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`Paper 46
`Entered: July 9, 2018
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`OTICON MEDICAL AB; OTICON MEDICAL LLC;
`WILLIAM DEMANT HOLDING A/S,
`Petitioner,
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`COCHLEAR BONE ANCHORED SOLUTIONS AB,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01018
`Patent 7,043,040 B2
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`Before JAMES B. ARPIN, BARBARA A. PARVIS, and
`AMANDA F. WIEKER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WIEKER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2017-01018
`Patent 7,043,040 B2
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`Pursuant to Petitioner’s request, made by email on July 5, 2018, and
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`consistent with our Order (Paper 33, 5) authorizing either party to file a
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`motion to exclude directed to evidence cited regarding the newly-added
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`challenges to claims 7–10 (see id. at 2–3), Petitioner is authorized to file an
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`opposition to Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence Under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.64(c) (Paper 43) on or before July 16, 2018. Because we will consider
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`Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(c),
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`Patent Owner’s alternative request to file a sur-reply is denied. See also
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b) (“A motion will not be entered without Board
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`authorization. Authorization may be provided in an order of general
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`applicability or during the proceeding.”).
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`At this time, no Reply paper is authorized.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file an opposition to Patent
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`Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(c) (Paper 43)
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`by July 16, 2018;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Alternative Motion to
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`Sur-Reply is denied; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that no additional papers are authorized.
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`Patent 7,043,040 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`D. Richard Anderson
`dra@bskb.com
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`Eugene Perez
`etp@bskb.com
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`Lynde Herzbach
`Lynde.herzach@bskb.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Bruce Chapman
`bchapman@sheppardmullin.com
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`Laura Burson
`lburson@sheppardmullin.com
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