`571-272-7822
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` Paper 5
` Entered: January 30, 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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`UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`Patent of UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00127
`Patent 6,587,067
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`(Regarding Conference Call)
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`A conference call was held on January 29, 2013 involving:
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`(1) Timothy E. Bianchi and Thomas C. Reynolds, Counsel for
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`Petitioner, and
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`(2)
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`Sally C. Medley, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`The purpose of the conference call was to discuss defects in the
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`petition.
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`Case IPR2013-00127
`Patent 6,587,067
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`37 CFR 42.104(b)(3) requires the petition to identify how a
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`challenged claim is to be construed. In most cases, claim construction is an
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`important step in the determination of whether the challenged claims are
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`unpatentable over the cited prior art.
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`The instant petition contains implicit claim constructions in the
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`section discussing the reexamination of the involved patent and the section
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`that identifies how the challenged claims are unpatentable. During the
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`conference call, the Board noted that it would be helpful for the Petitioner to
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`set forth those claim constructions explicitly in the claim construction
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`section of the petition.
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`Notice was also provided to counsel for Petitioner of a typographical
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`error on page 11 of the Petition; the citation of exhibit 1008 instead of
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`exhibit 1009.
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`Lastly, duplicate copies of certain exhibits were uploaded into the
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`electronic file record. Counsel for Petitioner was notified that the PTAB
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`will expunge such duplicates in due course.
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`A notice requiring corrections will be issued in due course, giving
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`Petitioner five business days to file a revised petition.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Timothy E. Bianchi
`Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
`1600 TCF Tower
`121 South Eighth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`Case IPR2013-00127
`Patent 6,587,067
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`and
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`Thomas C. Reynolds
`Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
`150 Almaden Blvd.
`Suite 750
`San Jose, CA 95113
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`ALTHEIMER & GRAY
`GARY R. JAROSIK
`10 S. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4000
`CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
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`and
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`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (CHI)
`77 WEST WACKER DRIVE
`SUITE 3100
`CHICAGO IL 60601-1732
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