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` Entered: October 10, 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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`AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AMERICAN VEHICULAR SCIENCES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00634
`Patent 6,738,697 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, BARBARA A. PARVIS, and
`GREGG I. ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Order
`Conduct of Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2014-00634
`Patent 6,738,697
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`On October 10, 2014, a conference call was held. The participants
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`were respective counsel for the parties, Judges Lee, Parvis, and Anderson,
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`and counsel for Hyundai Motor Company. The subject matter of the call
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`was a Motion for Joinder, filed by Hyundai Motor Co., in IPR2014-01543
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`(“the ’1543 IPR”), which seeks to join that proceeding with this proceeding.
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`During the conference call, counsel for Patent Owner indicated that he
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`would be representing Patent Owner in the ’1543 IPR and Patent Owner
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`likely would not oppose the Motion for Joinder. Also during the conference
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`call, counsel for Petitioner indicated that Petitioner does not oppose the
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`Motion for Joinder, if joinder would not affect Petitioner’s ability to settle
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`with Patent Owner. We indicated that Petitioner’s ability to settle separately
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`with Patent Owner would not be affected by granting the Motion for Joinder.
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`It is
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`ORDERED both Petitioner and Patent Owner have until October 17,
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`2014, to file any Opposition to the Motion to Joinder filed by Hyundai
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`Motor Company in the ’1543 IPR; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file its Opposition, if
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`any, both in the ’1543 IPR and in this proceeding, and Petitioner shall file its
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`Opposition, if any, in this proceeding.
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`IPR2014-00634
`Patent 6,738,697
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Joseph Melnik
`Joseph Beauchamp
`H. Albert Liou
`jmelnik@jonesday.com
`jbeauchamp@jonesday.com
`aliou@jonesday.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Thomas J. Wimbiscus
`Scott P. McBride
`Christopher Scharff
`twimbiscus@mcandrews-ip.com
`smcbride@mcandrews-ip.com
`cscharff@mcandrews-ip.com