`571-272-7822
` Date: March 31, 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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`GREENE’S ENERGY GROUP, LLC
`Petitioner,
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`OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00216
`Patent 6,179,053
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2014-00216
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`A conference call was held on Friday, February 21, 2014, between John
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`Feldhaus, representing Petitioner; Archis Ozarker, representing Patent Owner; and
`Administrative Patent Judge Green.
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`The parties jointly requested the call to request authorization to submit a
`clarification of the Patent Owner Preliminary Response that was filed on March
`13, 2014. Specifically, the parties noted that U.S. Patent No. 5,819,851 (“the ’851
`patent”) was referred to as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) in the Preliminary
`Response. Paper at 4. The parties noted, however, that the sole named inventor
`of the ’851 patent, L. Murray Davis, is also the sole named inventor of the patent
`challenged in the instant proceeding, and, thus, both parties agree that the ’851
`patent is not prior art to the challenged patent. The parties requested authorization
`to file a joint stipulation to that effect.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the parties are authorized to file a joint stipulation stating
`that the ’851 patent is not prior art to the patent challenged in the instant
`proceeding. The joint stipulation shall be filed no later than the close of business
`on April 4, 2014.
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`IPR2014-00216
`Patent 6,179,053
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`Petitioner:
`John Feldhaus
`jfeldhaus@foley.com
`Andrew R. Cheslock
`acheslock@foley.com
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`Patent Owner:
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`C. Erik Hawes
`ehawes@morganlewis.com
`Archis V. Ozarkar
`nozarkar@morganlewis.com
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