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`Date Entered: August 19, 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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`UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00127
`Patent 6,587,067 C1
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, SALLY C. MEDLEY, and SCOTT R.
`BOALICK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
` 37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`On August 15, 2013, the following individuals participated in the initial
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`conference call:1
`(1) Mr. Timothy Bianchi and Mr. Thomas Reynolds, counsel for Universal
`Remote Control, Inc. (“URC”);
`(2) Mr. Eric Maiers, counsel for Universal Electronics, Inc. (“UE”); and
`(3) Sally Medley, Howard Blankenship, and Scott Boalick, Administrative
`Patent Judges.
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`Motions
`In preparation for the initial call, neither party filed a motions list. Counsel
`for URC and counsel for UE confirmed that neither party seeks to file any motions.
`However, counsel for UE inquired whether it might be appropriate to file a motion
`for dismissal of the proceeding based on a showing of prior invention with respect
`to the prior art references applied against UE.
`As explained, a patent owner is provided an opportunity to file a patent
`owner response to a petition. 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(8); 37 C.F.R. § 42.120. UE may
`present a showing of prior invention in that context, and, therefore, separate
`briefing in the form of a motion to dismiss is not necessary.
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`Schedule
`Counsel for the respective parties indicated that they have no issues with the
`Scheduling Order (Paper 14) entered July 16, 2013.
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`1 The initial conference call is held to discuss the Scheduling Order and any
`motions that the parties anticipate filing during the trial. Office Patent Trial
`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48765 (Aug. 14, 2012).
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`Settlement
`There was no report of settlement.
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`Order
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`It is
`ORDERED that no motions are authorized at this time.
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`For Patent Owner:
`Michael A. Nicodema
`Gary R. Jarosik
`Eric J. Maiers
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`chiipmail@gtlaw.com
`jarosikg@gtlaw.com
`maierse@gtlaw.com
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`For Petitioner:
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`Timothy E. Bianchi
`Thomas C. Reynolds
`SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A.
`tbianchi@slwip.com
`treynolds@slwip.com
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