`571-272-7822
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`Paper 8
`Entered: December 14, 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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`DONGHEE AMERICA, INC. and DONGHEE ALABAMA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01605
`Patent 7,166,253 B2
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`Before MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, CHRISTOPHER M. KAISER, and
`ROBERT L. KINDER, Administrative Patent Judges.
`KAISER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`CASE MANAGEMENT
`AND SCHEDULING ORDER
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
`A. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
`1. Requests for an Initial Conference Call
`Unless at least one of the parties requests otherwise, we will not
`conduct an initial conference call as described in the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,765–66 (Aug. 14, 2012) (“Practice
`Guide”). In lieu of such a call, we instruct the parties as follows:
`(1) If a party wishes to request an initial conference call, that party
`shall request the call no later than twenty-five (25) days after the
`institution of trial;
`(2) A request for a conference call shall include: (a) a list of proposed
`motions, if any, to be discussed during the call and (b) a list of
`dates and times when the parties are available for the call; and
`(3) The parties shall be prepared to discuss during the initial
`conference call their concerns, if any, relating to the schedule in
`this proceeding as set forth below.
`Absent good cause shown, we will not conduct an initial conference call
`later than 30 days after the institution of a trial.
`2. Protective Order
`A protective order does not exist in this proceeding unless the parties
`file one and the Board approves it. If either party files a motion to seal
`before entry of a protective order, a jointly proposed protective order should
`be presented as an exhibit to the motion. We encourage the parties to adopt
`the Board’s default protective order if they conclude that a protective order
`is necessary. See Default Protective Order, Practice Guide, App. B. If the
`parties choose to propose a protective order deviating from the default
`protective order, they must submit the proposed protective order jointly
`along with a marked-up comparison of the proposed and default protective
`orders showing the differences.
`The Board has a strong interest in the public availability of the
`proceedings. We advise the parties that redactions to documents filed in this
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`proceeding should be limited strictly to isolated passages consisting entirely
`of confidential information, and that the thrust of the underlying argument or
`evidence must be clearly discernible from the redacted versions. We also
`advise the parties that information subject to a protective order will become
`public if identified in a final written decision in this proceeding, and that a
`motion to expunge the information will not necessarily prevail over the
`public interest in maintaining a complete and understandable file history.
`See Practice Guide, at 48,761.
`3. Motions to Amend
`Patent Owner may file a motion to amend without prior authorization
`from the Board. Nevertheless, the Patent Owner must confer with the Board
`as required under 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a) no later than ten (10) business days
`before DUE DATE 1. Guidance on the Board’s current practices regarding
`motions to amend may be is found at:
`https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/guidance_on_motions_to
`_amend_11_2017.pdf
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`4. Dispute Resolution During Trial
`The Panel encourages parties to resolve disputes arising during the
`trial on their own and in accordance with the precepts set forth in 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.1(b). To the extent that a dispute arises between the parties, we order
`the parties to meet and confer to resolve their dispute before contacting the
`Board. If attempts to resolve the dispute fail, a party may request a
`conference call with the Board and the other party in order to seek
`authorization to move for relief.
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`In any request for a conference call with the Board to resolve a
`dispute, the requesting party shall: (a) certify that it has conferred with the
`other party in an effort to resolve the dispute; (b) identify with specificity the
`issues for which agreement has not been reached; (c) identify the precise
`relief to be sought; and (d) propose specific dates and times at which both
`parties are available for the conference call.
`5. Depositions
`The parties are advised that the Testimony Guidelines appended to the
`Practice Guide, 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.
`Whenever a party submits a deposition transcript as an exhibit in this
`proceeding, the submitting party shall file the full transcript of the deposition
`rather than excerpts of only those portions being cited. After a deposition
`transcript has been submitted as an exhibit, all parties who subsequently cite
`to portions of the transcript shall cite to the first-filed exhibit rather than
`submitting another copy of the same transcript.
`6. Cross-Examination
`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 ordinarily 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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`7. 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 reply witness because no further substantive
`paper is permitted after the reply. See Practice Guide, at 48,768. 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
`opposing party may respond to the observation. Any response must be
`equally concise and specific.
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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. Any stipulated extension of DUE DATE 4 shall not
`modify the original deadline set forth in this Order by which a party must
`request oral argument.
`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-
`examination (37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2)), and to draft papers depending on the
`evidence and cross-examination testimony.
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`1. DUE DATE 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.
`2. DUE DATE 2
`The petitioner must file any reply to the patent owner’s response and
`opposition to the motion to amend by DUE DATE 2.
`3. DUE DATE 3
`The patent owner must file any reply to the petitioner’s opposition to
`patent owner’s motion to amend by DUE DATE 3.
`4. DUE DATE 4
`a.
`Each party must file any motion for an observation on the
`cross-examination testimony of a reply witness (see section A.7, above) by
`DUE DATE 4.
`b.
`Each party must file any motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R
`§ 42.64(c)) by DUE DATE 4.
`c.
`Each party must file any request for oral argument (37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.70(a)) by DUE DATE 4.
`5. DUE DATE 5
`a.
`Each party must file any reply to an observation on cross-
`examination testimony by DUE DATE 5.
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`b.
`Each party must file any opposition to a motion to exclude
`evidence by DUE DATE 5.
`6. DUE DATE 6
`Each party must file any reply for a motion to exclude evidence by
`DUE DATE 6.
`7. DUE DATE 7
`The oral argument (if requested by either party) is set for DUE
`DATE 7.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`DUE DATE 1 ......................................................................... March 14, 2018
`Patent owner’s response to the petition
`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2 ............................................................................ June 12, 2018
`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ............................................................................. July 12, 2018
`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4 .......................................................................... August 2, 2018
`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of reply witness
`Motion to exclude evidence
`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5 ........................................................................ August 16, 2018
`Response to observation
`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6 ........................................................................ August 23, 2018
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7 .................................................................. September 12, 2018
`Oral argument (if requested)
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`PETITIONER:
`Alyssa Caridis
`Bas de Blank
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON, & SUTCLIFFE LLP
`a8cptabdocket@orrick.com
`M2BPTABDocket@orrick.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Robert C. Mattson
`Vincent Shier
`Christopher Ricciuti
`OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP
`CPDocketMattson@oblon.com
`CPDocketShier@oblon.com
`CPDocketRicciuti@oblon.com
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