`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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`Date Entered: October 23, 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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`SHARP CORPORATION, SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, and
`SHARP ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING
`COMPANY OF AMERICA,
`Petitioner,
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`SURPASS TECH INNOVATION LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00021
`Patent 7,202,843 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, BRYAN F. MOORE, and
`BETH Z. SHAW, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
` 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(10)
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`Both parties request a hearing in this case pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.70. The requests are granted.
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`Each party will have thirty (30) minutes total time to present
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`arguments for the case. Petitioner will proceed first to present its case with
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`respect to the challenged claims and grounds for which the Board instituted
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`trial for all cases. Thereafter, Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s
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`presentation for all cases. Petitioner may reserve rebuttal time to respond to
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`Patent Owner’s presentation with respect to all cases.
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`The hearing will commence at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, on December
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`1, 2015, and it will be open to the public for in-person attendance, on the
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`ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
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`Virginia. In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first-come first-
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`served basis. The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the
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`reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served
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`five business days prior to the hearing. They shall be filed at the Board two
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`business days prior to the hearing, and the parties must initiate a conference
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`call with the Board by two business days prior to the hearing to resolve any
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`dispute over the propriety of each party’s demonstrative exhibits. Any
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`dispute over the propriety of demonstrative exhibits that is not timely
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`presented two business days prior to the hearing will be considered waived.
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`The parties are directed to CBS Interactive Inc. v. Helferich Patent
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`Licensing, LLC, IPR2013-00033, Paper 118 (October 23, 2013), regarding
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`the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
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`Questions regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be
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`directed to the Board at (571) 272-9797. Requests for audio-visual
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`equipment are to be made 5 days in advance of the hearing date. The
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`request is to be sent to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not received
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`timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the hearing.
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`The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and
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`specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
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`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
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`reporter’s transcript.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at the
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`hearing, although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in
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`whole or in part. If any lead counsel will not be in attendance at the hearing,
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`the Board should be notified via a joint telephone conference call no later
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`than two days prior to the hearing to discuss the matter.
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`For Petitioner:
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`Anthony F. Lo Cicero
`Brian A. Comack
`AMSTER ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP
`alocicero@arelaw.com
`Sharp-843IPR@arelaw.com
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`For Patent Owner:
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`Wayne M. Helge
`Donald L. Jackson
`Michael R. Casey
`DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDY LLP
`whelge@dbjg.com
`djackson@dbjg.com
`mcasey@dbjg.com
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