`571-272-7822
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`Paper 30
`Entered: August 14, 2020
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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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`SQUARE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`4361423 CANADA INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-01649
`Patent 9,016,566 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, ROBERT J. WEINSCHENK, and
`KEVIN C. TROCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WEINSCHENK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`Patent 9,016,566 B2
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`I. ANALYSIS
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`Patent Owner’s Response was due on July 22, 2020. In an email to
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`the Board on July 24, 2020, Patent Owner explained that due to technical
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`issues, some of the exhibits accompanying its Response were not filed until
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`July 23, 2020, between approximately 12:10 am and 1:40 am. Patent Owner
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`also explained that the Response and accompanying exhibits were not served
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`by email on Petitioner until July 23, 2020, at approximately 1:51 am.
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`Further, Patent Owner stated that the Certificate of Service for the Response
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`and accompanying exhibits incorrectly states that the documents were served
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`on July 22, 2020, instead of July 23, 2020.
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`Patent Owner requested that its Response and accompanying exhibits
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`be deemed timely, and that it be permitted to file a corrected Certificate of
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`Service. Petitioner does not oppose Patent Owner’s request. Because Patent
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`Owner’s filing and service were late by only a couple of hours and Petitioner
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`does not oppose, we granted Patent Owner’s request in an email to the
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`parties on July 29, 2020.
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`In its email to the Board on July 24, 2020, Patent Owner also
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`explained that it noticed some incorrect citations in the Zatkovitch
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`Declaration (Ex. 2005) that accompanies its Response. Patent Owner
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`requested authorization to file a corrected Zatkovitch Declaration. Petitioner
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`does not oppose Patent Owner’s request. In an email to the Board on August
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`13, 2020, the parties indicated that they do not object to expungement of the
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`original Zatkovitch Declaration filed on July 23, 2020. Because Petitioner
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`does not oppose, Patent Owner’s request is granted. Further, we will
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`expunge the original Zatkovitch Declaration filed on July 23, 2020, from the
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`record.
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`It is hereby
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`II. ORDER
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s request that its Response and
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`accompanying exhibits be deemed timely is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s request to file a corrected
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`Certificate of Service for its Response and accompanying exhibits is
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`granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s request to file a corrected
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`Zatkovitch Declaration is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the original version of the Zatkovitch
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`Declaration (Ex. 2005) filed on July 23, 2020, is expunged from the record.
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`Patent 9,016,566 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`David M. Tennant
`Grace I. Wang
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`dtennant@whitecase.com
`grace.wang@whitecase.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jason S. Jackson
`Niall A. MacLeod
`KUTAK ROCK LLP
`jason.jackson@kutakrock.com
`niall.macleod@kutakrock.com
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