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`Paper 24
`Entered: September 8, 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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`PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES INC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`WESTERNGECO LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Cases1
`IPR2014-00678 (Patent 6,691,038)
`IPR2014-00687 (Patent 7,162,967)
`IPR2014-00688 (Patent 7,080,607)
`IPR2014-00689 (Patent 7,293,520)
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`Before BRYAN F. MOORE, SCOTT A. DANIELS,
`and BEVERLY M. BUNTING, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses an issue that is the same in all four cases. Therefore,
`we exercise our discretion to issue one Decision to be filed in each case.
`The parties are not authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent
`papers.
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`IPR2014-00678 (Patent 6,691,038)
`IPR2014-00687 (Patent 7,162,967)
`IPR2014-00688 (Patent 7,080,607)
`IPR2014-00689 (Patent 7,293,520)
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`On September 4, 2014, Petroleum Geo-Services Inc. (Petitioner) filed
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`a notice regarding discovery. The notice included the transcript of an
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`August 27, 2014 call with the Panel regarding additional discovery. The
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`Panel requested that this transcript be filed on in these cases. The notice also
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`contained a copy of the discovery exchanged by the parties. Discovery is
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`not routinely files in an inter partes review and the Panel did not request or
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`authorize this discovery to be filed in these cases. Therefore, the Panel
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`orders that the notice be expunged and refiled without the attached
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`discovery.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that, notice concerning the status of discovery filed
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`September 4, 2014 (IPR2014-00678 Paper 24, IPR2014-00687 Paper 23,
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`IPR2014-00688 Paper 23, IPR2014-00689 Paper 23) is expunged;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the notice concerning the status of
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`discovery filed September 4, 2014 be refiled with the transcript of the
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`August 27 phone conference as the only attachment.
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`IPR2014-00678 (Patent 6,691,038)
`IPR2014-00687 (Patent 7,162,967)
`IPR2014-00688 (Patent 7,080,607)
`IPR2014-00689 (Patent 7,293,520)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`David Berl
`Christopher Suarez
`Williams & Connolly, LLP
`dberl@wc.com
`Csuarez@wc.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Scott A. McKeown
`Christopher A. Bullard
`OBLON, SPIVAK, McCLELLAND,
`MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
`CPdocketMcKeown@oblon.com
`CPdocketBullard@oblon.com
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