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`Paper No. 15
`Entered: March 24, 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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD;
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.;1
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2014-01181, -01182, -01184
`Patent 8,532,641 B2
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`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
`JON B. TORNQUIST, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TORNQUIST, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Consolidating Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.122(a)
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`1 On January 1, 2015, Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, an
`originally-named Petitioner in this case, was merged into Samsung
`Electronics America, Inc. See IPR2014-01181, Paper 9.
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`IPR2014-01181, -01182, -01184
`Patent 8,532,641 B2
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`On January 30, 2015, we instituted inter partes review of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,532,641 B2 in IPR2014-01181, IPR2014-01182, and IPR2014-01184.
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`See Paper 10 (in each of the proceedings). During a consolidated initial
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`conference call for the three cases, we indicated our intent to consolidate the
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`three cases. See IPR2014-01181, Paper 14, 3–4. The parties did not object
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`to consolidation, but requested additional pages for briefing due to certain
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`complexities in the cases. Id. at 3. By email of March 20, 2015, the parties
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`requested 132 pages for the consolidated Patent Owner Response and
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`33 pages for the Reply.
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`Under the present circumstances, we determine that consolidating the
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`three cases, which each involve the same patent, is justified. See 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.122(a). Accordingly, we consolidate the trial in IPR2014-01181 with
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`the trials in IPR2014-01182 and IPR2014-01184, and terminate the
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`proceedings in IPR2014-01182 and IPR2014-01184. All future filings shall
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`be made in IPR2014-01181.
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`Patent Owner shall be allowed 132 pages for its consolidated Patent
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`Owner Response and Petitioner shall be allowed 33 pages for its Reply.
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDERED that IPR2014-01182 and IPR2014-01184 are consolidated
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`with IPR2014-01181;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that IPR2014-01182 and IPR2014-01184 are
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`terminated; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that all further case filings shall be made in
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`IPR2014-01181.
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`IPR2014-01181, -01182, -01184
`Patent 8,532,641 B2
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`PETITIONERS:
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`J. Steven Baughman
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
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`Gabrielle E. Higgins
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Ryan M. Schultz
`ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI LLP
`rmschultz@rkmc.com
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`Thomas R. DeSimone
`ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI LLP
`trdesimone@rkmc.com
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