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`Paper 31
`Entered: April 17, 2015
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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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`GORDON * HOWARD ASSOCIATES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`LUNAREYE, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00712
`Patent 6,484,035 B2
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`Before J. JOHN LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Patent Owner has requested oral argument pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a).
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`Paper 30. The request is granted.
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`Each party will have 60 minutes to present its case. The oral hearing will
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`commence at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The hearing
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`will be open to the public for in-person attendance, on the ninth floor of Madison
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`Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. In-person attendance will
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`be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. The Board will provide a
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`court reporter for the hearing, and the reporter’s transcript will constitute the
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`official record of the hearing. The hearing transcript will be entered in the record
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`of this proceeding.
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`Petitioner bears the ultimate burden of proof that the challenged patent
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`claims are unpatentable. Therefore, at the oral hearing, Petitioner will proceed first
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`to present its case with respect to the challenged claims and grounds on which the
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`Board instituted trial. Petitioner may reserve some of its time for rebuttal. Patent
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`Owner then will respond to Petitioner’s initial presentation. Thereafter, Petitioner
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`may use any time it has reserved to rebut Patent Owner’s presentation. On
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`rebuttal, Petitioner will be restricted to only those matters raised by Patent Owner
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`in its presentation.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served five
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`business days before the hearing. The parties shall meet and confer to discuss any
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`objections to demonstrative exhibits, and shall file demonstrative exhibits with the
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`Board at least three business days before the hearing. If any issues regarding
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`demonstrative exhibits remain unresolved after the parties meet and confer, the
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`parties shall file jointly a list of objections to the demonstrative exhibits at least
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`three business days before the hearing. For each objection, the list must identify
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`with particularity which demonstrative exhibits are subject to the objection and
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`may include a short, one-sentence statement explaining the objection. The parties
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`also must contact the Board at least three business days before the hearing to
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`schedule a conference call to discuss the identified objections. Any objection to
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`demonstrative exhibits not timely presented will be considered waived.
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`The parties are directed to CBS Interactive Inc. v. Wireless Sciences LLC,
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`Case IPR2013-00033 (PTAB Oct. 23, 2013) (Paper 118), for guidance regarding
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`the proper content of demonstrative exhibits. The parties are reminded that the
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`presenter must identify clearly and specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by
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`slide or screen number) referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and
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`accuracy of the reporter’s transcript.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at the oral
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`hearing, although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in whole
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`or in part. At least one of the judges will attend via videoconference, and the
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`parties should plan accordingly. Requests for audio-visual equipment are to be
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`made five days in advance of the hearing date. The requests must be sent to
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`Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not timely received, the equipment may not be
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`available on the day of the hearing.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Rodney B. Carroll
`Ryan D. Jenlink
`J. Robert Brown, Jr.
`CONLEY ROSE, P.C.
`rcarroll@dfw.conleyrose.com
`rjenlink@dfw.conleyrose.com
`rbrown@dfw.conleyrose.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Robb D. Edmonds
`N. Alexander Nolte
`EDMONDS & NOLTE, P.C.
`redmonds@edmondsnolte.com
`anolte@edmondsnolte.com
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`Stephen W. Abbott
`Matthew S. Compton, Jr.
`PREBEG, FAUCETT & ABBOTT PLLC
`mcompton@pfalawfirm.com
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