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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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`VOLUSION, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`VERSATA DEVELOPMENT
`GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`AND
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`VERSATA SOFTWARE, INC.
`Real Party-In-Interest
`___________________
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`Case CBM2013-00017
`Patent 6,834,282
`_____________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I. 
`II. 
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`Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 
`The Order Entered in this Proceeding Conflicts with the Statutes and
`Regulations ...................................................................................................... 2 
`A.  Neither the Statutory Authorization for Motions to Amend Nor the
`Regulations Adopted by the Director Contemplate Introduction of
`Invalidity Grounds not Involved in Trial ...................................................... 3 
`B.  Order in this Proceeding Imposes an Additional Substantive
`Requirement that is both Extra-Statutory and Extra-Regulatory .................. 5 
`C.  Order in this Proceeding Conflicts with the Statutory and Regulatory
`Scheme .......................................................................................................... 7 
`1.  Order in this Proceeding Could Effectively Destroy the Statute’s
`Delicately Crafted Balance between Estoppels and Grounds Actually
`Raised ................................................................................................................. 8 
`2.  Order in this Proceeding Effectively Obviates Specific Statutory
`Limitations on the Kinds of Prior Art upon which a Petitioner may Rely to
`Support Invalidity Grounds Raised in a Transitional Proceeding under
`§§ 102, 103 ......................................................................................................... 9 
`D.  No Unfair Prejudice is Created by Limiting Requirements for Entry of
`Motion to Amend to Responsiveness to a Grounds of Unpatentability
`Actually Involved in the Trial ..................................................................... 10 
`III.  The Order Conflicts with Previous PTAB Guidance ..................................... 11 
`A.  The Orders Entered in Proceedings Involving Prior Art Grounds
`Authorized for Trial are Inapposite ............................................................. 11 
`B.  The LinkedIn Order (entered in a proceeding that involves only § 101
`grounds authorized for trial) Conflicts with the Order Entered in this
`Proceeding ................................................................................................... 12 
`IV.  Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 15 
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ............................................................................ 16 
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
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`I.
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`Introduction
`Patent Owner, pursuant to an automatic grant of authorization for motions
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`seeking rehearing, hereby moves for reconsideration of the Order – Conduct of the
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`Proceeding, entered December 20, 2013, Paper No. 19 (the “Order”).
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`The Order, which details the Board’s requirements for Patent Owner’s
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`Motion to Amend in the instant proceeding, conflicts with the statutory framework
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`insofar as it imports prior art issues under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102, 103 into a covered
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`business method (CBM) review instituted solely on § 101 grounds and thereby:
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`(1) upsets the delicately crafted balance between estoppels and grounds
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`actually raised by a petitioner during a transitional proceeding under
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`Section 18, and
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`(2) effectively obviates specific statutory limitations on the kinds of prior art
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`upon which a petitioner may rely to support invalidity grounds raised in a
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`transitional proceeding under §§ 102, 103.
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`The Order’s importation of prior art issues into a CBM review instituted solely on
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`§ 101 grounds is not dictated by the statute (35 U.S.C. § 326(d)) or by any actual
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`regulation prescribed by the Director consistent with the statutory grant of
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`authority under 35 U.S.C. § 326(a)(9). Moreover, given the conflict with the
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`statutory framework, no such regulation could be reasonably prescribed by the
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`Director and no general provision (e.g., 37 C.F.R. § 42.20 establishing a movant’s
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`burden to establish that it is entitled to requested relief) could reasonably be
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`interpreted by a reviewing court to establish an extra-statutory requirement for a
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`Patent Owner in a § 101-only CBM review to sua sponte develop a §§ 102/103-
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`based invalidity straw man (on grounds that Petitioner itself chose not to develop)
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`as a precondition for entry of its statutorily authorized motion to amend, and then
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`rebut its own straw man.
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`Finally, notwithstanding the Board’s ostensible reliance on an order entered
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`in CBM2013-00025 (LinkedIn Corp. v. AvMarkets Inc., paper 18, Dec. 2, 2013),
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`which appears to be the only other order establishing motion to amend
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`requirements in a § 101-only CBM review, the Order in the present proceeding is
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`flatly inconsistent with the LinkedIn order.
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`Accordingly, Patent Owner respectfully seeks withdrawal of the Order and
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`entry of a substitute order that, consistent with the statutes, regulations and, indeed,
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`the Board’s own order in LinkedIn, clarifies that Patent Owner’s page-limited
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`motion to amend need only address invalidity grounds actually involved in the
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`trial.
