`571-272-7822
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`Paper 16
`Date: August 31, 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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`INTEL CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VLSI TECHNOLGY LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-00583
`Patent 7,606,983 B2
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`Before THU A. DANG and KIMBERLY McGRAW,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`McGRAW, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Authorizing Parties to File Notices of Supplemental Authority
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2020-00583
`Patent 7,606,983 B2
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`On August 18, 2020, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark
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`Office issued a guidance memorandum regarding the use of applicant
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`admitted prior art or “AAPA” in petitions for inter partes review.1 On
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`August 26, 2020, the parties filed a joint request seeking authorization for
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`each party to file a three-page notice of supplemental authority to address
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`this recent guidance. Ex. 3001.
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`The parties’ request is granted.
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`ORDER
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that each party may submit a notice of supplemental
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`authority to address the Director’s August 18, 2020 guidance regarding the
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`use of applicant admitted prior art; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ submissions are limited to no
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`more than three pages and are due within five business days.
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`1 The Guidance Memo is available at:
`https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/signed_aapa_guidance_
`memo.pdf
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`IPR2020-00583
`Patent 7,606,983 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Taeg Sang Cho
`Donald R. Steinberg
`WILMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HALE AND DORR LLP
`Don.Steinberg@wilmerhale.com
`Tim.cho@wilmerhale.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Kenneth J. Weatherwax
`Bridget Smith
`Flavio Rose
`Edward Hsieh
`Parham Hendifar
`Patrick Maloney
`Jason C. Linger
`LOWENSTEIN AND WEATHERWAX
`weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`smith@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`rose@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`hsieh@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`hendifar@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`maloney@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`linger@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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