PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)
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`OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017)
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`Response to Office Action
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`The table below presents the data as entered.
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`Input Field
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`Entered
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`SERIAL NUMBER
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`LAW OFFICE ASSIGNED
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`MARK SECTION
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`MARK FILE NAME
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`STANDARD CHARACTERS
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`USPTO-GENERATED IMAGE
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`COLOR(S) CLAIMED
`(If applicable)
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE MARK
`(and Color Location, if applicable)
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`EVIDENCE SECTION
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)EVIDENCE FILE NAME(S)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)ORIGINAL PDF FILE
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)CONVERTED PDF FILE(S)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(4 pages)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)ORIGINAL PDF FILE
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)CONVERTED PDF FILE(S)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(6 pages)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)ORIGINAL PDF FILE
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)CONVERTED PDF FILE(S)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(4 pages)
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`86405415
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`LAW OFFICE 103
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`http://tmng-al.uspto.gov/resting2/api/img/86405415/large
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`NO
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`NO
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`The color(s) purple is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
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`The mark consists of chinese characters that translate to "Chinese Egg Bank" the first
`two characters are larger than the last four characters.
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`evi_981896458-20150714134346563094_._Response_16214-006TMK.pdf
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`evi_981896458-20150714134346563094_._MDBG_English_to_Chinese_dictionary.pdf
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`evi_981896458-20150714134346563094_._Taiwan_USDOS.pdf
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`DESCRIPTION OF EVIDENCE FILE
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`arguments presented in PDF form, dictionary entry and Taiwan embassy information.
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`ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS SECTION
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`DISCLAIMER
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE MARK
`(and Color Location, if applicable)
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`TRANSLITERATION
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`SIGNATURE SECTION
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`RESPONSE SIGNATURE
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`SIGNATORY'S NAME
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`SIGNATORY'S POSITION
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`DATE SIGNED
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`AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
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`FILING INFORMATION SECTION
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`SUBMIT DATE
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`TEAS STAMP
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use EGG BANK apart from the mark as
`shown.
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`The mark consists of six purple Chinese characters with the first two characters
`appearing larger than the last four characters.
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`The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to "hua ren luan zhi yin hang" and this
`means "Chinese Person Egg Bank" in English.
`
`/Anthony King/
`
`Anthony King
`
`Attorney of record, CA bar member
`
`07/14/2015
`
`YES
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`Tue Jul 14 13:49:16 EDT 2015
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`USPTO/ROA-XX.XXX.XX.XX-20
`150714134916173144-864054
`15-5400d0b87c85d8c46599b8
`a3c54cca7926e5d807a846b09
`71464821e953189-N/A-N/A-2
`0150714134346563094
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`PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)
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`OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017)
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`To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
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`Response to Office Action
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`Application serial no. 86405415(cid:160) (Stylized and/or with Design, see http://tmng-al.uspto.gov/resting2/api/img/86405415/large) has been amended
`as follows:
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`EVIDENCE
`Evidence in the nature of arguments presented in PDF form, dictionary entry and Taiwan embassy information. has been attached.
`Original PDF file:
`evi_981896458-20150714134346563094_._Response_16214-006TMK.pdf
`Converted PDF file(s) ( 4 pages)
`Evidence-1
`Evidence-2
`Evidence-3
`Evidence-4
`Original PDF file:
`evi_981896458-20150714134346563094_._MDBG_English_to_Chinese_dictionary.pdf
`Converted PDF file(s) ( 6 pages)
`Evidence-1
`Evidence-2
`Evidence-3
`Evidence-4
`Evidence-5
`Evidence-6
`Original PDF file:
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`

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`evi_981896458-20150714134346563094_._Taiwan_USDOS.pdf
`Converted PDF file(s) ( 4 pages)
`Evidence-1
`Evidence-2
`Evidence-3
`Evidence-4
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`ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
`Disclaimer
`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use EGG BANK apart from the mark as shown.
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`Description of mark
`The mark consists of six purple Chinese characters with the first two characters appearing larger than the last four characters.
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`Transliterations
`The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to "hua ren luan zhi yin hang" and this means "Chinese Person Egg Bank" in English.
`
`SIGNATURE(S)
`Response Signature
`Signature: /Anthony King/(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)Date: 07/14/2015
`Signatory's Name: Anthony King
`Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, CA bar member
`
`The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, which
`includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal territories and possessions; and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney
`or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian attorney/agent
`not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: (1) the owner/holder has filed or is
`concurrently filing a signed revocation of or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; (2) the USPTO has granted the request of the prior
`representative to withdraw; (3) the owner/holder has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or (4) the owner's/holder's
`appointed U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.
`
`Serial Number: 86405415
`Internet Transmission Date: Tue Jul 14 13:49:16 EDT 2015
`TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ROA-XX.XXX.XX.XX-20150714134916173
`144-86405415-5400d0b87c85d8c46599b8a3c54
`cca7926e5d807a846b0971464821e953189-N/A-
`N/A-20150714134346563094
`
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`

