`571-272-7822
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` Paper No. 7
`Entered: August 22, 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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`WILLOWOOD USA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BASF SE,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01096
`Patent 7,816,392 B2
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`Before CHRISTOPHER L. CRUMBLEY, JEFFREY W. ABRAHAM, and
`ROBERT A. POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ABRAHAM, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`On August 20, 2018, the parties filed1 a Joint Motion to Extend the
`Due Date for Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response. Paper 6. Currently,
`Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response is due on August 23, 2018. In the
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`1 Due to a temporary issue affecting the Office’s computer systems, the
`Board authorized the parties to file the Motion via electronic mail.
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`Case IPR2018-01096
`Patent 7,816,392 B2
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`Motion, the parties indicate that they are currently engaged in settlement
`discussions, which involve many complex issues, and need more time to
`determine whether settlement can be reached. Id. at 1. The parties thus,
`request that the Board extend the deadline for Patent Owner’s Preliminary
`Response by two weeks. Id.
`Based on the parties’ joint statement, we find it appropriate to allow
`Patent Owner an additional two weeks to file its Preliminary Response.
`Accordingly, Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response is due September 6,
`2018.
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`ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Extend the Due Date for Patent
`Owner’s Preliminary Response is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for Patent Owner’s
`Preliminary Response is extended to September 6, 2018; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that no additional extensions of time for the
`filing of Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response will be granted.
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`PETITIONER:
`Steven E. Tiller (Reg. No. 39,859)
`Peter J. Davis (Reg. No. 36,119)
`WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON, LLP
`stiller@wtplaw.com
`pdavis@wtplaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Jeffrey S. Ginsberg (Reg. No. 36,148)
`Zhiqiang Liu (Reg. No. 60,987)
`Ryan M. Mott (Reg. No. 65,214)
`PATTERSON BELKNAPWEBB & TYLER LLP
`jginsberg@pbwt.com
`zliu@pbwt.com
`rmott@pbwt.com
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