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`Paper 21
`Entered: September 25, 2014
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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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`INTEL CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`FUZZYSHARP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00001 (Patent 6,618,047 B1)
`Case IPR2014-00002 (Patent 6,172,679 B1)1
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`Before JUSTIN T. ARBES, TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, and
`DAVID C. McKONE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARBES, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(10)
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`1 This Order addresses an issue pertaining to both cases. Therefore, we
`exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case. The
`parties are not authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent
`papers.
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`IPR2014-00001 (Patent 6,618,047 B1)
`IPR2014-00002 (Patent 6,172,679 B1)
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` Patent Owner requested a hearing in the instant proceedings pursuant
`to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a). See IPR2014-00001, Paper 20; IPR2014-00002,
`Paper 20. The requests are granted.2
`The instant proceedings involve related patents and similar asserted
`prior art. A combined hearing for both proceedings, therefore, is appropriate
`under the circumstances. Each party will have sixty (60) minutes of total
`time to present arguments for the two proceedings. Petitioner bears the
`ultimate burden of proof that the challenged claims are unpatentable.
`Therefore, Petitioner will proceed first to present its case as to the
`challenged claims in both proceedings, and may reserve rebuttal time.
`Patent Owner then will respond to Petitioner’s case for both proceedings.
`After that, Petitioner may use the rest of its time to respond to Patent
`Owner’s presentation.
`The hearing will commence at 2:30 PM Eastern Time on October 28,
`2014, and will be open to the public for in-person attendance on the ninth
`floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
`In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first come, first served
`basis. The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing, and the
`reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served
`five business days prior to the hearing. The parties shall confer with each
`other regarding any objections to demonstrative exhibits in each proceeding,
`and file demonstrative exhibits with the Board at least two business days
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`2 Petitioner did not file a request for oral argument in either proceeding.
`If either party does not intend to participate at the hearing, the party shall
`contact the Board as soon as possible.
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`IPR2014-00001 (Patent 6,618,047 B1)
`IPR2014-00002 (Patent 6,172,679 B1)
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`prior to the hearing. For any issue that cannot be resolved after conferring
`with the opposing party, the parties may file jointly a one-page list of
`objections at least two business days prior to the hearing. The list should
`identify with particularity which demonstrative exhibits are subject to
`objection and include a short statement (no more than one sentence) of the
`reason for each objection. No argument or further explanation is permitted.
`We will consider the objections and schedule a conference call if necessary.
`Otherwise, we will reserve ruling on the objections until after the hearing.
`Any objection to demonstrative exhibits that is not presented timely will be
`considered waived.
`The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and
`specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
`reporter’s transcript. The parties also should note that one member of the
`panel will be attending the hearing electronically from a remote location and
`will not be able to view the projection screen in the hearing room. If a
`demonstrative exhibit is not filed before the hearing or otherwise made
`available to the judge presiding over the hearing remotely, that
`demonstrative exhibit will not be considered.
`The Board expects lead counsel for Petitioner and Patent Owner to be
`present at the hearing, although any back-up counsel may make the actual
`presentation, in whole or in part. If lead counsel for either party will not be
`in attendance at the hearing, the Board should be notified via a joint
`conference call no later than two days prior to the hearing to discuss the
`matter.
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`IPR2014-00001 (Patent 6,618,047 B1)
`IPR2014-00002 (Patent 6,172,679 B1)
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`Requests for audio-visual equipment at the hearing are to be made
`five days in advance of the hearing date. The requests must be sent to
`Trials@uspto.gov. If the requests are not received timely, equipment may
`not be available on the day of the hearing. Further, if the parties have
`questions as to whether demonstrative exhibits would be sufficiently visible
`and available to all of the judges, the parties are invited to contact the Board
`at 571-272-9797.
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`IPR2014-00001 (Patent 6,618,047 B1)
`IPR2014-00002 (Patent 6,172,679 B1)
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`PETITIONER:
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`James F. Valentine
`Rajiv P. Sarathy
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`jvalentine@perkinscoie.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`David Fink
`Timothy Johnson
`FINK & JOHNSON
`texascowboy6@gmail.com
`federallitigationlaw@gmail.com
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