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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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`NETFLIX, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`OPENTV, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`IPR2014-00252
`Patent 8,107,786
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, JAMES T. MOORE, and
`JUSTIN BUSCH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BUSCH, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Institution of Inter Partes Review
`37 C.F.R. § 42.108
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`A.
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`Background
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`Netflix, Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition requesting an inter partes
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`review of claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No. 8,107,786 (Ex. 1001, “the ’786
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`patent”) on December 16, 2013. Paper 2 (“Pet.”). OpenTV, Inc. (“Patent
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`Owner”) filed a Patent Owner Preliminary Response on March 26, 2014.
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`Paper 11 (“Prelim. Resp.”). We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. §§ 6(b)
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`and 314.
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`The standard for instituting an inter partes review is set forth in
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a), which states:
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`THRESHOLD -- The Director may not authorize an inter partes
`review to be instituted unless the Director determines that the
`information presented in the petition filed under section 311 and
`any response filed under section 313 shows that there is a
`reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail with
`respect to at least 1 of the claims challenged in the petition.
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`Inter partes review is instituted only if the petition supporting the
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`ground demonstrates “that there is a reasonable likelihood that at least one of
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`the claims challenged in the petition is unpatentable.”
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.108(c).
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`Upon consideration of the Petition and the Patent Owner Preliminary
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`Response, we conclude Petitioner has established a reasonable likelihood
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`that it would prevail with respect to claims 1-7 of the ’786 patent and,
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`accordingly, institute an inter partes review of claims 1-7.
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`B.
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`Related Proceedings
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`Petitioner indicates that the ’786 patent was asserted against
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`Petitioner in OpenTV, Inc. v. Netflix, Inc., No. 1:12-cv-01733 (D. Del.).
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`The same parties and related patents are involved in the following petitions
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`for inter partes review before this Board: Netflix, Inc. v. OpenTV, Inc.,
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`Case IPR2014-00267 (PTAB Dec. 17, 2013); Netflix, Inc. v. OpenTV, Inc.,
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`Case IPR2014-00269 (PTAB Dec. 18, 2013); and Netflix, Inc. v. OpenTV,
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`Inc., Case IPR2014-00274 (PTAB Dec. 19, 2013).
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`C.
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`The ’786 Patent (Ex. 1001)
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`The ’786 patent describes a method and system for displaying, upon a
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`trick mode request, alternate content associated with primary content. Ex.
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`1001, Abstract. The ’786 patent explains that a trick mode request is a
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`request to play the primary content at something other than regular speed,
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`such as a request to fast forward, reverse, or skip the primary content. See
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`id. at Abstract, 2:52-53. One described embodiment provides a system that
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`generates a secondary advertisement that is not derived from the primary
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`advertisement when a user elects to skip or fast forward through the primary
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`advertisement. Id. at 2:53-61.
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`Of the challenged claims, claims 1, 4, and 7 are independent claims.
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`Claim 4 is directed to a method, claim 1 is directed to a system with
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`elements for executing the method of claim 4, and claim 7 is directed to a
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`computer readable medium storing instructions to execute the method of
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`claim 4. Illustrative claim 4 is reproduced as follows:
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`A method including:
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`4.
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`receiving a request for primary content;
`communicating primary content to a receiving device, the
`receiving device to render the primary content to an output device
`at a normal speed of the primary content;
`associating the primary content to secondary information;
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`and
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`communicating the secondary information to the receiving
`device, the receiving device to utilize the secondary information to
`render secondary non-derivative content to the output device
`instead of the primary content, the secondary non-derivative
`content not being derived from the primary content, the receiving
`device to render the secondary non-derivative content responsive
`to receipt of a request to render the primary content at the
`receiving device at an accelerated speed of the primary content.
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`Asserted Grounds of Unpatentability
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`D.
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`Petitioner asserts the following grounds of unpatentability under
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`35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103:
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`Reference[s]
`Plotnick1
`Plotnick and Eldering2
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`Basis
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`§ 102(b)
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`§ 103(a)
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`Challenged Claims
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`1-6
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`7
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`1 Plotnick et al. (“Plotnick”), U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 2005/0097599, published
`May 5, 2005 (Ex. 1003).
