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`Paper No. 4
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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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`SEQUENOM, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR
`UNIVERSITY
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00337
`Patent 8,195,415
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`Mailed: January 24, 2014
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`Before Althea Wilburn, Trial Paralegal.
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`NOTICE OF FILING DATE ACCORDED TO PETITION
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`TIME FOR FILING PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`The petition for inter partes review in the above proceeding has been
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`accorded the filing date of January 9, 2014.
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`Case IPR2014-00337
`Patent 8,195,415
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`Administrative Patent Judge Lora Green has been designated to
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`manage the proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.5.
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`A review of the petition identified the following defect(s):
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` Chart on pages 4, 5, and 6 needs to be double-spaced
`pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(a)(iii).
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`Petitioner must correct the defect(s) within FIVE BUSINESS DAYS
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`from this notice. Failure to correct the defect(s) may result in an order to
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`show cause as to why the Board should institute the trial. No substantive
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`changes (e.g., new grounds) may be made to the petition.
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`Patent Owner may file a preliminary response to the petition no later
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`than three months from the date of this notice. The preliminary response is
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`limited to setting forth the reasons why the requested review should not be
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`instituted. Patent Owner may also file an election to waive the preliminary
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`response to expedite the proceeding. For more information, please consult
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`the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756 (Aug. 14, 2012),
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`which is available on the Board Web site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
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`Patent Owner is advised of the requirement to submit mandatory
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`notice information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) within 21 days of service of
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`the petition.
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`The parties are encouraged to use the heading on the first page of this
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`Notice for all future filings in the proceeding.
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`The parties are advised that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), recognition of
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`counsel pro hac vice requires a showing of good cause. The parties are
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`authorized to file motions for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.10(c). Such motions shall be filed in accordance with the “Order --
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`Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639,
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`Case IPR2014-00337
`Patent 8,195,415
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`Paper 7, a copy of which is available on the Board Web site under
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`“Representative Orders, Decisions, and Notices.”
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`The parties are reminded that unless otherwise permitted by 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.6(b)(2), all filings in this proceeding must be made electronically in the
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`Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), accessible from the Board Web
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`site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
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`If there are any questions pertaining to this notice, please contact
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`Althea Wilburn at 571-272-6230 or the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at
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`571-272-7822.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Kushan
`jkushan@sidley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`R. Danny Huntington, Esq.
`Sharon E. Crane, Ph.D.
`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
`Suite 800
`607 14th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
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`PETERS VERNY, L.L.P.
`425 Sherman Avenue
`Suite 230
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
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