`Date: 31 October 2013
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`SCHRADER-BRIDGEPORT INTERNATIONAL, INC. et al.
`Petitioner
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`CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00014
`Patent 6,998,973
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, JOSIAH C. COCKS, and
`MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, 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. § 42.70.
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`Papers 21 and 24. The requests are granted.
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`IPR2013-00014
`Patent 6,998,973
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`Each party will have thirty (30) minutes of total time to present arguments.
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`Petitioner will proceed first to present its case. Thereafter, Patent Owner will
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`present its case. Petitioner may reserve rebuttal time.
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`The hearing will commence at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, on
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`December 11, 2013, and it will be open to the public for in-person attendance, on
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`the ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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`In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first-come-first-served basis.
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`The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the reporter’s
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`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 five
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`business days prior to the hearing. They shall be filed at the Board two business
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`days prior to the hearing, and the parties must initiate a conference call with the
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`Board by two business days prior to the hearing to resolve any dispute over the
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`propriety of each party’s demonstrative exhibits. The parties are directed to
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`IPR2013-00033, Paper 118 (October 23, 2013) regarding the appropriate content
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`of demonstrative exhibits.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at hearing,
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`although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in whole or in part.
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`If any lead counsel will not be in attendance at hearing, the Board should be
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`notified via a joint telephone conference call no later than two days prior to the
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`hearing to discuss the matter.
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`IPR2013-00014
`Patent 6,998,973
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Bryan P. Collins
`Robert M. Fuhrer
`PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
`1650 Tysons Blvd
`McLean, Virginia 22102
`bryan.collins@pillsburylaw.com
`Robert.fuhrer@pillsburylaw.com
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`For PATENT OWNER
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`Timothy Baumann
`Steven Parmlee
`Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
`120 South LaSalle Street
`Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`tbaumann@fitcheven.com
`sgparm@fitcheven.com
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