`571-272-7822
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`Paper 11
`Date: August 19, 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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`INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION and ORACLE
`AMERICA, Inc.,
`Petitioner,
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`ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00949
`Patent 6,978,346 B2
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`Before BRIAN J. McNAMARA, MIRIAM L. QUINN, and
`GREGG I. ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`QUINN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2014-00949
`Patent 6,978,346 B2
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`On August 19, 2014, the panel held a conference call with
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`counsel for the parties to discuss Patent Owner’s request for
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`authorization to file a motion to dismiss the Second Corrected Petition
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`(Paper 8). According to Patent Owner, errors in formatting continued
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`in the corrected petition with the use of single-spaced text that Patent
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`Owner argued constituted block quotes. We heard the parties’
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`arguments and denied Patent Owner’s request. The so-called “block
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`quotes” appear to be headings, in this instance. We do not agree with
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`Patent Owner that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(a)(2)(iii), which requires
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`double-spaced text except for claim charts, headings, etc., such a
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`formatting choice in the Petition justifies a motion to dismiss the
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`petition.
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`It is
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`Order
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s request for authorization to file a motion to
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`dismiss the Petition is denied.
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`IPR2014-00949
`Patent 6,978,346 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Todd M. Friedman
`Gregory S. Arovas
`todd.friedman@kirkland.com
`greg.arovas@kirkland.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Mathew C. Phillips
`Alexander C.D. Giza
`matthew.phillips@renaissanceiplaw.com
`agiza@raklaw.com
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