`571-272-7822
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`Paper 34
`Entered: November 21, 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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`CASCADES CANADA ULC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ESSITY PROFESSIONAL HYGIENE NORTH AMERICA LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-02198
`Patent 8,273,443 B2
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`Before KRISTINA M. KALAN and JON B. TORNQUIST, Administrative
`Patent Judges.
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`TORNQUIST, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Patent 8,273,443 B2
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`Petitioner and Patent Owner request an oral hearing pursuant to
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.70, and request 45 minutes of total argument time to present
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`their respective arguments. IPR2017-02198, Papers 29, 31. The requests
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`are granted.
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`Each party will have 45 minutes of total argument time to present its
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`arguments. Petitioner, bearing the ultimate burden of proof that the patent
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`claims at issue in this review are unpatentable, will open the hearing by
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`presenting arguments regarding the pending grounds of unpatentability.
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`Patent Owner will then have the opportunity to respond to Petitioner’s
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`arguments. Petitioner may reserve rebuttal time not to exceed half the total
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`time allotted. Petitioner is cautioned that rebuttal time may only be used to
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`respond to arguments made during Patent Owner’s argument.
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`The hearing will commence at 1:00 pm EST on December 14, 2018,
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`and will be open to the public for in-person attendance on the ninth floor of
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`Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA. In-person
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`attendance will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. The
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`Board will provide a court reporter, and the transcript shall constitute the
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`official record of the hearing.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits, if any, must be
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`served seven business days before the hearing. Notwithstanding § 42.70,
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`however, the parties shall file the demonstrative exhibits no later than three
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`business days before the hearing to allow the panel sufficient time to review
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`the materials.
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`The Board reminds the parties that demonstrative exhibits are
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`intended to assist the parties in presenting their oral arguments and are not
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`evidence, and should be clearly marked as such. For example, each slide of
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`a demonstrative exhibit may be marked with the words
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`“DEMONSTRATIVE EXHIBIT—NOT EVIDENCE” in the footer. The
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`Board also reminds the parties that demonstrative exhibits are not a
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`mechanism for making arguments or introducing evidence not previously
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`presented in the record. The parties are directed to St. Jude Medical,
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`Cardiology Division, Inc. v. The Board of Regents of the University of
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`Michigan, Case IPR2013-00041 (PTAB Jan. 27, 2014) (Paper 65), for
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`guidance regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
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`The Board expects that the parties will meet and confer in good faith
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`to resolve any objections to demonstrative exhibits. If such objections
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`cannot be resolved, the parties may file any remaining objections with the
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`Board at least three business days before the oral hearing. The objections
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`should identify with particularity the portions of the demonstrative exhibits
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`that are subject to objection and include a one-sentence statement of the
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`basis for each objection. No argument or further explanation is permitted.
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`The Board will consider any objections and schedule a conference call if
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`deemed necessary. Otherwise, the Board will reserve ruling on the
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`objections. Any objection to demonstrative exhibits that is not timely
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`presented will be considered waived.
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`A hard copy of the demonstratives should be provided to the court
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`reporter at the hearing. The parties are reminded that the presenter must
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`identify clearly and specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or
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`screen number) referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and
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`accuracy of the reporter’s transcript. The parties also should note that at
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`least one member of the panel will be attending the hearing electronically
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`from a remote location, and that if a demonstrative is not filed or otherwise
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`made fully available or visible to the judge(s) attending the hearing
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`remotely, that demonstrative will not be considered. Documents presented
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`on the Elmo projector are not visible to remote judges, so please plan
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`accordingly.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present in person
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`at the oral hearing. However, any counsel of record may present the party’s
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`argument. If either party anticipates that its lead counsel will not be
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`attending the oral argument, the parties should initiate a joint telephone
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`conference with the Board no later than two business days prior to the oral
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`hearing to discuss the matter.
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`Questions regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be
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`directed to the Board at 571-272-9797. Requests for audio-visual equipment
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`are to be made no later than 5 days in advance of the hearing date. The
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`request is to be sent directly to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not
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`received timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the
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`hearing.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Rudolph A. Telscher, Jr.
`Daisy Manning
`Kara R. Fussner
`Michael R. Annis
`HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP
`Ptab-rtelscher@huschblackwell.com
`Ptab-dmanning@huschblackwell.com
`kara.fussner@huschblackwell.com
`mike.annis@huschblackwell.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`David A. Mancino
`William F. Smith
`Kevin Flynn
`BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
`dmancino@bakerlaw.com
`wsmith@bakerlaw.com
`kflynn@bakerlaw.com
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