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`U.S. Trademark Application No. 86405415
`Our ref: 16214-OOSTMK
`Mark: CHINESE EGG BANK
`
`REMARKS
`
`PRIMARILY GEOGRAPHICALLY DESCRIPTIVE REFUSAL UNDER SECTION
`
`2(E)(2)
`
`In the Office Action, the Examining Attorney refused registration of the applied-for
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`mark on the basis that it is potentially primarily geographically descriptive of the origin of the
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`applicant’s goods and services identified in the application. The Examining Attorney referred
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`to excerpted online dictionary meanings which appeared the term CHINESE to support his
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`refilsal to register Applicant’s mark. Applicant respectfillly requests that the Examining
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`Attorney withdraw the refusal to register for the reasons set forth below.
`
`A mark can be considered primarily geographically descriptive under Section 2 (e) (2)
`
`of the Trademark Act only when the following is demonstrated:
`
`(1) The primary significance of the mark is a generally known geographic place or
`
`location;
`
`(2) The goods and/or services for which applicant seeks registration originate in the
`
`geographic place identified in the mark; and
`
`(3) Purchasers would be likely to make a goods—place or services-place association;
`
`that is, purchasers would be likely to believe that the goods and/or services
`
`originate in the geographic place identified in the mark.
`
`TMEP §12l0.0l(a); see In re Societe Generale des Eaux Mlfnerales de Vittel S.A., 824 F.2d
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`957, 959, 3 USPQ2d 1450 (Fed. Cir. 1987); In re Hollywood Lawyers Online, 110 USPQ2d
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`1852, 1853 (TTAB 2014).
`
`When analyzed in detail, it becomes clear that Applicant’s mark does not satisfy at
`
`least one of the above three prerequisites due to the following reasons:
`
`1. The First Two Characters of the Mark Means “Chinese Person,” NOT “China”
`
`The Office mistakenly believed the first two characters of the applied-for mark means
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`“of or relating to China.” The Applicant respectfully disagrees. The first two characters of
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`1
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`W
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`

`

`U.S. Trademark Application No. 86405415
`Our ref: 16214-OO6TMK
`Mark: CHINESE EGG BANK
`
`the applied-for mark is pronounced “hua-ren,” which literally means “Chinese Person,” or
`
`“ethnic Chinese,” see online Chinese—E11glish dictionary:
`
`(http 2//www .mdbg.net/chindict/c hindict.php?wdrst= l &popup= 1 &wdqchid=%E8°/o8F%AF%
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`E4”/goBA%BA), a copy of which is attached. These two characters have a primary meaning
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`that is not geographic.
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`2. There Can Be No Services/Place Association
`
`The record failed to establish that purchasers would make a services/place association
`
`between CHINA and medical/OBGYN services.
`
`The Examining Attorney maintained that the primary significance of the first two
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`Chinese character is a generally-known geographic place, that Applicant is located there, and
`
`that purchasers would believe that her services originates from CHINA.
`
`While there is no dispu.te that applicant°s has an address in Taiwan, and that Taiwan
`
`and/or China is known to the American consu.mers who may require medical or OBGYN
`
`services, Taiwan and/or China does not have any significance in medical services and
`
`OBGYN services. Therefore, a services/place association cannot be presumed from the fact
`
`that the mark has the word “CHINESE.” The Examining Attomey failed to present sufficient
`
`evidence to establish that American consumers in need of medical and OBGYN services
`
`would in fact make such an association.
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`Moreover, Taiwan and China are sufficiently remote and distant from the United
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`States with respect to American consumers in need of immediate medical/OBGYN help, that
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`such services/place association would not be made. In other words, American consumers
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`seeking medical/OBGYN services would not assume such services are provided thousands of
`
`miles away from across the Pacific Ocean. The American consumers would reasonably
`
`associate the word “CHINESE” in the applied—for mark as relating to services where the
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`service—provider is capable of speaking the Chinese language. Also, the American consumers
`
`would reasonably associate the two characters “hua ren” in the applied—for mark as relating to
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`services where the target consumers are those of Chinese decent.
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`

`

`U.S. Trademark Application No. 86405415
`Our ref: 16214-OOSTMK
`Mark: CHINESE EGG BANK
`
`3. The Goods Do Not Originate from the Geographic Location
`
`The goods and services ofCHlNESE EGG BANK do not originated from China.
`
`Although the Applicant has an address in Taiwan, it should be noted that Taiwan is not part of
`
`China. Taiwan and China are two distinct political entities. Purchasers would not believe that
`
`the goods and services originate from China. The official name of Taiwan, as provided by the
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`following page of U.S. Department of States, is Taiwan.
`
`htt 2//travel.state. ov/content/ ass orts/en lishfcounti /taiwan.ht1nl A copy of which is
`
`attached.
`
`4. By Definition The Applied-For Services Are NOT to be Provided Outside of the
`
`United States
`
`Further, the applied for goods and services are hospitals, midwife services, OBGYN
`
`services, etc., all of which are medically-related services which the client has intent to render
`
`in commerce. And by definition, to satisfy the “use in commerce” requirement, these services
`
`must be rendered in commerce that may be regulated by the United States Congress.
`
`In other
`
`words, these medically-related services would be rendered in more than one State or in the
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`United State and a foreign country. Therefore, by definition purchasers would not believe
`
`these medically—related services are provided out of the United States, let alone China. And as
`
`a result, there cannot be a services/place association.
`
`CONCLUSION
`
`Therefore, as discussed above, the applied for mark is not primarily geographically
`
`descriptive. Applicant respectfully submits that its application is now in condition for
`
`publication. The Examining Attorney is invited to contact the undersigned with any questions
`
`concerning this matter.
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`WPAT Law Group P.C.
`
`

