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`Paper 23
`Entered: December 10, 2013
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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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`AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL
`COMPANY, INC., EXPEDIA, INC., HOTELS.COM LP, HOTELS.COM GP,
`LLC, HOTWIRE, INC., ORBITZ WORLDWIDE, INC., PRICELINE.COM,
`INC., TRAVELOCITY.COM LP, and YAHOO! INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`METASEARCH SYSTEMS, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2014-00001
`Patent 8,326,924
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, KARL D. EASTHOM, and
`LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`EASTHOM, Administrative Patent Judge.
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` ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
`Management of this proceeding has been transferred from Administrative
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`Patent Judge Sally C. Medley to Administrative Patent Judge Karl D. Easthom. All
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`orders and time for taking action remain in effect unless changed by Judge Easthom.
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`All communications with the Board should be adapted as necessary to reflect this
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`change.
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`Case CBM2014-00001
`Patent 8,326,924
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`Petitioner:
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`John Vandenberg
`john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
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`Kristen Reichenbach
`kristen.reichenbach@klarquist.com
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`Patent Owner:
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`Cyrus Morton
`camorton@rkmc.com
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`Ryan Schultz
`rmschultz@rkmc.com
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