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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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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`AMERICAN VEHICULAR SCIENCES LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00412
`Patent 6,738,697
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`Mailed: July 17, 2013
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`Before PATRICK E. BAKER, Trial Paralegal
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`NOTICE OF FILING DATE ACCORDED TO PETITION
`AND
`TIME FOR FILING PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`The petition for inter partes review in the above proceeding has been
`accorded the filing date of July 8, 2013.
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`Case IPR2013-00412
`Patent 6,738,697
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`Administrative Patent Judge Jameson Lee has been designated to
`manage the proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.5.
`A review of the petition identified the following defect:
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` Failure to file motion to appear pro hac vice for
`designated back-up counsel. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`Petitioner must correct the defect within FIVE BUSINESS DAYS
`from this notice. Failure to correct the defect may result in an order to show
`cause as to why the Board should institute the trial. No substantive changes
`(e.g., new grounds) may be made to the petition.
`Patent Owner may file a preliminary response to the petition no later
`than three months from the date of this notice. The preliminary response is
`limited to setting forth the reasons why the requested review should not be
`instituted. Patent Owner may also file an election to waive the preliminary
`response to expedite the proceeding. For more information, please consult
`the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756 (Aug. 14, 2012),
`which is available on the Board Web site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
`Patent Owner is advised of the requirement to submit mandatory
`notice information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) within 21 days of service of
`the petition.
`The parties are encouraged to use the heading on the first page of this
`Notice for all future filings in the proceeding.
`The parties are advised that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), recognition of
`counsel pro hac vice requires a showing of good cause. The parties are
`authorized to file motions for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. §
`42.10(c). Such motions shall be filed in accordance with the “Order --
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`Case IPR2013-00412
`Patent 6,738,697
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`Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013-00010
`(MPT), a copy of which is available on the Board Web site under
`“Representative Orders, Decisions, and Notices.” Any motion for pro hac
`vice admission filed by the parties shall also indicate that the person sought
`to be admitted will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct.
`See Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office; Final Rule, 78 Fed. Reg. 20180 (Apr. 3, 2013) (effective
`May 3, 2013).
`The parties are reminded that unless otherwise permitted by 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.6(b)(2), all filings in this proceeding must be made electronically in the
`Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), accessible from the Board Web
`site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
`If there are any questions pertaining to this notice, please contact
`Patrick E. Baker at 571-272-6192 or the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at
`571-272-7822.
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`PETITIONER:
`A. Antony Pfeffer
`ptab@kenyon.com and apfeffer@kenyon.com
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`Thomas R. Makin
`(Subject to decision on motion for pro hac vice)
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Brian Roffe, Esq.
`8170 McCormick Boulevard, Suite 223
`Skokie, IL 60076-2914
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`Case IPR2013-00412
`Patent 6,738,697
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`Farshad Farjami
`26522 La Alameda Ave., Suite 360
`Mission Viejo, CA 92691
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`Amir Alavi
`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING, P.C.
`1221 McKinney Street, Suite 3460
`Houston, TX 77010
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