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`U.S. Trademark Application No. 86405415
`Our ref: 16214-OOSTMK
`Mark: CHINESE EGG BANK
`
`/Anthony King/
`By:
`JULY 1 1, 2015
`
`Attorney for Applicant
`USPTO Reg. No. 49,063
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`

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`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 13
`Entered: July 9, 2015
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`WHOLE SPACE INDUSTRIES LTD,
`
`Petitioner,
`
`V.
`
`ZIPSHADE INDUSTRIAL (B.V.I.) CORP,
`Patent Owner.
`
`Case IPR2015-00488
`
`Patent 8,245,756 B2
`
`Before PHILLIP J. KAUFFMAN, MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, and
`
`BARRY L. GROSSMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`GROSSMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`ORDER
`
`REGARDING CORRECTED PETITION
`
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
`
`

`

`IPR2015-00488
`
`Patent 8,245,756 B2
`
`A conference call was held on July 8, 2015, with Lynn J. Alstadt and Ralph
`
`G. Fischer, counsel for Petitioner, and Anthony King, counsel for Patent Owner.
`
`The purpose of the call was to determine whether the Corrected Petition (Paper 5,
`
`“Pet.”) complied with the format requirements for documents submitted in an inter
`
`parres review. The applicable rule (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(a)(2)) states that either a
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`proportional or monospaced font may be used. The proportional font must be 14-
`
`point or larger, and the monospaced font must not contain more than four
`
`characters per centimeter (ten characters per inch). Double spacing must be used.
`
`Zipshade Industrial (B.V.I.) Corp. (“Patent Owner”) filed a Preliminary
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`Response (Paper 9, “Prelim. Resp”) in which Patent Owner asserted that
`
`“Petitioner submitted a 57-page Petition with a spacing of 1.5, and 12-point font.”
`
`Prelim. Resp. 6. Patent Owner also asserted that if the Petition was “formatted as
`
`double-spaced with 14-point font, it would expand to 80 pages.” Id. Our rules
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`limit a Petition in an inter partes review to 60 pages. 37 C.F.R. § 42.24(a)(1)(i).
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`Our analysis of the Petition indicated that the Petition was filed with a 12-
`
`point Times New Roman font with double spacing. We initiated a conference call
`
`with the parties to determine the format in which the Petition was filed.
`
`Petitioner acknowledged that the Corrected Petition was submitted in error
`
`with a 12-point Times New Roman font with double spacing. Petitioner also stated
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`that when the Corrected Petition was reformatted to a 14-point proportional font
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`with double spacing, the Corrected Petition was 65 pages. Petitioner stated that
`
`when some of the discussion in the Corrected Petition about the prosecution
`
`history was eliminated, and when the claim charts were revised to eliminate excess
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`spacing, the Petition was 60 pages.
`
`We determined that the Petitioner shall file a second corrected Petition in
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`14-point proportional font with double spacing that does not exceed 60 pages and
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`

`

`IPR20l5-00488
`
`Patent 8,245,756 B2
`
`otherwise complies fully with our rules. In accordance with Petitioner’s
`
`representations, the second corrected Petition will eliminate some discussion of the
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`prosecution history, eliminate excess spacing in the claim chartsl and shall not add
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`any new arguments, evidence, or information. The Petitioner also shall file a red-
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`lined version of the second corrected Petition indicating all changes and additions
`
`to the Corrected Petition. The second corrected Petition and red-lined version shall
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`be filed no later than Friday, July 10, 2015.
`
`It is so Ordered.
`
`' Our rules permit claim charts to be filed with single spacing. 37 CFR.
`§ 42.6(a)(2)(iii)', see also, Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), Frequently
`Asked Questions (FAQs), Section D (Filing a Petition), answer to question D12
`(“The element by element showing may be provided in a claim chart, which is
`permitted to be written with single spacing”), available at the website of the U.S.
`Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov) (Patents: Application
`Process/Patent Trial and Appeal Board/Trials/Patent Review Processing System
`(PRPS)).
`
`3
`
`

`

`IPR2015-00488
`
`Patent 8,245,756 B2
`
`Petitioner:
`
`Lynn Alstadt
`Ralph Fischer
`Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
`lynn.a1stadt@bipc,com
`ra1ph_fischer@bipc.com
`
`Patent Owner:
`
`Anthony King
`WPAT Law Group, P.C.
`aking@wpatca. com
`
`

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`Huaren
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`ethnic Chinese person or people
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`ethnic Chinese person or people
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`Hi
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`hua
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