`571-272-7822
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` Paper 7
` Entered: March 5, 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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`WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. and
`WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL INNOVATIONS LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00354
`Patent 7,806,896 B1
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`Before WILLIAM V. SAINDON, MICHAEL R. ZECHER, and
`RICHARD E. RICE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ZECHER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`Case IPR2014-00354
`Patent 7,806,896 B1
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`A conference call in the above proceeding was held on March 4, 2014,
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`between respective counsel for Petitioners and Patent Owner, and Judges
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`Zecher, Saindon, and Rice. Counsel for Petitioners in IPR2013-00629 and
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`IPR2014-00321 also participated in the call. The purpose of the call was to
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`discuss the potential impact of this proceeding on IPR2013-00629 and
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`IPR2014-00321.
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`Patent Owner began the call by informing the Board that both
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`IPR2013-00629 and IPR2014-00321 seek review of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,806,896 B1 (“the ’896 patent”)—the same patent sought to be reviewed in
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`this proceeding. Patent Owner explained that the Board already has
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`instituted an inter partes review of claim 1 of the ’896 patent in IPR2013-
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`00629. Patent Owner further explained that, if the Board institutes inter
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`partes reviews in this proceeding and IPR2014-00321, certain efficiencies
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`may be achieved by consolidating or joining all three proceedings. Counsel
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`for each Petitioner agreed to work with Patent Owner to achieve efficiencies,
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`but separately noted that, because the Board has yet to determine whether to
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`institute an inter partes review in either this proceeding or IPR2014-00321,
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`consolidating or joining all three proceedings is premature at this time. The
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`Board agreed, but informed the parties that it may revisit the issue once a
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`determination has been made whether to institute an inter partes review in
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`this proceeding and IPR2014-00321.
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`Case IPR2014-00354
`Patent 7,806,896 B1
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`For PETITIONERS:
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`Samuel W. Apicelli
`Jarrad M. Gunther
`Duane Morris LLP
`swapicelli@duanemorris.com
`jmgunther@duanemorris.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Cary Kappel
`William Gehris
`Davidson, Davidson, & Kappel, LLC
`ckappel@ddkpatent.com
`wgehris@ddkpatent.com
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