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`Entered: October 6, 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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`T-MOBILE US, INC. AND T-MOBILE USA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BARKAN WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`Case IPR2017-01098
`Patent 8,559,369 B2
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`Before MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, JOHN A. HUDALLA, and
`SHARON FENICK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FENICK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`INITIAL CONFERENCE CALL
`A.
`No initial conference call is scheduled for this case. The parties are
`encouraged to contact the Board to request a call if any issues arise during
`trial. The parties are directed to the following matters:
`1. Motion to Amend
`Patent Owner is reminded that it must confer with the Board before
`filing a Motion to Amend. 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a). Patent Owner should
`contact the Board to request a conference in sufficient time to ensure that the
`conference is conducted at least two weeks before DUE DATE 1. Patent
`Owner and Petitioner are directed to the rules governing Motions to Amend,
`with particular regard to applicable page limits. 37 C.F.R.
`§§ 42.24(a)(1)(vi), 42.24(b)(3), 42.24(c)(3), 42.121(b).
`Confidential Information
`2.
`The parties must file confidential information using the appropriate
`availability indicator in PRPS (e.g., “Board and Parties Only”), regardless of
`whose confidential information it is. It is the responsibility of the party
`whose confidential information is at issue, not necessarily the proffering
`party, to file the motion to seal.
`A protective order does not take effect until a protective order is filed
`in the case and approved by the Board. If a motion to seal is filed by either
`party, the proposed protective order should be presented as an exhibit to the
`motion. The parties are urged to operate under the Board’s default
`protective order. See Default Protective Order, Office Patent Trial Practice
`Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48769–71 (App. B) (Aug. 14, 2012). If the
`parties propose a protective order deviating from the default protective
`order, they should submit the proposed order jointly. A marked-up
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`comparison of the proposed and default protective orders should be
`presented as an additional exhibit to the motion to seal, so that differences
`are highlighted. The parties should contact the Board if they cannot agree
`on the terms of the proposed protective order.
`The Board has a strong interest in the public availability of the
`proceedings.
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`Redactions
`a.
`Redactions should be limited strictly to isolated passages consisting of
`confidential information. The thrust of the underlying argument or evidence
`must be discernable from the redacted version.
`Confidential Information in Final Written Decision
`b.
`Information subject to a protective order will become public if
`identified in a final written decision in this proceeding. A motion to
`expunge the information will not necessarily prevail over the public interest
`in maintaining a complete and understandable file history. See Office Patent
`Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48761.
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`B. DUE DATES
`This order sets due dates for the parties to take action after institution
`of the proceeding. The parties may stipulate to different dates for DUE
`DATES 1 through 5 (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 6). A
`notice of the stipulation, specifically identifying the changed due dates, must
`be promptly filed. The parties may not stipulate to an extension of DUE
`DATES 6 and 7.
`In stipulating to different times, the parties should consider the effect
`of the stipulation on times to object to evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)), to
`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
`evidence and cross-examination testimony.
`The parties are reminded that the Testimony Guidelines appended to
`the Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48772–73 (App. D), apply to
`this proceeding. The Board may impose an appropriate sanction for failure
`to adhere to the Testimony Guidelines. 37 C.F.R. § 42.12. For example,
`reasonable expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by any party may be levied
`on a person who impedes, delays, or frustrates the fair examination of a
`witness.
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`DUE DATE 1
`1.
`The patent owner may file—
`a. A response to the petition (37 C.F.R. § 42.120), and
`b. A motion to amend the patent (37 C.F.R. § 42.121).
`The patent owner must file any such response or motion to amend by
`DUE DATE 1. If the patent owner elects not to file anything, the patent
`owner must arrange a conference call with the parties and the Board. The
`patent owner is cautioned that any arguments for patentability not raised in
`the response will be deemed waived.
`DUE DATE 2
`2.
`The petitioner must file any reply to the patent owner’s response and
`opposition to the motion to amend by DUE DATE 2.
`DUE DATE 3
`3.
`The patent owner must file any reply to the petitioner’s opposition to
`patent owner’s motion to amend by DUE DATE 3.
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`DUE DATE 4
`4.
`a. Each party must file any motion for an observation on the cross-
`examination testimony of a witness (see section D, below) by DUE DATE 4.
`b. Each party must file any motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R
`§ 42.64(c)) and any request for oral argument (37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)) by
`DUE DATE 4.
`DUE DATE 5
`5.
`a. Each party must file any reply to an observation on cross-
`examination testimony by DUE DATE 5.
`b. Each party must file any opposition to a motion to exclude evidence
`by DUE DATE 5.
`DUE DATE 6
`6.
`Each party must file any reply for a motion to exclude evidence by
`DUE DATE 6.
`DUE DATE 7
`7.
`The oral argument (if requested by either party) is set for DUE
`DATE 7.
`CROSS-EXAMINATION
`C.
`Except as the parties might otherwise agree, for each due date—
`1. Cross-examination begins after any supplemental evidence is due.
`37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2).
`2. Cross-examination ends no later than a week before the filing date
`for any paper in which the cross-examination testimony is expected to be
`used. Id.
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`D. MOTION FOR OBSERVATION ON CROSS-EXAMINATION
`A motion for observation on cross-examination provides the parties
`with a mechanism to draw the Board’s attention to relevant cross-
`examination testimony of a witness, since no further substantive paper is
`permitted after the reply. See Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at
`48767–68. The observation must be a concise statement of the relevance of
`precisely identified testimony to a precisely identified argument or portion
`of an exhibit. Each observation should not exceed a single, short paragraph.
`The parties may respond to the observation. Any response must be equally
`concise and specific.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`DUE DATE 1……………….……………………….……December 22, 2017
`Patent owner’s response to the petition
`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2………………….......………………….……....March 9, 2018
`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner response to petition
`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3…….……………………...……………………..April 6, 2018
`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4……………………….......……...…………..…April 27, 2018
`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of a witness
`Motion to exclude evidence
`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5…….……..……………….....…..……..………..May 11, 2018
`Response to observation
`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6…….…………………........…………..…………May 18, 2018
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7….……………..……………………................…. June 8, 2018
`Oral argument (if requested)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Chun M. Ng
`Miguel Bombach
`John Esterhay
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`cng@perkinscoie.com
`mbombach@perkinscoie.com
`jesterhay@perkinscoie.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert D. Katz R
`KATZ, PLLC
`rkatz@katzfirm.com
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`Spencer C. Patterson, P.C.
`spatterson@gchub.com
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