`2 Eldering et al. (“Eldering”), U.S. Pat. No. 6,820,277, Nov. 16, 2004 (Ex.
`1004).
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`II. ANALYSIS
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`A.
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`Claim Construction
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`In an inter partes review, claim terms in an unexpired patent are given
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`their broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the
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`patent in which they appear. 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b). Under the broadest
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`reasonable construction standard, claim terms are given their ordinary and
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`customary meaning, as would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the
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`art in the context of the entire disclosure. In re Translogic Tech., Inc., 504
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`F.3d 1249, 1257 (Fed. Cir. 2007). Any special definition for a claim term
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`must be set forth with reasonable clarity, deliberateness, and precision. In re
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`Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1480 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
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`Independent claims 1, 4, and 7 each recite “the receiving device to
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`utilize the secondary information to render secondary non-derivative
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`content to the output device.” The ’786 patent provides a definition section
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`listing seven definitions, including a definition for non-derivative secondary
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`content. Ex. 1001, 3:26-4:5. The ’786 patent defines non-derivative
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`secondary content as “includ[ing] secondary content that is not generated
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`from the associated primary content.” Id. at 3:47-49. The ’786 patent
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`further explains that “[non-]derivative secondary content does not include
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`samples (e.g., audio and/or visual) from the associated primary content.” Id.
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`at 3:49-51.3 Thus, Petitioner proposes adopting these two sentences as the
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`construction of secondary non-derivative content. Pet. 8.
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`The definition provided in the ’786 patent states that secondary non-
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`derivative content includes secondary content not generated from the
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`associated primary content. The claims and the specification (including the
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`definitions provided for the terms primary content, secondary content,
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`secondary information, and derivative secondary content) of the ’786 patent
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`provide additional context for construing secondary non-derivative content.
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`Therefore, in light of the specification and the claims, we determine the
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`broadest reasonable interpretation of “secondary non-derivative content” is
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`content that is not generated using any information or content contained in
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`the primary content.
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`B.
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`Asserted Anticipation Ground Based on Plotnick
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`1. Overview of Plotnick (Ex. 1003)
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`Plotnick explains that video cassette recorders (VCRs) and personal
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`video recorders (PVRs), which allow viewers to record programming and
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`skip or fast forward through recorded advertisements, may leave “little
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`chance [for advertisements] to make an impression on the viewer.” Ex. 1003
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`¶ 58. Plotnick describes a system and method for displaying alternative
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`advertising in place of a recorded advertisement upon receipt of a trick play
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`3 As pointed out by Mr. Kramer, the ’786 patent appears to have a
`typographical error where the example given under the definition of “Non-
`Derivative Secondary Content” inadvertently omits the “non-” preceding
`“derivative” at line 49 of column 3. See Ex. 1005 ¶ 27.
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`event. Ex. 1003, Abstract, ¶ 59. Plotnick explains that the alternate
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`advertisement may be displayed either in conjunction with or instead of the
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`recorded advertisement and that the alternate may take various forms,
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`including a logo, a portion of the recorded advertisement, or an “entirely
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`unrelated advertisement.” Ex. 1003, Abstract, ¶¶ 31, 59, 60. Plotnick
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`describes a PVR as “any type of device which digitally stores and plays back
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`programming, and can include devices located in the residence, the head-end
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`or central office, in the distribution network, as part of the Internet, or
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`distributed over any or all of these locations.” Ex. 1003 ¶ 96. Plotnick
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`provides descriptions of PVRs, their functionality, and various PVR
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`systems. Ex. 1003 ¶¶ 95-129.
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`2. Analysis of Asserted Anticipation Ground Based on Plotnick
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`Petitioner contends that claims 1-6 are anticipated by Plotnick. Pet. 8-
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`35. Petitioner alleges that Plotnick anticipates claim 1 and maps a portion of
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`Plotnick to each limitation of independent claim 1. Id. at 9-20. Petitioner
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`also maps portions of Plotnick to each of the limitations in dependent claims
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`2 and 3 (id. at 20-23), which depend from claim 1, as well as independent
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`claim 4 and dependent claims 5 and 6 (id. at 23-35), which depend from
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`claim 4.
