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`Paper 25
`Entered: October 17, 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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`HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`IPR2017-01569/-01570 (Patent 8,220,543 B2)
`IPR2017-01571/-01572 (Patent 8,646,529 B2)
`IPR2017-01573/-01574/-01576/-01578 (Patent 9,322,260 B2)1
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`Before PATRICK R. SCANLON, HYUN J. JUNG,
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, and JAMES J. MAYBERRY, Administrative
`Patent Judges.
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`PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`Authorizing Sur-reply on Real Party-in-Interest
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses issues pertaining to multiple cases. The parties are
`not authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent papers.
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`IPR2017-01569/-01570 (Patent 8,220,543 B2)
`IPR2017-01571/-01572 (Patent 8,646,529 B2)
`IPR2017-01573/-01574/-01576/-01578 (Patent 9,322,260 B2)
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`On October 6, 2017, a conference call was held, addressing
`Petitioner’s request to file a sur-reply to Patent Owner’s Preliminary
`Responses in each of IPR2017-01569–01574, 01576, and 01578 to address
`Patent Owner’s contentions regarding real party-in-interest. Counsels for
`Petitioner and Patent Owner, as well as Judges Scanlon, Jung, Plenzler, and
`Mayberry participated on the call.2 During the call, the panel authorized
`Petitioner to file a sur-reply, limited to 5 pages, in each of the above-
`referenced proceedings, limited to addressing only the real party-in-interest
`issues raised in Patent Owner’s Preliminary Responses. Patent Owner was
`not authorized to file any replies to Petitioner’s sur-replies during the call.
`As discussed during the call, Petitioner’s sur-replies are due no later than
`October 20, 2017.
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`For the reasons given, it is
`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a sur-reply addressing
`real party-in-interest, limited to 5 pages and due no later than October 20,
`2017, in each of IPR2017-01569, -01570, -01571, -01572, -01573, -01574, -
`01576, and -01578.
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`2 A court reporter was on the call and the parties indicated that the transcript
`of the call will be included in the record when received.
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`IPR2017-01569/-01570 (Patent 8,220,543 B2)
`IPR2017-01571/-01572 (Patent 8,646,529 B2)
`IPR2017-01573/-01574/-01576/-01578 (Patent 9,322,260 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
`Henry A. Petri
`James P. Murphy
`POLSINELLI PC
`hpetri@polsinelli.com
`jpmurphy@polsinelli.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Michael L. Kiklis
`Christopher Ricciuti
`Katherine D. Cappaert
`Marc K. Weinstein
`Lisa Mandrusiak
`OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP
`CPDocketKiklis@oblon.com
`CPDocketRicciuti@oblon.com
`CPDocketCappaert@oblon.com
`CPDocketWeinstein@oblon.com
`cpdocketmandrusiak@oblon.com
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