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` Entered: October 31, 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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`SYNOPSYS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2012-00042
`Patent 6,240,376 B1
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, SALLY C. MEDLEY, and
`JENNIFER S. BISK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
` 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(10)
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`Petitioner and Patent Owner request a hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.70. Papers 43 and 45. The requests are granted.
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`Each party will have sixty (60) minutes of total time to present
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`arguments. Petitioner will proceed first to present its case. Thereafter,
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`Patent Owner will present its case. Each party may reserve rebuttal time.
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`The hearing will commence at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, on
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`November 14, 2013, and it will be open to the public for in-person
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`attendance, on the ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street,
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`Alexandria, Virginia. In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first-
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`come-first-served basis.
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`The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the
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`reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served
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`five business days prior to the hearing. They shall be filed at the Board two
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`business days prior to the hearing, and the parties must initiate a conference
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`call with the Board by two business days prior to the hearing to resolve any
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`dispute over the propriety of each party’s demonstrative exhibits. The
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`parties are directed to IPR2013-00033, Paper 118 (October 23, 2013)
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`regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at
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`hearing, although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in
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`whole or in part. If any lead counsel will not be in attendance at hearing, the
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`Board should be notified via a joint telephone conference call no later than
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`two days prior to the hearing to discuss the matter.
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`Patent 6,240,376 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`William H. Wright
`Travis Jensen
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
`Email: wwright@orrick.com
`Email: tjensen@orrick.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Christopher L. McKee
`Michael S. Cuviello
`Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
`Email: mentoripr@bannerwitcoff.com
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