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`Patent Owner alleges Petitioner fails to meet the statutory and
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`regulatory requirements for an inter partes review to be instituted based on
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`the anticipation challenges. Prelim. Resp. 3-4. Specifically, Patent Owner
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`argues review should not be instituted because “the Petition simply
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`paraphrases and cites Plotnick without further elucidation” and the Petition
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`does not present a prima facie case of anticipation. Id. at 4.
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`a.
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`Claims 1-3: A Request Module and a Communication
`Module
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`With respect to claims 1-3, Patent Owner first argues the Petition does
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`not show sufficiently how disparate disclosures within Plotnick meet the
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`recited limitations, as arranged. Prelim. Resp. 6-9. Patent Owner argues
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`that Petitioner cites to Plotnick’s video dial tone gateway, which is directed
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`to aspects of video on demand (VoD), as disclosing the recited request
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`module, and to Plotnick’s video source that transmits video to a PVR, as
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`disclosing the recited communication module. Id. at 6-7. Patent Owner
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`argues that the portion of Plotnick cited for disclosing the video source does
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`not discuss VoD and is directed to a different embodiment of Plotnick. Id. at
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`7-8. Patent Owner asserts Petitioner has cited “two disparate citations for
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`the claimed system, [but] the Petition does not explain whether or how video
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`source 1200, the alleged ‘communication module,’ is part of the same VoD
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`system that allegedly contains the video dial tone gateway and the return
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`transport path allegedly comprising the ‘request module.’” Id. at 8. Finally,
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`Patent Owner argues that neither the Petition nor the cited portions of
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`Plotnick clearly indicate that the two cited elements are arranged in a single
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`system, as recited in claim 1. Id.
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`Plotnick provides descriptions of different types of PVRs that may be
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`used in Plotnick’s system. See Ex. 1003 ¶¶ 94-122. For example, Plotnick
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`states “[b]efore describing the generation or contents of the alternative
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`advertisement in detail, a detailed description of multiple variations of a
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`PVR will first be described.” Ex. 1003 ¶ 94. Plotnick subsequently
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`describes PVRs in general (id. at ¶¶ 95-75), PVR functionality (id. at ¶¶ 98-
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`103), residential PVRs (integrated into set-top boxes or residential gateways)
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`(id. at ¶¶ 104-109), VoD (including PVR functionality such as pause, fast
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`forward, rewind, and stop) (id. at ¶¶ 110-117), and finally head-end based
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`PVRs or personal video channels (id. at ¶¶ 118-120). Subsequently,
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`Plotnick begins describing advertising opportunities on PVRs. Id. at ¶¶ 121-
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`122.
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`Of particular note, Plotnick states that, as used in the specification,
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`“the term PVR refers to any type of device which digitally stores and plays
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`back programming, and can include devices located in the residence, the
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`head-end or central office, in the distribution network, as part of the Internet,
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`or distributed over any or all of these locations.” Ex. 1003 ¶ 96. The section
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`of Plotnick describing VoD, portions of which the Petitioner maps to the
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`request module, also explains that “[a] true VoD system also includes the
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`ability to pause the movie, fast forward through the movie, rewind, or stop at
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`any point in the programming.” Id. ¶ 111. Additionally, Petitioner cites
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`paragraph 112 of Plotnick, which provides a description of Figure 4 and
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`explains that the VoD service includes video servers that provide storage
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`capability, a head end, and a video dial tone gateway.
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`Regarding the communication module, Petitioner points to the portion
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`of Plotnick that explains that “a program source (video source) 1200
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`transmits a program stream (video stream) 1210 . . . to a PVR” and further
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`discloses that “[t]he video source 1200 may be a satellite, a head-end, a
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`networked video server, [or other source].” Pet. 10-11 (citing Ex. 1003 ¶
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`167). Patent Owner’s argument that Plotnick’s VoD system would not
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`include elements from Plotnick’s PVR systems does not appear to consider
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`Plotnick’s disclosures that a VoD system is a type of PVR and that a
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`networked video server (such as those in the disclosed VoD systems) is one
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`example of a video source transmitting a video stream. Therefore, on this
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`record, we agree with Petitioner’s argument that Plotnick discloses a single
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`integrated VoD system, including both a video dial tone gateway (alleged to
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`meet the recited request module) and video server (alleged to meet the
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`recited communication module).
