`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 20
`Entered: June 8, 2018
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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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`MINIATURE PRECISION COMPONENTS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`EAGLE INDUSTRIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01403
`Patent 8,205,592 B2
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`Before MICHAEL W. KIM, JAMES A. WORTH, and
`RICHARD H. MARSCHALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MARSCHALL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2017-01403
`Patent 8,205,592 B2
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`On June 5, 2018, Petitioner contacted the Board to summarize a
`disagreement between the parties regarding the scope of Patent Owner’s
`Supplemental Response. See Paper 19. More specifically, Petitioner
`indicated that the parties conferred to discuss whether Patent Owner’s
`Supplemental Response exceeded the scope authorized by our Order
`authorizing the Supplemental Response. Paper 16, 2. The parties sought a
`conference call with the Board to discuss the disagreement.
`We have performed a cursory review of the record, and, at this time,
`do not see a need for conference call with the parties. We believe that any
`arguments regarding the allegedly improper scope of Patent Owner’s
`Supplemental Response can be addressed adequately in Petitioner’s Reply,
`or, if necessary, in motions practice. The dispute will then be addressed and
`resolved, if necessary, in the Final Written Decision.
`Please note that this Order does not reach the merits of the parties’
`disagreement. We remind the parties to follow the Board’s rules and orders
`regarding the proper scope of briefing and oral argument in this proceeding.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the request for a conference call to discuss the
`parties’ disagreement regarding the scope of Patent Owner’s Supplemental
`Response is DENIED.
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`IPR2017-01403
`Patent 8,205,592 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`John S. Artz
`Bryan J. Schomer
`DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC
`jsartz@dickinsonwright.com
`bschomer@dickinsonwright.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Jacob D. Koering
`CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE
`koering@millercanfield.com
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