`Date: September 28, 2015
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`ZTE CORPORATION and ZTE (USA) INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`E-WATCH, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00412
`Case IPR2015-013661
`Patent 7,365,871 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, GREGG I. ANDERSON, and
`MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 IPR2015-01366 has been joined with IPR2015-00412.
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`IPR2015-00412 and IPR2015-01366
`Patent 7,365,871 B2
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`On September 16, 2015, in IPR2015-01366 (Paper 9), we instituted
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`trial and granted a Motion for Joinder by the petitioner in that proceeding,
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`ZTE Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc., to have that proceeding joined with
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`IPR2015-00412. The terms of joinder are as outlined in Paper 8 of
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`IPR2015-01366 and Paper 23 of IPR2015-00412.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that IPR2015-01366 is now joined with IPR2015-00412,
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`and that all future papers for the joined proceeding will be filed in IPR2015-
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`00412 within the Board’s Patent Review Processing System (PRPS);
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`FURTHER ORDERED that all pending due dates remain unchanged
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`in this proceeding from what they were prior to granting of the joinder
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`motion on September 16, 2015; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that at least one counsel of Petitioner ZTE
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`Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc. should be designated as backup counsel
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`within PRPS.
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`IPR2015-00412 and IPR2015-01366
`Patent 7,365,871 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Brian Buroker
`Blair Silver
`Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`bsilver@gibsondunn.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert C. Curfiss
`bob@curfiss.com
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`David O. Simmons
`IVC Patent Agency
`dsimmons@sbcglobal.net
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`FOR PETITIONER IN IPR2015-01366 via e-mail:
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`Steve Moore
`Richard Thill
`Barry Shelton
`Brian Nash
`Pillsbury Law LLP
`steve.moore@pillsburylaw.com
`richard.thill@pillsburylaw.com
`barry.shelton@pillsburylaw.com
`brian.nash@pillsburylaw.com
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