`571-272-7822
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`Paper 86
`Date: October 5, 2023
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF
`COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEPUTY
`DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
`OFFICE
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`GOOGLE LLC
`Petitioner,
`v.
`IPA TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`
`IPR2019-00728 (Patent 6,851,115 B1)
`IPR2019-00731 (Patent 7,069,560 B1)
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`Before DERRICK BRENT,1 Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
`Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office.
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`1 Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
`and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, took no part
`in this decision. The Director’s authority is delegated to Derrick Brent,
`Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. See Director’s
`Memorandum, Procedures for Recusal to Avoid Conflicts of Interest and
`Delegations of Authority, § II.c (Apr. 20, 2022), available at
`www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Director-Memorandum-on-
`Recusal-Procedures.pdf.
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`IPR2019-00728 (Patent 6,851,115 B1)
`IPR2019-00731 (Patent 7,069,560 B1)
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`ORDER
`The Office received a request for Director Review of the Final
`Written Decision on Remand from the United States Court of Appeals for
`the Federal Circuit in each of the above-captioned cases. See Paper 85;2
`Ex. 3100. Director Vidal is recused from these matters, and the requests
`were referred to me.
`Upon consideration of the requests, it is:
`ORDERED that the requests for Director Review are denied; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final
`Written Decisions in these cases are the final decisions of the agency.
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`2 Unless otherwise noted, citations are to papers and exhibits in IPR2019-
`00728.
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`IPR2019-00728 (Patent 6,851,115 B1)
`IPR2019-00731 (Patent 7,069,560 B1)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Naveen Modi
`Joseph Palys
`Daniel Zeilberger
`Arvind Jairam
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
`joesphpalys@paulhastings.com
`danielzeilberger@paulhastings.com
`arvindjairam@paulhastings.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Steven Hartsell
`Alexander Gasser
`Sarah Spires
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`shartsell@skiermontderby.com
`agasser@skiermontderby.com
`sspires@skiermontderby.com
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