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` Paper 18
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` Entered: May 9, 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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.
`Patent Owner
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`Cases IPR2014-00039 (Patent 6,628,314 B1)
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`IPR2014-00040 (Patent 6,771,290 B1)
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, and LYNNE E.
`PETTIGREW, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2014-00039 (Patent 6,628,314 B1)
`IPR2014-00040 (Patent 6,771,290 B1)
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`On May 6, 2014, the initial conference call1 was held between counsel for the
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`respective parties and Judges Medley, Deshpande, and Pettigrew.
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`Motions
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`Neither party seeks authorization to file a motion at this time. As explained,
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`if Patent Owner determines that it will file a motion to amend, Patent Owner must
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`arrange a conference call soon thereafter with the Board and opposing counsel to
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`discuss the proposed motion to amend. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a).
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`The parties were reminded that if they seek authorization to file a motion not
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`contemplated per the Scheduling Order, the party requesting such authorization
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`must arrange a conference call with opposing counsel and the Board.
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`Patent Owner has indicated the possibility of seeking authorization to file a
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`motion for the consolidation of four of the inter partes reviews for the ʼ290 patent,
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`including IPR2014-00040, and has contacted the respective Petitioners to begin
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`discussions. Patent Owner was reminded that if it seeks authorization to file a
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`motion to consolidate, Patent Owner must arrange a conference call with opposing
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`counsel and the Board sooner rather than later.
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`Schedule
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`Counsel for the respective parties indicated that they have no issues with the
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`Scheduling Order entered April 9, 2014.
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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
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`IPR2014-00039 (Patent 6,628,314 B1)
`IPR2014-00040 (Patent 6,771,290 B1)
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`To the extent issues arise with DATES 1-3 identified in the Scheduling
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`Order, the parties are reminded that, without obtaining prior authorization from the
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`Board, they may stipulate to different dates for DATES 1-3, as provided in the
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`Scheduling Order, by filing an appropriate notice with the Board. The parties may
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`not stipulate to any other changes to the Scheduling Order.
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`It is
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`Order
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`ORDERED that no motions are authorized at this time.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Kushan
`jkushan@sidley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jason Angell
`jangell@ftklaw.com
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`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48765 (Aug. 14, 2012).
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