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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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`DAIFUKU CO., LTD. AND DAIFUKU AMERICA CORP.,
`Petitioner
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`MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
`Patent Owner
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`Patent 7,165,927
`Issue Date: January 23, 2007
`Title: AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM FOR
`SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF
`VERTICAL CAROUSELS AND OVERHEAD HOISTS
`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2015-00087
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`PATENT OWNER MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.’S
`MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Patent Owner, Murata Machinery, Ltd. Provides the following Mandatory
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`Notices in accordance with 37 C.F.R. 42.8(a)(2).
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`I. Real Party in Interest
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`The real parties-in-interest for Patent Owner are:
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`Murata Machinery, Ltd.
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`Murata Machinery USA, Inc.
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`II. Related Matters
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`Patent Owner and Petitioner are involved in ongoing litigation, Murata
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`Machinery USA, Inc. et al. v. Daifuku Co., Ltd. Et al., No. 2:13-cv-00866 (D. Utah
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`2013), in which U.S. Patent Nos. 7,165,927, 7,771,153, and 8,197,172 have been
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`asserted. These are also the three patents at issue in IPR Nos. 2015-00083, 2015-
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`00084, 2015-00085, 2015-00087, and 2015-00088. U.S. Patent Application Nos.
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`13/492,341 and 14/080,590 have a common specification with the patents at issue
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`in these IPRs. There are no other matters that involve issues that may affect, or be
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`affected by, a decision in this proceeding.
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`III. Lead and Backup Counsel
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`Patent Owner hereby designates the following counsel:
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`Phone: (214) 651-5533
`Fax: (972) 692-9116
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 32,271
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`Lead Counsel
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`David L. McCombs
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Ave. Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`Phone: (949) 202-3059
`Fax: (949) 202-3159
`ipr.thomas.king@haynesboone.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 69,721
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`Phone: (949) 202-3022
`Fax: (214) 200-0853
`greg.michelson.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Back-up Counsel
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`Thomas B. King
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Ave. Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
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`Greg J. Michelson
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Ave. Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
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`IV. Service Information
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`Patent Owner may be served through its counsel identified above. Patent
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`Owner consents to, and would prefer, service by email.
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`Dated: November 5, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/David L. McCombs/
`David L. McCombs
`Registration No. 32,271
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent Owner Murata
`Machinery, Ltd.’s Mandatory Notices was served on the following counsel on
`November 5, 2014 by email.
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`Mark J. Thronson
`DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
`1825 Eye Street NW
`Washington DC 20006
`Tel.: 202-420-4742
`Fax: 202-420-2201
`thronsonm@dicksteinshapiro.com
`Daifuku.IPR@dicksteinshapiro.com
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`Dated: November 5, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /David L. McCombs/
`David L. McCombs
`Registration No. 32,271
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