`571-272-7822
`
`
`
`
`
`Paper No. 3
`
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`WEBASTO ROOF SYSTEMS, INC.
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`UUSI, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2014-00648
`Patent 8,217,612
`____________
`
`Mailed: April 24, 2014
`
`
`
`Before Andrew Kellogg, Trial Paralegal
`
`
`
`NOTICE OF FILING DATE ACCORDED TO PETITION
`AND
`TIME FOR FILING PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
`
`
`The petition for inter partes review in the above proceeding has been
`
`accorded the filing date of April 16, 2014.
`
`Administrative Patent Judge Glenn J. Perry has been designated to
`
`manage the proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.5.
`
`
`
`
`
`Case IPR2014-00648
`Patent 8,217,612
`
`
`A review of the petition identified the following defect(s):
`
`Improper usages of claim charts: Although claim charts are
`
`permitted, the purpose of claim charts is to assist petitioners to specify where
`
`each claim limitation is found in the prior art references relied upon.
`
`Attorney argument is not permitted in the claim charts.
`
`Petitioner must correct the defect(s) within FIVE BUSINESS DAYS
`
`from this notice. Failure to correct the defect(s) may result in an order to
`
`show cause as to why the Board should institute the trial. No substantive
`
`changes (e.g., new grounds) may be made to the petition.
`
`Patent Owner may file a preliminary response to the petition no later
`
`than three months from the date of this notice. The preliminary response is
`
`limited to setting forth the reasons why the requested review should not be
`
`instituted. Patent Owner may also file an election to waive the preliminary
`
`response to expedite the proceeding. For more information, please consult
`
`the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756 (Aug. 14, 2012),
`
`which is available on the Board Web site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
`
`Patent Owner is advised of the requirement to submit mandatory
`
`notice information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) within 21 days of service of
`
`the petition.
`
`The parties are encouraged to use the heading on the first page of this
`
`Notice for all future filings in the proceeding.
`
`The parties are advised that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), recognition of
`
`counsel pro hac vice requires a showing of good cause. The parties are
`
`authorized to file motions for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R.
`
`§ 42.10(c). Such motions shall be filed in accordance with the “Order --
`
`Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639,
`
`
`
`2
`
`
`
`Case IPR2014-00648
`Patent 8,217,612
`
`Paper 7, a copy of which is available on the Board Web site under
`
`“Representative Orders, Decisions, and Notices.”
`
`The parties are reminded that unless otherwise permitted by 37 C.F.R.
`
`§ 42.6(b)(2), all filings in this proceeding must be made electronically in the
`
`Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), accessible from the Board Web
`
`site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
`
`If there are any questions pertaining to this notice, please contact
`
`Andrew Kellogg at 571-272-5366 or the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at
`
`571-272-7822.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`3
`
`
`
`Case IPR2014-00648
`Patent 8,217,612
`
`
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`Charles Sanders
`Timothy Rousseau
`Goodwin Procter LLP
`csanders@goodwinprocter.com
`pdinh@goodwinprocter.com
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Stephen Schultz
`Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.
`1300 East Ninth Street, Suite 1700
`Cleveland, OH 44114
`
`4
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`