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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Developmental Technologies, LLC,
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`Petitioner,
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`E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. PGR2018-00102
`Patent No. 9,848,543
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ADVERSE JUDGEMENT
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(2)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial & Appeal Board
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`On April 3, 2019, the Board instituted a post-grant review of claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 9,848,543. Paper 6 (Institution Decision).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(2), “[a] party may request judgment against itself
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`at any time during a proceeding. Actions construed to be a request for adverse judgement include:
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`(2) [c]ancellation or disclaimer of a claim such that the party has no remaining claim in the trial.”
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`Accordingly, Patent Owner DuPont Safety & Construction, Inc. respectfully requests the
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`cancellation of all remaining claims in this proceeding (i.e., claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9,848,543) pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 42.73(b)(2).
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`Date: September 12, 2019
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Stephen J. Gombita
`Stephen J. Gombita
`Reg. No. 67,091
`stephen.j.gombita@dupont.com
`Phone: 302-999-4836
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`Steven C. Benjamin
`Reg. No. 36,087
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent Owner’s Request for
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`Adverse Judgment Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(2) was served on September 12, 2019, via
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`email to the attorneys of record at the following email addresses:
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`Scott D. Balderston
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`Steven R. Olsen
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`Date: September 12, 2019
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Stephen J. Gombita
`Stephen J. Gombita
`Reg. No. 67,091
`stephen.j.gombita@dupont.com
`Phone: 302-999-4836
`Fax: 302-355-3982
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`Steven C. Benjamin
`Reg. No. 36,087
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`Phone: 302-999-6387
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