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`b.
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`Claims 1-3: Communication Module Associating Content
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`Petitioner argues that three items disclosed in Plotnick each
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`independently meet the recited secondary information: “an alternative
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`advertisement, metadata used to access secondary content, and information
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`signals communicated to the PVR used to generate secondary content.” Pet.
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`12-13. Petitioner further argues that Plotnick teaches associating each of
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`those items with the primary content at least because each of those items is
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`transmitted with the primary content. Id. at 13-15.
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`Patent Owner argues the Petition fails to show sufficiently that
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`Plotnick discloses “a communication module to . . . associate the primary
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`content to secondary information,” as recited in claims 1-3. Prelim. Resp. 9-
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`14. In particular, Patent Owner alleges there is no explanation of how
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`Plotnick’s video source (argued by Petitioner as meeting the recited
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`communication module) associates advertisements with an alternative
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`advertisement, metadata, or information signals. Id. at 9. Patent Owner
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`presents various arguments regarding a lack of clarity as to whether the cited
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`portions of Plotnick for the secondary information are related to Plotnick’s
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`video source and as to how the alleged secondary information is associated
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`with the primary content. Id. at 10-14. Patent Owner also argues the
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`Petition does not explain what entity is performing the associating function.
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`Id.
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`Petitioner’s argument that the video server (alleged to meet the
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`communication module) associates the secondary advertisement with the
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`primary content is persuasive. Petitioner argues, and Patent Owner does not
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`dispute, that Plotnick’s video source sends the primary and secondary
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`advertisements in a single video stream. See Ex. 1003 ¶ 167. Based on the
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`evidence presented, we are persuaded that a video source transmitting two
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`items of content together in a single stream (in order for one item to be
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`played in response to a play mode and the other item to be played in
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`response to a fast forward mode, as depicted in Figure 12), meets the recited
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`associating language.
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`c.
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`Claims 4-6: Receiving a Request for Primary Content
`and Associating the Primary Content to Secondary
`Information
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`Petitioner cites to similar portions of Plotnick, identified with respect
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`to claims 1-3, as disclosing the corresponding limitations in claims 4-6. Pet.
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`23-35.
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`Patent Owner argues the primary content requested in Plotnick is not
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`the same content that is associated with secondary information. Prelim.
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`Resp. 15-18. In particular, Patent Owner argues that, based on Petitioner’s
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`mapping of the VoD system to the recited “receiving a request for primary
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`content,” the primary content in Plotnick would be video content delivered
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`by the VoD system. Id. at 15-16. Patent Owner further argues the Petition
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`does not allege that video delivered by the VoD system is associated with
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`secondary information. Id. at 16. Patent Owner also presents the same
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`arguments presented with respect to claims 1-3 regarding the failure of the
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`Petition to indicate clearly what element of Plotnick performs the associating
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`step.
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`However, as discussed above, the video source in Plotnick’s VoD
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`system is one embodiment of a video source that delivers advertisements
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`along with programming. Ex. 1003 ¶ 167. Therefore, we agree with
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`Petitioner’s position that, when content is requested in the VoD system, the
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`primary advertisement is also being requested. The requested primary
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`content (including the primary advertisement) is described as being
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`associated with the secondary information, at least to the extent that the
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`video source is sending, in the same video stream, an alternate advertisement
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`to be played upon a trick play event.
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`d.
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`Claims 1-6: Remaining Limitations
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`We have reviewed Petitioner’s arguments regarding the limitations
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`not argued in Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response and find Petitioner’s
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`arguments persuasive. Thus, on this record, we conclude that Petitioner has
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`demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that claims 1-6 are unpatentable under
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`35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Plotnick.
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`C.
