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`Paper 8
`Dated: April 30, 2020
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`CARUCEL INVESTMENTS, L.P.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2019-01104
`Patent 8,463,177 B2
`____________
`
`
`Before THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, DANIEL J. GALLIGAN, and
`PAUL J. KORNICZKY, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`KORNICZKY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`
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`JUDGMENT
`Granting Request for Adverse Judgment after
`Institution of Trial
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)
`
`
`
`IPR2019-01104
`Patent 8,463,177 B2
`
`
`BACKGROUND
`Petitioner requested inter partes review of claims 16, 21–28, 30, 31,
`47–49, and 51–53 of U.S. Patent No. 8,463,177 B2 (“the ʼ177 patent”).
`Paper 2. The Board granted the Petition and instituted an inter partes review
`of all challenged claims. Paper 6. In an email dated April 3, 2020, Patent
`Owner notified the Board that, on April 3, 2020, it filed a Disclaimer under
`37 C.F.R. § 1.321(a), disclaiming claims 16, 21–28, 30, 31, 47–49, and 51–
`53 of the ’177 patent. We have filed a copy of this Disclaimer as
`Exhibit 3001.
`
`DISCUSSION
`A party may request entry of adverse judgment against itself at any
`time during a proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b). Here, Patent Owner
`disclaimed all challenged claims such that Patent Owner has no remaining
`claims in the trial, which we construe as a request for adverse judgment. See
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(2). Under these circumstances, entry of judgment
`adverse to the Patent Owner and termination of this proceeding is
`appropriate.
`
`CONCLUSION AND ORDER
`In view of Patent Owner’s disclaimer of claims 16, 21–28, 30, 31, 47–
`49, and 51–53 of the ’177 patent, the request for adverse judgment against
`Patent Owner is granted.
`It is, therefore,
`ORDERED that adverse judgment against the Patent Owner is entered
`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(2); and
`FURTHER ORDERED that this proceeding is hereby terminated.
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`IPR2019-01104
`Patent 8,463,177 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
`Ryan Richardson
`rrichardson-ptab@sternekessler.com
`
`Michael Specht
`mspecht-ptab@sternekessler.com
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`Lauren Schleh
`lschleh-ptab@sternekessler.com
`
`Daniel Yonan
`dyonan-ptab@sternekessler.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Charles Gavrilovich
`chuck@gdllawfirm.com
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`Sanford E. Warren, Jr.
`swarren@wriplaw.com
`
`R. Scott Rhoades
`srhoades@wriplaw.com
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