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`Paper No. 12
`Entered: March 19, 2024
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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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`GOOGLE LLC and ECOBEE, INC.,1
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ECOFACTOR, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-01504
`Patent 8,498,753 B2
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`Before MELISSA A. HAAPALA, Acting Deputy Chief Administrative
`Patent Judge.
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`PANEL CHANGE ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 Ecobee, Inc. filed a petition in IPR2021-00792, and has been joined as a
`party to this proceeding.
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`IPR2020-01504
`Patent 8,498,753 B2
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`The parties are notified that the panel has changed in the above-
`referenced proceeding. See PTAB Standard Operating Procedure 1, Rev. 15.
`Due to unavailability, Administrative Patent Judge Jeffrey W. Abraham
`replaces Administrative Patent Judge Trevor M. Jefferson on the panel.
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`Thus, Administrative Patent Judges Jeffrey W. Abraham, Christopher
`L. Ogden, and Scott B. Howard now constitute the panel for consideration of
`all matters in this proceeding. See PTAB Standard Operating Procedure 1,
`Rev. 15. All prior decisions and orders remain in effect. The parties may
`contact the Board at Trials@uspto.gov if they have questions.
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`It is
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`ORDERED.
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`IPR2020-01504
`Patent 8,498,753 B2
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`For PETITIONERS:
`Matthew A. Smith
`Elizabeth Laughton
`SMITH BALUCH LLP
`smith@smithbaluch.com
`laughton@smithbaluch.com
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`Justin J. Oliver
`Catherine N. Taylor
`VENABLE LLP
`joliver@venable.com
`cntaylor@venable.com
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`Scott W. Cummings
`Catherine N. Taylor
`DENTONS US LLP
`scott.cummings@dentons.com
`catherine.taylor@dentons.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`Philip X. Wang
`Reza Mirzaie
`Kristopher Davis
`Jonathan Link
`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`pwang@raklaw.com
`rmirzaie@raklaw.com
`kdavis@raklaw.com
`jlink@raklaw.com
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