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`II. The Order Entered in this Proceeding Conflicts with the Statutes and
`Regulations
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`As the Board correctly notes, the only issue in the instant proceeding is
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`whether the claims of the ’282 patent qualify as statutory subject matter under 35
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`U.S.C. § 101. Order at 2. Patent Owner seeks to file a motion to amend certain
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`original claims of the ’282 Patent, by way of one-for-one substitute claims
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`respectively contingent on an adverse final written decision that the substituted-for
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`original claim is unpatentable under § 101.
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`A. Neither the Statutory Authorization for Motions to Amend Nor
`the Regulations Adopted by the Director Contemplate
`Introduction of Invalidity Grounds not Involved in Trial
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`Motions to amend are specifically authorized by § 326(d) of the statute,
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`which states that:
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`(d) AMENDMENT OF THE PATENT.—
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`(1) IN GENERAL.—During a post-grant review instituted under this
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`chapter, the patent owner may file 1 motion to amend the patent in 1 or
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`more of the following ways:
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`(A) Cancel any challenged patent claim.
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`(B) For each challenged claim, propose a reasonable number of
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`substitute claims.
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`(2)ADDITIONAL MOTIONS.—Additional motions to amend may be
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`permitted upon the joint request of the petitioner and the patent owner to
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`materially advance the settlement of a proceeding under section 327, or
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`upon the request of the patent owner for good cause shown.
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`(3) SCOPE OF CLAIMS.—An amendment under this subsection may
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`not enlarge the scope of the claims of the patent or introduce new matter.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`35 U.S.C. § 326(d). Indeed, in furtherance of a § 326(a)(9) statutory mandate that
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`“[t]he Director shall prescribe regulations setting forth standards and procedures
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`for allowing the patent owner to move to amend the patent under subsection (d)
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`…,” the Office has adopted § 42.221, which provides (in pertinent part):
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`(a) Motion to amend. A patent owner may file one motion to amend a patent,
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`but only after conferring with the Board.
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`…
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`(2) Scope. A motion to amend may be denied where:
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`(i) The amendment does not respond to a ground of unpatentability
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`involved in the trial; or
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`(ii) The amendment seeks to enlarge the scope of the claims of the
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`patent or introduce new subject matter.
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`(3) A reasonable number of substitute claims. …
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`(b) Content. A motion to amend claims must include a claim listing, show
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`the changes clearly, and set forth:
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`(1) The support in the original disclosure of the patent for each claim that
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`is added or amended; and
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`(2) The support in an earlier-filed disclosure for each claim for which
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`benefit of the filing date of the earlier filed disclosure is sought.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.221.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`Notably, the regulations adopted in furtherance of the § 326(a)(9) statutory
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`mandate enumerate two (and only two) conditions under which a motion to amend
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`may be denied. Specifically, a motion to amend may be denied if the specific
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`amendment “does not respond to a ground of unpatentability involved in the
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`trial” or if it “seeks to enlarge the scope of the claims of the patent or introduce
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`new subject matter.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.221(a)(2). The Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide confirms these requirements. 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48766 (Aug. 14, 2012).
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`Notably, the regulations do not state that a motion to amend may be denied
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`where amendment does not respond to a ground of unpatentability that is not
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`involved in the trial. Indeed, any requirement that a motion to amend respond to a
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`ground of unpatentability not involved in trial may be fairly characterized as both
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`extra-statutory and extra-regulatory.
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`Accordingly, based on the statute and regulations, a grantable motion to
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`amend the claims in the instant proceeding must, along with the requirements in §
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`42.221(b) and § 42.221(a)(2), carry the burden of establishing the patentability of
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`the proposed amendment only under § 101, as § 101 is the only “ground of
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`unpatentability involved in the trial.”
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`B. Order in this Proceeding Imposes an Additional Substantive
`Requirement that is both Extra-Statutory and Extra-Regulatory
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`The Order in this proceeding imposes an additional requirement on Patent
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`Owner outside the bounds of, and indeed in conflict with, applicable statutes and
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`regulations. Specifically, citing an order from Idle Free Systems, Inc. v.
