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`By: Richard D. Mc Leod (Reg. No. 46,921)
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`rick.mcleod@klarquist.com
`Michael D. Jones (Reg. No. 41,879)
`michael.jones@klarquist.com
`Klarquist Sparkman LLP
`One World Trade Center, Suite 1600
`121 S.W. Salmon Street
`Portland, Oregon 97204
`Telephone: (503) 595-5300
`Facsimile: (503) 595-5301
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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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`ABB INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`ROY-G-BIV CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Patent 6,516,236 B1
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`____________
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`MOTION FOR JOINDER TO RELATED
`INSTITUTED INTER PARTES REVIEW (37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b))
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`Petitioner ABB Inc. files this Motion for Joinder of the Petition For Inter
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`Partes Review Of Claims 1-10 Of U.S. Patent No. 6,516,236 B1 (“Second
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`Petition”), with the instituted inter partes review, ABB Inc. v. ROY-G-BIV
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`Corporation, Case No. IPR2013-00062 (“IPR2013-00062”), pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 315(c) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b).
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`No fee is required for consideration of this Motion. Petitioner has paid the
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`fee for the IPR2013-00062 and will be paying the fee for the Second Petition for
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`inter partes review. Should this be incorrect, the Patent Office is authorized to
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`charge Deposit Account 02-4550 the necessary fee.
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`I.
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`APPLICABLE RULES
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b) states:
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`Request for joinder. Joinder may be requested by a patent owner or
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`petitioner. Any request for joinder must be filed, as a motion under
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`§ 42.22, no later than one month after the institution date of any
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`inter partes review for which joinder is requested. The time period
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`set forth in § 42.101(b) shall not apply when the petition is
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`accompanied by a request for joinder.
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`II. RELIEF REQUESTED
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`In this Motion, Petitioner ABB Inc. requests that the Second Petition be
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`joined with IPR2013-00062.
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`MOTION FOR JOINDER
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`III. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS
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`1.
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`On November 21, 2011, ABB was served with a complaint for
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`infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,516,236. That suit is currently pending in the
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`U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, styled ROY-G-BIV
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`Corporation v. ABB, Inc. et al., 6:11-cv-00622-LED – ED Tex. (Tyler).
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`2.
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`On November 21, 2012, ABB filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`requesting review of claims 1-10 of the ’236 patent, now styled, ABB, Inc. v. Roy-
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`G-Biv Corporation, Case No. IPR2013-00062.
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`3.
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`On April 18, 2013, the Board instituted trial on claims 1-4 and 8-10 in
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`ABB, Inc. v. Roy-G-Biv Corporation, Case No. IPR2013-00062.
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`4.
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`On May 2, 2013, ABB filed a Motion for Reconsideration of Decision
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`on Institution of Inter Partes Review in IPR2013-00062. That motion is pending.
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`5.
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`Concurrently with this Motion, ABB is filing its Second Petition,
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`challenging claims 1-10 of the ’236 patent.
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`IV. ARGUMENT
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`The Board has authority under 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) to join a properly-filed
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`second inter partes review petition to an instituted inter partes review proceeding.
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`This request for joinder is timely and the time periods set forth in 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.101(b) do not apply to the Second Petition because it is accompanied by this
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`request for joinder. 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b).
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`MOTION FOR JOINDER
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`The Second Petition involves the same parties, the same patent, the same
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`claims, and much of the same prior art. In the Second Petition, ABB argues new
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`grounds for the unpatentability of the challenged claims, based in part on the
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`Board’s claim interpretation in its decision in IPR2013-00062. Therefore, the
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`Second Petition is related to IPR2013-00062, and joining the Second Petition with
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`IPR2013-00062 would not prejudice ROY-G-BIV Corporation. ABB Inc. requests
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`joinder of the Second Petition with IPR2013-00062.
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`Dated: May 17, 2013
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Richard D. Mc Leod/
`Richard D. Mc Leod
`Registration No. 46,921
`Michael D. Jones
`Registration No. 41,879
`Klarquist Sparkman LLP
`One World Trade Center, Suite 1600
`121 S.W. Salmon Street
`Portland, Oregon 97204
`Telephone: (503) 595-5300
`Facsimile: (503) 595-5301
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`MOTION FOR JOINDER
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`Certificate of Service in Compliance With 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4)
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`The undersigned certifies that a complete copy of this Motion for Joinder
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`was served on the official correspondence address for the ’236 Patent shown in
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`PAIR and the attorneys of record for Patent Owner in Trial No. IPR2013-00062:
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`MICHAEL SCHACHT
`SCHACHT LAW OFFICE, INC.
`ROY-G-BIV CORPORATION
`SUITE 202, 2801 MERIDIAN ST.
`BELLINGHAM WA 98225
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`RICHARD T. BLACK
`JOEL B. ARB
`FOSTER PEPPER PLLC
`1111 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 3400
`SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3299
`TEL: (206) 447-6251
`FAX: (206) 749-2062
`BLACR@FOSTER.COM
`ARDJO@FOSTER.COM
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`via EXPRESS MAIL, on May 17, 2013.
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`By:
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`/Richard D. Mc Leod/
`Richard D. Mc Leod
`Registration No. 46,921
`One World Trade Center, Suite 1600
`121 S.W. Salmon Street
`Portland, Oregon 97204
`Telephone: (503) 595-5300
`Facsimile: (503) 595-5301
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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