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` Paper 6
`Entered: May 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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`ABB, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`ROY-G-BIV CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00282 (Patent 6,516,236)
`Case IPR2013-00286 (Patent 8,073,557)1
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`Before THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, BRYAN F. MOORE, and
`JENNIFER S. BISK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GIANNETTI, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses a joint conference for these cases. The parties are not
`authorized to use this caption for any subsequent papers without authorization from
`the Board.
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`IPR2013-00282 (Patent 6,516,236)
`IPR2013-00286 (Patent 8,073,557)
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`On May 29, 2013, the following individuals participated in a joint
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`conference call in these matters: (1) Richard D. McLeod and Michael D. Jones,
`counsel for Petitioner; (2) Richard T. Black, counsel for Patent Owner;
`(3) Administrative Patent Judges Thomas L. Giannetti, Bryan F. Moore, and
`Jennifer S. Bisk.
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`1. Motions for Joinder
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`Patent Owner intends to oppose the pending motions for joinder.
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`2. Preliminary Response
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`Patent Owner does not waive its right to file preliminary responses to the
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`petitions.
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`3. Schedule
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`The potential effect on the existing schedule should these proceedings be
`joined with IPR2013-00062 and IPR2013-00074 was discussed. Under the
`circumstances, the Administrative Patent Judges will give Petitioner an opportunity
`to limit the petitions to certain claims and grounds to reduce Patent Owner’s
`burden in responding.
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`In view of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`The following matters were discussed:
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`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a motion to limit the petitions
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`in these proceedings to claims 5, 6, and 7 of US Patent 6,516,236, and claims 26,
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`29, 30, and 46-59 of US Patent 8,073,557, further limited to the following grounds
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`IPR2013-00282 (Patent 6,516,236)
`IPR2013-00286 (Patent 8,073,557)
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`as set forth in the petitions: as to claims 5, 6, and 7, obviousness over Gertz,
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`Stewart, Morrow, DDAG, Brockschmidt, and HP86; as to claims 26, 29, 30, and
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`46-59, obviousness over Gertz, Stewart, Morrow, Brockschmidt, and Architect.
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall have one week from the
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`entry date of this order to file this motion;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that no opposition to this motion by Patent Owner is
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`authorized;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s opposition to the motions for
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`joinder shall be due on the same date as its preliminary response to the petitions.
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`No reply by Petitioner is authorized.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Richard D. McLeod
`Michael D. Jones
`Klarquist Sparkman LLP
`rick.mcleod@klarquist.com
`michael.jones@klarquist.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Richard T. Black
`Joel B. Ard
`Foster Pepper PLLC
`blacr@foster.com
`ardjo@foster.com
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