`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822 Entered: May 9, 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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`VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MATERION CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2019-00017
`Patent 9,989,684 B2
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`Before BARBARA A. BENOIT, BART A. GERSTENBLITH, and
`NATHAN A. ENGELS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GERSTENBLITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Requiring Patent Owner to Update Its Mandatory Notices
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`PGR2019-00017
`Patent 9,989,684 B2
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`Patent Owner filed Mandatory Notices on November 20, 2018
`(Paper 4) and Updated Mandatory Notices on January 24, 2019 (Paper 8).
`Neither of Patent Owner’s mandatory notices complies with 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.8, which requires, inter alia, the identification of “each real party-in-
`interest” and “any other judicial or administrative matter that would affect,
`or be affected by, a decision in the proceeding.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), (2).
`It is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file updated mandatory notices
`including each item specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 by May 14, 2019; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s updated mandatory
`notice, and any further updated mandatory notices by either party, shall
`include each of the required items identified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 whether or
`not each item has changed from the previous notice.
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`PGR2019-00017
`Patent 9,989,684 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Gianni Minutoli
`James M. Heintz
`DLA PIPER LLP
`gianni.minutoli@dlapiper.com
`jim.heintz@dlapiper.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Justin L. Krieger
`Jeffrey T. Gendzwill
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
`jkrieger@kilpatricktownsend.com
`jgendzwill@kilpatricktownsend.com
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