`Asserted Obviousness Ground Based on Plotnick and
`Eldering (Claim 7)
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`1. Overview of Eldering (Ex. 1004)
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`Eldering describes an “Ad Management System (AMS) for managing
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`sales and insertion of targeted advertisements into advertising opportunities
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`(‘avails’).” Ex. 1004, Abstract. Eldering discloses implementing the AMS
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`on a server using software means. Ex. 1004, 9:66-10:7. Eldering is
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`incorporated by reference into Plotnick. Ex. 1003 ¶ 15. Plotnick also
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`describes incorporating the AMS, which is further described in Eldering,
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`into Plotnick’s system. Ex. 1003 ¶¶ 142-145, Fig. 7.
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`2. Analysis of Asserted Obviousness Ground Based on Plotnick
`and Eldering (Claim 7)
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`Claim 7 recites a “tangible machine readable medium storing a set of
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`instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to”
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`perform the method steps recited in claim 4.
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`Petitioner contends that claim 7 would have been obvious in view of
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`Plotnick and Eldering. Pet. 35-49. Petitioner introduces Eldering because
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`Plotnick does not state explicitly that the servers may include software
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`instructions. Id. at 36. Petitioner presents reasons to combine Eldering with
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`Plotnick, including that Eldering was incorporated by reference into
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`Plotnick, that Eldering provides details regarding an Ad Management
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`System, referenced in Plotnick, and that combining Plotnick and Eldering is
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`merely “combining prior art elements according to known methods to yield
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`predictable results.” Id. at 37-38. Petitioner’s declarant, Mr. Kramer, further
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`states that software and processing power were placed in servers in order to
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`make systems more secure and simpler to maintain. Ex. 1005 ¶ 37.
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`Petitioner then maps each limitation of independent claim 7 to Eldering and
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`Plotnick. Pet. 39-49.
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`Similar to arguments with respect to the anticipation challenges,
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`Patent Owner alleges that Petitioner fails to meet the statutory and regulatory
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`requirements for an inter partes review to be instituted based on the
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`obviousness challenge. Prelim. Resp. 3-5. Patent Owner argues “the
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`Petition fails to explain whether and how the disparate disclosures of
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`Plotnick that it relies on as the basis for its obviousness challenge could be
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`combined” and “the Petition fails to explain facts necessary to determine the
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`scope and content of the prior art, which is required to establish a prima
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`facie case of obviousness.” Id. at 4-5, 18. Patent Owner argues that the
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`proposed combination does not teach the recited tangible computer readable
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`medium storing instructions and reiterates the argument that the content
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`requested is not the same content associated with the secondary information.
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`We credit the declaration of Mr. Kramer that it was common practice,
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`and thus obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art, to include software
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`on servers for various commercial reasons. Therefore, Petitioner has shown
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`sufficiently that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have found it
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`obvious to include software in the video server to execute the functions
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`disclosed in Plotnick. We have addressed Patent Owner’s contention that
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`the primary content is not associated with the secondary information. The
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`same analysis applies to claim 7.
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`Therefore, on this record, we conclude that Petitioner has
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`demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that claim 7 is unpatentable under 35
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`U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious in view of Plotnick and Eldering.
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`III. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, we determine that the information
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`presented in the Petition establishes a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner
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`would prevail in establishing the unpatentability of claims 1-6 of the ’786
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`patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Plotnick and the
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`unpatentability of claim 7 of the ’786 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
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`obvious in view of Plotnick and Eldering.
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`The Board has not made a final determination on the patentability of
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`any challenged claim.
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`IV. ORDER
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`For the reasons given, it is:
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`ORDERED that pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), an inter partes review
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`is hereby instituted as to claims 1-7 of the ’786 patent;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the trial is limited to the stated grounds
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`and no other grounds are authorized; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(c) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.4, the trial commences on the entry date of this decision, and
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`notice is hereby given of the institution of a trial.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Andrew S. Ehmke
`andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Dustin Johnson
`dustin.johnson.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Erika H. Arner
`erika.arner@finnegan.com
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`Joshua L. Goldberg
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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`Russell Levine
`russell.levine@kirkland.com
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`Eugene Goryunov
`eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
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