throbber
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`_______________________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`______________________
`
`
`HM ELECTRONICS, INC.
`Petitioner
`
`v.
`
`3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
`Patent Owner
`
`_______________________
`
`Case IPR2015-00482
`U.S. Patent No. 8,694,040
`
`________________________
`
`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
`
`
`
`
`
`

`
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner 3M Innovative Properties
`
`Company (“3M”) hereby submits the following mandatory notices in connection
`
`with this proceeding.
`
`I.
`
`3M’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`
`(1)
`
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1): Real Party-in-Interest
`
`The real party in interest for the Patent Owner is 3M Innovative Properties
`
`Company. 3M Company is the exclusive licensee of United States Patent No.
`
`8,694,040.
`
`(2)
`
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2): Related Matters
`
`Patent Owner identifies the following matters that may be deemed related
`
`pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2).
`
`A.
`
`Proceedings Before the USPTO Involving Related Patents
`
`U.S. Patent No. 7,599,679, which stems from the same application that led
`
`to U.S. Patent No. 8,694,040, is at issue in Inter Partes Reexamination 95/002238,
`
`and U.S. Patent No. 8,005,455, which also stems from the same application that led
`
`to U.S. Patent No. 8,694,040, is at issue in Inter Partes Reexamination 95/002239.
`
`B. U.S. Patent Application Related to the Patent-at-Issue
`
`U.S. Patent Application No. 14/186,986, filed February 21, 2014, which
`
`stems from the same application that led to U.S. Patent No. 8,694,040, is currently
`
`pending (allowed) before the Office.
`
`

`
`
`
`
`
`C.
`
`Litigations Involving the Patent-at-Issue and/or Related
`Patents
`
`3M Company and 3M Innovative Properties Company. v. HM Electronics,
`
`Inc., No. 14-cv-01000 (SRN/JSM) (D. Minn); 3M Company and 3M Innovative
`
`Properties Company v. HM Electronics, Inc., No. 12-cv-00553 (SRN/JSM) (D.
`
`Minn.).
`
`(3)
`
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3): Lead and Back-Up Counsel, and
`
`
`
`3M designates the following counsel to transact all business in the United
`
`States Patent & Trademark Office associated with the above-captioned proceeding:
`
`Lead Counsel:
`Erik M. Drange, Reg. No. 57,750
`emdrange@mmm.com
`3M Innovative Properties Company
`PO Box 33427
`St. Paul, MN 55133-3427
`Phone: (651) 733-2180
`Fax: (651) 736-3833
`
`Back-Up Counsel:
`David B. Patchett, Reg. No. 39,326
`dbpatchett@mmm.com
`3M Innovative Properties Company
`PO Box 33427
`St. Paul, MN 55133-3427
`Phone: (651) 736-4713
`Fax: (651) 736-3833
`
`
`
`
`
`

`
`(4)
`
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4): Service Information
`
`Please address all correspondence regarding this proceeding to lead and
`
`back-up counsel. 3M also consents to electronic service by email.
`
`Respectfully submitted,
` By: /Erik M. Drange/
`Erik M. Drange, Reg. No. 57,750
`David B. Patchett, Reg. No. 39,326
`3M Innovative Properties Company
`PO Box 33427
`St. Paul, MN 55133-3427
`Phone: (651) 733-2180
`Fax: (651) 736-3833
`
`
`
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`
`
`
`
`Dated: January 16, 2015
`
`
`
`
`
`

`
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
`
`OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 was
`
`served on January 16, 2015, via overnight UPS Overnight Delivery and email
`
`directed to counsel of record for the Petitioner at the following:
`
`Charles D. Segelbaum
`csegelbaum@fredlaw.com
`FREDRIKSON & BYRON, P.A.
`200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000
`Minneapolis, MN 55402-1425
`
`/Michael J. Larson/
`Michael J. Larson
`Litigation Paralegal
`3M Innovative Properties Company

This document is available on Docket Alarm but you must sign up to view it.


Or .

Accessing this document will incur an additional charge of $.

After purchase, you can access this document again without charge.

Accept $ Charge
throbber

Still Working On It

This document is taking longer than usual to download. This can happen if we need to contact the court directly to obtain the document and their servers are running slowly.

Give it another minute or two to complete, and then try the refresh button.

throbber

A few More Minutes ... Still Working

It can take up to 5 minutes for us to download a document if the court servers are running slowly.

Thank you for your continued patience.

This document could not be displayed.

We could not find this document within its docket. Please go back to the docket page and check the link. If that does not work, go back to the docket and refresh it to pull the newest information.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

You need a Paid Account to view this document. Click here to change your account type.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

Set your membership status to view this document.

With a Docket Alarm membership, you'll get a whole lot more, including:

  • Up-to-date information for this case.
  • Email alerts whenever there is an update.
  • Full text search for other cases.
  • Get email alerts whenever a new case matches your search.

Become a Member

One Moment Please

The filing “” is large (MB) and is being downloaded.

Please refresh this page in a few minutes to see if the filing has been downloaded. The filing will also be emailed to you when the download completes.

Your document is on its way!

If you do not receive the document in five minutes, contact support at support@docketalarm.com.

Sealed Document

We are unable to display this document, it may be under a court ordered seal.

If you have proper credentials to access the file, you may proceed directly to the court's system using your government issued username and password.


Access Government Site

We are redirecting you
to a mobile optimized page.





Document Unreadable or Corrupt

Refresh this Document
Go to the Docket

We are unable to display this document.

Refresh this Document
Go to the Docket