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`Bergstrom, Inc., IPR2012-00027, Paper 26 (June 11, 2013) (“Idle Free”), the
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`Order asserts that:
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`Patent Owner’s focus on 37 C.F.R. § 42.221(a)(2)(i) as the only
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`requirement for a motion to amend is myopic and misplaced. Patent
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`Owner fails to take into consideration all of the other statutory and
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`regulatory requirements. For a patent owner’s motion to amend, 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.20 places the burden on the patent owner to show that it is
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`entitled to its proposed claims, and thus show a patentable distinction
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`of each proposed substitute claim over the prior art known to the
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`patent owner. This is regardless of the basis upon which the trial was
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`instituted.
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`Order at 4-5 (internal citation to Idle Free omitted).
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`The Order alleges that this requirement arises from 37 C.F.R. § 42.20, but
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`the only citation the Order provides as support for this statement is the Idle Free
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`order, and not any specific statutory or regulatory requirements that discuss
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`patentable distinctions over prior art. Order at 4. Indeed, the Idle Free order itself
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`does not cite any statutory or regulatory authority that specifically requires a patent
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`owner to show a patentable distinction over the prior art, aside from referring to the
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`movant’s burden in 37 CFR § 42.20(c). Idle Free at 7-8. Patent Owner further
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`notes that the Idle Free order, though referred to as a “Representative Order” on
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`the Board’s website, has not been designated “Precedential” according to the
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`Board’s Standard Operating Procedure 2 (Revision 7), such that it is binding upon
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`the Board.
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`C. Order in this Proceeding Conflicts with the Statutory and
`Regulatory Scheme
`None of AIA § 18, 35 USC § 321 et seq., 37 CFR § 42.1 et seq., 37 CFR §
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`42.200 et seq., and 37 CFR § 42.300 et seq. require a patent owner to compare its
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`claims against prior art for a motion to amend. Simply stated, there is no specific
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`statutory or regulatory authority requiring Patent Owner to address prior art in a
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`Motion to Amend, where trial was not requested nor instituted on prior art grounds.
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`Any introduction of prior art into this trial is in direct conflict with the
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`regulations and the Board’s Decision on Institution. The regulations provide that
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`“the Board may authorize the review to proceed on…all or some of the grounds of
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`unpatentability asserted for each claim.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.208. The regulations do
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`not allow the Board to conduct trial on additional non-asserted grounds.
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`Consistent with the regulations, the Board’s Decision on Institution stated that “the
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`trial is limited to § 101 and no other grounds are authorized” as the only ground
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`of unpatentability asserted was § 101. Decision – Institution of Covered Business
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`Method Patent Review at 17 (emphasis added). In contrast, the Order indicates
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`that the introduction of prior art and the requirement to show a patentable
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`distinction exists “regardless of the basis upon which trial was instituted,” again
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`only citing the Idle Free order as authority, which does not make such a statement.
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`Order at 4-5. If Patent Owner is forced to discuss prior art in its Motion to Amend,
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`such prior art will undoubtedly be argued at the oral hearing and discussed in the
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`Board’s final decision (see 35 U.S.C. § 328(a)), and thus, trial will be effectively
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`conducted on § 101 and the unauthorized grounds of §§ 102/103, which the
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`regulations do not allow.
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`1. Order in this Proceeding Could Effectively Destroy the
`Statute’s Delicately Crafted Balance between Estoppels and
`Grounds Actually Raised
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`Other statutory conflicts also exist if prior art is introduced into this trial, and
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`if such prior art is discussed in the Board’s final decision. For example, the Order
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`does not address whether Petitioner in this case would be prevented by 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 325(e)(1) and AIA § 18(a)(1)(D) from later asserting invalidity of the amended
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`claims over the prior art that would be brought into trial. Assuming that one of
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`Patent Owner’s proposed claims is entered, would Petitioner be barred from later
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`arguing that the claim is invalid over prior art discussed in Patent Owner’s motion
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`to amend and any Petitioner’s reply? That is, can Petitioner harass Patent Owner
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`by filing a subsequent post-grant review proceeding or civil action on prior art that
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`would be now introduced into the trial? Such safeguards against duplication and
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`harassment were a key improvement of the America Invents Act, but the Order
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`does not address this situation. If Petitioner is not estopped from later raising
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`invalidity on prior art discussed in the motion to amend, then the Order is
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`constructively authorizing a violation of 35 U.S.C. § 325(e)(1) and AIA §
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`18(a)(1)(D).
