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. See, e.g., IPR2017-00058,
`Ex. 3100. The requests were referred to me. See Recusal Procedure Memo § II.c.
`I have considered the requests, and I deny Director review.
`Accordingly,
`It is ORDERED that the request for Director review in each case is denied;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final
`Written Decision in each case is the final decision of the agency.
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`IPR2017-00058 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)
`IPR2017-00198 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`David McCombs
`Theodore Foster
`Dina Blikshteyn
`Jamie McDole
`HAYNES & BOONE LLP
`David.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Ipr.theo.foster@haynesboone.com
`Dina.blikshteyn.ipr@hayesboone.com
`Jamie.mcdole@hayesboone.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Sean Burdick
`UNILOC USA, INC.
`Sean.burdick@unilocusa.com
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`Brett Mangrum
`ETHERIDGE LAW GROUP
`Brett.mangrum@unilocusa.com
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