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`Paper 24
`Entered: September 8, 2014
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES INC,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`WESTERNGECO LLC,
`
`Patent Owner.
`
`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)
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Before BRYAN F. MOORE, SCOTT A. DANIELS,
`and BEVERLY M. BUNTING, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
`
`
`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.
`
`
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00678 (Patent 6,691,038)
`IPR2014-00687 (Patent 7,162,967)
`IPR2014-00688 (Patent 7,080,607)
`IPR2014-00689 (Patent 7,293,520)
`
`
`On September 4, 2014, Petroleum Geo-Services Inc. (Petitioner) filed
`
`a notice regarding discovery. The notice included the transcript of an
`
`August 27, 2014 call with the Panel regarding additional discovery. The
`
`Panel requested that this transcript be filed on in these cases. The notice also
`
`contained a copy of the discovery exchanged by the parties. Discovery is
`
`not routinely files in an inter partes review and the Panel did not request or
`
`authorize this discovery to be filed in these cases. Therefore, the Panel
`
`orders that the notice be expunged and refiled without the attached
`
`discovery.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Accordingly, it is
`
`ORDERED that, notice concerning the status of discovery filed
`
`September 4, 2014 (IPR2014-00678 Paper 24, IPR2014-00687 Paper 23,
`
`IPR2014-00688 Paper 23, IPR2014-00689 Paper 23) is expunged;
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that the notice concerning the status of
`
`discovery filed September 4, 2014 be refiled with the transcript of the
`
`August 27 phone conference as the only attachment.
`
`
`
`
`
`2
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00678 (Patent 6,691,038)
`IPR2014-00687 (Patent 7,162,967)
`IPR2014-00688 (Patent 7,080,607)
`IPR2014-00689 (Patent 7,293,520)
`
`
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`
`David Berl
`Christopher Suarez
`Williams & Connolly, LLP
`dberl@wc.com
`Csuarez@wc.com
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`
`Scott A. McKeown
`Christopher A. Bullard
`OBLON, SPIVAK, McCLELLAND,
`MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
`CPdocketMcKeown@oblon.com
`CPdocketBullard@oblon.com
`
`3
`
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