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`2. Order in this Proceeding Effectively Obviates Specific
`Statutory Limitations on the Kinds of Prior Art upon which
`a Petitioner may Rely to Support Invalidity Grounds Raised
`in a Transitional Proceeding under §§ 102, 103
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`Furthermore, the Order does not circumscribe whether the “prior art known
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`to the patent owner” includes only prior art authorized by AIA § 18(a)(C), or
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`whether “prior art known to the patent owner” includes prior art outside of the
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`statutory bounds. As Petitioner noted on the conference call prior to the Order,
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`Patent Owner’s litigation counsel has been served with invalidity contentions
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`related to certain claims at issue in the litigation. Some of the allegedly
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`invalidating prior art in the invalidity contentions may be, for example, prior art
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`systems which would not qualify as prior art under AIA § 18(a)(C). Forcing Patent
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`Owner to introduce such prior art into the proceeding would be outside the bounds
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`of the statutory authority provided by AIA § 18, and would unfairly allow
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`Petitioner an end-around the statutory requirements of AIA § 18 and the
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`introduction of non-statutory prior art.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`D. No Unfair Prejudice is Created by Limiting Requirements for
`Entry of Motion to Amend to Responsiveness to a Grounds of
`Unpatentability Actually Involved in the Trial
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`Limiting Patent Owner’s motion to amend to the sole § 101 grounds of
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`unpatentability on which trial has actually been instituted would not unfairly
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`prejudice Petitioner in any way. Petitioner could have asserted authorized prior art
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`grounds in the opening Petition, but it did not, presumably as a tactical gambit to
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`avoid estoppel. Regardless, both now and in the future, Petitioner has the ability to
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`assert prior art grounds in a subsequent petition for post-grant review, whether on
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`the original claims or the proposed claims if the motion to amend is granted.
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`Moreover, Petitioner can challenge the validity of either set of claims over prior art
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`in district court when the stay (that it requested) is lifted. Thus, eliminating the
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`erroneous requirement to show the proposed claims’ patentability over prior art in
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`this proceeding does not affect Petitioner in any prejudicial way.
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`Accordingly, because the Order’s requirement to show patentability of the
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`proposed claims over prior art is not rooted in any statutory or regulatory authority,
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`and effectively authorizes violation of various statutes, Patent Owner respectfully
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`requests withdrawal of the Order and entry of a substitute order.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`III. The Order Conflicts with Previous PTAB Guidance
`Setting aside the statutory and regulatory conflict, the Order is not dictated
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`by orders entered in proceedings that involve prior art and, more significantly, is in
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`conflict with previous PTAB guidance in § 101-only CBM proceedings.
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`A. The Orders Entered in Proceedings Involving Prior Art Grounds
`Authorized for Trial are Inapposite
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`The Board points to three previous orders issued in inter partes reviews to
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`provide “guidance…regarding motions to amend”: Nichia Corporation v. Emcore
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`Corporation, IPR2012-00005, Paper 27 (June 3, 2013; Idle Free; and ZTE
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`Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc. v. Contentguard Holdings Inc., IPR2013-00136,
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`Paper 33 (November 7, 2013). Order at 2. Only one of these previous orders, Idle
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`Free, discusses the requirement to compare the proposed claims against prior art.
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`Order at 2. The Nichia order confirms that a patent owner must identify written
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`description support for its proposed claims. The ZTE order confirms the patent
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`owner’s requirement to “show patentability of the proposed substitute claims”
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`(though it does not address under what sections of Title 35) and the procedures for
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`claim substitutions. Neither Nichia nor ZTE specifically discuss a patent owner’s
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`requirement to show patentability over prior art.
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`The Order also refers to orders in three CBM proceedings “where the Board
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`directed the parties to IPR decisions like Idle Free for guidance regarding motions
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`to amend.” Order at 3. Two of those proceedings (SAP America, Inc. v. Pi-Net
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`International, Inc. and Salesforce.com, Inc. v. VirtualAgility, Inc.) involve prior art
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`grounds authorized for trial, so the reference to Idle Free’s requirements regarding
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`a showing of patentability over prior art is understandable. The other is discussed
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`below.
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`B.
