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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`WESTERN DIGITAL
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`CORPORATION,
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`Claimant,
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`) IPR2018-00082
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` Patent No.
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`SPEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ) 6,088,802
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`Patent Owner. )
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`Reported by:
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`Stacey L. Daywalt
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`A P P E A R A N C E S:
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` GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER
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` Attorneys for Petitioner
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` 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
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` Washington, DC 20036
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` BY: BRIAN BUROKER, ESQ.
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` BROWN RUDNICK
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` Attorneys for Patent Owner
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` 7 Times Square
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` New York, New York 10036
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` BY: ENRIQUE ITURRALDE, ESQ.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Hello,
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`this is Judge Boudreau. I have Judges Fishman
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`and Pettigrew on the line with me.
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` This is a call in Case
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`IPR2018-00082, Western Digital versus SPEX
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`Technologies.
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` Do we have counsel for Petitioner
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`Western Digital on the line?
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` MR. BUROKER: Yes, Your Honor. This
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`is Brian Buroker from Gibson Dunn.
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` And I believe -- I'll let the others
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`announce themselves, but I believe we have a
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`couple of other colleagues of mine on the phone
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`listening as well.
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` MR. SILVER: Blair Silver from
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`Gibson Dunn as well.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: And do
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`we have counsel for Patent Owner SPEX
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`Technologies on the line?
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` MR. ITURRALDE: Yes, Your Honor.
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`This is Enrique Iturralde for SPEX
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`Technologies, Patent Owner.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Thank
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`you.
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` And does either party have a court
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`reporter on?
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` MR. ITURRALDE: Your Honor, I
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`believe that a court reporter is on the line.
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` THE REPORTER: I am on the line.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Okay.
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`Thank you.
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` And I'd just ask whoever retained
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`the court reporter please file a copy of the
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`transcript as soon as you receive it.
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` MR. BUROKER: Yes. This is
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`Petitioner. We engaged the court reporter, and
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`we will do the filing. Thank you.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Okay.
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`Thank you.
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` So I believe that Patent Owner
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`start, Mr. Iturralde.
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` MR. ITURRALDE: Yes, Your Honor.
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`Thank you. This is Enrique Iturralde for the
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`Patent Owner.
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` We requested this conference call to
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`inform the board pursuant to a scheduling order
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`that the Patent Owner will -- the Patent Owner
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`SPEX will elect to not file a Patent Owner's
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`response to the petition. SPEX is prepared to
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`file a paper to that effect should the board
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`require a filling.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Yes,
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`we can go ahead and authorize that.
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` And just to be clear, you are aware
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` Is that understood?
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` MR. ITURRALDE: Yes, Your Honor,
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`Patent Owner understands that.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Okay.
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`Thank you.
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` Let me just -- hold on just one
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` Sorry about that. I'm back. Okay.
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` And we would appreciate it if you
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`intend to waive the Patent Owner response.
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` MR. ITURRALDE: Sure, Your Honor.
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`We can do that.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: All
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`right. Thank you.
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` So now we'll hear from Mr. Buroker.
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` MR. BUROKER: Yes. This is Brian
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`Buroker from Petitioner.
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` We were processing the July 23rd
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`raising in response to the July 23rd order,
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`combination with when we filed the petition, we
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`going to be for one of the terms. And we now
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`have a claim construction from both the
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`claim construction adopted by the panel.
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` And we believe we have evidence that
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` The Federal Circuit repeatedly has
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`That evidence is not formally in the record,
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE:
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`Mr. Iturralde, would you like to respond to
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`Mr. Buroker?
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` MR. ITURRALDE: Yes, Your Honor.
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`Thank you.
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` Patent Owner opposes this request
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`that the board already considered the specific
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`Exhibit 2006.
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` And the board already considered the
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`writing, that the Petitioner would have no
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` At this juncture we believe the
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: I'm
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`sorry. I was having some difficulty with my
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` Were you able to hear anything that
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` MR. BUROKER: No, Your Honor. After
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: I
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` So I had said that in the July 23rd,
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` That said, Mr. Buroker, what is the
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`back in. So I'm interested in hearing a little
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` MR. BUROKER: I think the basic is
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` Now we've got situations in all of
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`preliminary determination in the institution
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`decision is a bit of a mixed bag. Some claims
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` On those claims there has to be a
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`there is a due process problem. And we need to
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` There's evidence here to demonstrate
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`written decision based only -- if the ruling is
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` And the current rules, candidly,
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`Patent Owner's response. Again, that made
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` MR. BUROKER: Well, that's correct,
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`because a reconsideration is only limited to
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` And you're right the reply rule
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: All
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`right. Well, we considered the arguments, and
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`I think we're going to go ahead and authorize
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` Let me just put you on a brief hold
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` MR. BUROKER: Okay. Thank you.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Okay.
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`This is Judge Boudreau. I'm back on the line.
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` I've conferred with my panel, and
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` Mr. Buroker, would you be able to
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` So if we could have till the 9th,
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`next Friday, that would be great. But
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`otherwise, the 8th would -- we could make that
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` Oh, I'm sorry. I'm saying Friday
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`the 9th. The 9th is Thursday.
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` Yes, if we could have till the 9th,
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`that would be great.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE:
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`Till -- the 9th is Thursday, that's right.
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` MR. BUROKER: Yep.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Yeah,
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`I may have misspoken.
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`Iturralde, one week after that? So the 16th?
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` MR. ITURRALDE: That's fine, Your
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`Honor. Thank you.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Okay.
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`Thank you.
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` And just to be clear, in the motion,
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` MR. BUROKER: Okay. Understood.
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` With that, is there anything else
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` MR. ITURRALDE: No, Your Honor.
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`That's all for Patent Owner. Thank you.
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` MR. BUROKER: Nothing else for
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`Petitioner.
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` ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE: Okay.
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`Thank you both.
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`District of Columbia, to wit:
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` I, Stacey L. Daywalt, a Notary
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`Public of the District of Columbia, do hereby
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`stenographically by me and this transcript is a
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`true record of the proceedings.
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` I further certify that I am not of
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`counsel to any of the parties, nor an employee
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`of counsel, nor related to any of the parties,
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`nor in any way interested in the outcome of
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`this action.
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` As witness my hand and Notarial Seal
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`this 7th day of August, 2018.
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` Stacey L. Daywalt, Notary Public
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