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` Filed: July 3, 2019
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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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`SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AUTEL ROBOTICS USA LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2019-00014
`Patent 9,979,000 B2
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`Before ERICA A. FRANKLIN, JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, and
`AVELYN M. ROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Petitioner’s Motion to Submit Supplemental Information
`37 C.F.R. § 42.223(a)
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`PGR2019-00014
`Patent 9,979,000 B2
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`I.
`INTRODUCTION
`With our authorization, Petitioner, SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., filed
`a motion to submit supplemental information in the form of a certificate of
`translation for Exhibit 1010, an English translation of Exhibit 1009
`(“Ichiba”). Paper 13, 2. Petitioner confirms that Patent Owner, Autel
`Robotics USA LLC, does not oppose the motion. Id. at 1.
`II. ANALYSIS
`As the moving party, Petitioner bears the burden of proving that it is
`entitled to the requested relief in its motion. 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(c). Under 37
`C.F.R. § 42.223(a), a party may file a motion to submit supplemental
`information if: (1) the request for authorization to file the motion is made
`within one month of the date the trial was instituted; and (2) the
`supplemental information is relevant to a claim for which trial has been
`instituted.
`Based upon our review, we find that Petitioner’s request for
`authorization to file the motion was timely, as it was submitted on June 21,
`2019, within one month of the institution decision, dated May 22, 2019.
`Paper 9. Additionally, we find that the supplemental information which
`Petitioner seeks to submit is relevant to a claim for which trial has been
`instituted because the supplemental information is a certificate of translation
`for the English translation of Ichiba. Paper 13, 2. Ichiba serves as a prior art
`reference for two of the unpatentability grounds challenging claims
`instituted in this inter partes review. Paper 9. According to Petitioner, the
`supplemental information helps to confirm the reliability of the Ichiba
`translation submitted as Exhibit 1010 because the certificate of translation
`provides the credentials of the translator, includes his affirmation that he
`translated the document from Japanese to English, and is sworn to be true
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`under the penalties for perjury under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United
`States Code. Paper 13, 2. We agree.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s unopposed motion to submit a certificate
`of translation for Exhibit 1010 as supplemental information under 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.223(a) is granted.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Lori A. Gordon
`Steve W. Peters
`Matthew Edward Carey
`KING & SPALDING LLP
`lgordon@kslaw.com
`speters@kslaw.com
`mcarey@kslaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Timothy C. Bickham
`Matthew Bathon
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`tbickham@steptoe.com
`mbathon@steptoe.com
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