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`The LinkedIn Order (entered in a proceeding that involves only
`§ 101 grounds authorized for trial) Conflicts with the Order
`Entered in this Proceeding
`As the Board noted, LinkedIn Corp. v. AvMarkets Inc., CBM2013-00025,
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`like the instant trial, involved trial on only § 101 grounds. Notably, the Board
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`there did not require the patent owner to compare its proposed claims against any
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`prior art. Instead, in the LinkedIn Order (Paper 18 of CBM2013-00025), Judge
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`Tierney, speaking for a panel of the Board, instructed the patent owner to explain
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`in detail how the proposed substitute claims obviated “the grounds of
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`unpatentability authorized in this proceeding” (i.e., the invalidity grounds under
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`§ 101) and further to identify the written description support for the proposed
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`claims. LinkedIn Order at 3 (emphasis added). These requirements are consistent
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`with the statutes and regulations described above. Indeed, viewing the LinkedIn
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`order from the perspective of this proceeding, it could be said that Judge Tierney
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`was judicious, and indeed prescient, as to the legal quagmire presented by the
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`Order in this proceeding.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`Notably, the panel in LinkedIn only referred to the Idle Free decision to
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`provide “further guidance regarding these requirements,” and did not refer to Idle
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`Free to provide any indication that the patent owner was to compare the claims to
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`any prior art in order to satisfy its burden on its motion to amend. Nor did the
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`LinkedIn panel separately set forth such a requirement. This is in direct contrast to
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`the panel's requirement set forth in the instant Order, which requires Patent Owner
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`to “show a patentable distinction of each proposed substitute claim over the prior
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`art known to the patent owner.” Order at 4.
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`As summarized in the following table, there is a marked disconnect between
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`the facts and requirements set forth in LinkedIn, Idle Free, and the present Order.
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`Essentially, the Board’s present Order imposes the requirements of both Idle Free
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`and LinkedIn, though the facts of the proceeding only align with LinkedIn.
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`Trial Grounds of Unpatentability
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`Idle Free LinkedIn
`Order
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`§ 101
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`§ 101
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`§ 102
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`§ 103
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`Requirements of Motion to Amend
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`Identify Written Description Support
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`No Enlargement of Claim Scope
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`Respond to § 101 grounds
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`Respond to prior art involved in trial
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`Respond to prior art known to patent owner
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`No
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`N/A
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`No
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`N/A
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`Yes
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`Just as the patent owner in Idle Free was not required to establish statutory
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`subject matter eligibility of its claims under § 101 under penalty of denial or
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`dismissal of its motion to amend, the patent owner in LinkedIn was not required to
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`establish patentability over prior art in its motion to amend. In both cases, the
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`requirements for the motion to amend were limited (consistent with the express
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`language of 37 CFR § 42.221(a)(2)(i) or § 42.121(a)(2)(i)) to the grounds involved
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`in the respective trial. The present Order departs from previous guidance and
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`requires Patent Owner to respond to grounds not authorized for trial. Accordingly,
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests withdrawal of the Order and entry of a
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`substitute corrected order.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
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`IV. Conclusion
`For at least the reasons set forth herein, Patent Owner respectfully submits
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`that the Order should be withdrawn, and a substitute order be entered, correcting
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`the Patent Owner’s requirements for a motion to amend and specifically excising
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`the current, legally errant, requirement that Patent Owner must, in this § 101-only
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`proceeding, show a patentable distinction of each proposed substitute claim over
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`prior art.
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`Dated:__3-Jan-2014_______
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/David W. OBrien/______________
`David W. O’Brien
`Registration No. 40,107
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`CBM2013-00017 (Patent 6,834,282)
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`__________________
`VOLUSION, INC.
`Petitioner
`v.
`VERSATA DEVELOPMENT
`GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner
`AND
`VERSATA SOFTWARE, INC.
`Real Party-In-Interest
`_________________
`Case CBM2013-00017
`Patent 6,834,282
`Title: LOGICAL AND CONSTRAINT BASED BROWSE HIERARCHY WITH
`PROPAGATION FEATURES
`_____________________
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`
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.205, that
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`service was made on the Petitioner as detailed below.
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`Date of service January 3, 2014
`Manner of service Federal Express
`Documents served Patent Owner’s Motion for Reconsideration
`Persons served Keith E. Broyles, David S. Frist, Jason Cooper
`Alston & Bird LLP
`One Atlantic Center
`1201 West Peachtree Street
`Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
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`
`
`/David W. OBrien/
`David W. O’Brien
`Registration No. 40,107
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`–16–
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