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`Entered: April 8, 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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`EMC CORPORATION AND VMWARE, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2013-00083 (JYC)
`Patent 6,415,280
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`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, JONI Y. CHANG, and MICHAEL R. ZECHER,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2013-00083
`Patent 6,415,280
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`On April 8, 2013, a telephone conference call was held involving:
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`1. Peter Dichiara, David Cavanaugh, and Cynthia Vreeland, Counsel for
`Petitioner (“EMC”);
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`2. Joseph Rhoa and Updeed (Mickey) Gill, Counsel for Patent Owner
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`3. Kevin Turner, Joni Chang, and Michael Zecher, Administrative Patent
`Judges.
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`EMC initiated the call to discuss the possibility of submitting supplemental
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`briefing on the publication issue raised by PersonalWeb in its patent owner
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`preliminary response (Paper 14).
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`PersonalWeb opposed and pointed out that the Board rules applicable to
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`inter partes review do not provide for a petitioner’s reply to a patent owner’s
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`preliminary response. PersonalWeb further asserted that submitting supplemental
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`information under 37 C.F.R § 42.123 before institution would be inappropriate.
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`Upon consideration of the parties’ discussion, the Board determined that
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`supplemental briefing was not necessary prior to its decision on institution. Thus,
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`the Board declined to exercise its discretion to allow submission of the
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`supplemental briefing.
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`IPR2013-00083
`Patent 6,415,280
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`PETITIONER:
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`Peter M. Dichiara, Esq.
`David L. Cavanaugh, Esq.
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP
`peter.dichiara@wilmerhale.com
`daidcavanaugh@wilmerhale.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph A. Rhoa, Esq.
`Updeep. S. Gill, Esq.
`NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C.
`jar@nixonvan.com
`usg@nixonvan.com
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