`Entered: March 17, 2016
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`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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`MAKO SURGICAL CORP.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1,
`Exclusive Licensee and Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00629 (Patent 6,757,582 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00630 (Patent 6,205,411 B1)
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KEVIN F. TURNER, and
`WILLIAM M. FINK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TURNER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Requests for Oral Argument
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`1 As discussed in Paper 13 of IPR2015-00630, BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES,
`INC. is the exclusive licensee of the 6,205,411 B1 Patent, and CARNEGIE
`MELLON UNIVERSITY is the Patent Owner of the same patent.
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`IPR2015-00629 (Patent 6,757,582 B2)
`IPR2015-00630 (Patent 6,205,411 B1)
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`The Scheduling Orders (Papers 7) for these proceedings provided that an
`oral hearing would be conducted if the hearing is requested by the parties and
`granted by the Board. Patent Owner/Exclusive Licensee (hereinafter “Patent
`Owner”) and Petitioner requested oral hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70.
`Papers 15, 16 (IPR2015-00629); papers 31, 32 (IPR2015-00630). The requests are
`granted.
`The oral arguments for both inter partes reviews will be merged and
`conducted at the same time, i.e., not in seriatim. Each party will have sixty (60)
`minutes of total oral argument time for both proceedings. Petitioner bears the
`ultimate burden of proof that Patent Owner’s claims at issue in this review are
`unpatentable. Therefore, Petitioner will open the hearing by presenting its case
`regarding the challenged claims for which the Board instituted trial. Petitioner
`may allocate its time as it wishes between the patents involved.
`Patent Owner has filed a contingent motion to amend the claims in IPR2015-
`00630 and bears the burden of proof with respect to that motion. After Petitioner’s
`presentation, therefore, Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s argument and
`also argue in support of its motion to amend.
`Each side may reserve time to respond to arguments presented by the other
`side with some limitations. More specifically, to the extent that Petitioner reserves
`rebuttal time, it may respond to Patent Owner’s presentation on all matters. To the
`extent that Patent Owner reserves rebuttal time, however, it may respond only to
`Petitioner’s arguments opposing the motion to amend.
`The hearing will commence at 1:00 PM on April 7, 2016, on the ninth floor
`of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The Board
`will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the reporter’s transcript will
`constitute the official record of the hearing. The hearing will be open to the public
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`IPR2015-00629 (Patent 6,757,582 B2)
`IPR2015-00630 (Patent 6,205,411 B1)
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`for in-person attendance that will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served
`basis. At least one member of the panel will be attending the oral argument
`remotely by use of two-way audiovisual communication equipment and will not be
`able to view the projection screen in the hearing room.
`The parties are reminded that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.53(f)(7), a proponent of
`deposition testimony must file such testimony as an exhibit. The Board will not
`consider any deposition testimony that has not been so filed. If the parties have
`any concern about disclosing confidential information, they are to contact the
`Board at least 10 days in advance of the hearing to discuss the matter.
`Furthermore, under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be
`served at least five business days before the hearing date. The parties also shall
`provide a courtesy copy of any demonstrative exhibits to the Board at least five
`business days prior to the hearing by emailing them to Trials@uspto.gov. The
`parties shall not file any demonstrative exhibits in this proceeding without prior
`authorization from the Board.
`The parties must file any objections to the demonstratives with the Board at
`least two business days before the hearing. Any objection to demonstrative
`exhibits that is not timely presented will be considered waived. The objections
`should identify with particularity which demonstratives are subject to objection
`and include a short (one sentence or less) statement of the reason for each
`objection. No argument or further explanation is permitted. The Board will
`consider the objections and schedule a conference if deemed necessary.
`Otherwise, the Board will reserve ruling on the objections until after the oral
`argument. The parties are directed to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
`v. The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, IPR2013-00041 (PTAB
`January 27, 2014) (Paper 65), for guidance regarding the appropriate content of
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`demonstrative exhibits. No live testimony from any witness will be taken at the
`oral argument.
`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present in person at the
`oral hearing. However, any counsel of record may present the party’s argument. If
`either party expects that its lead counsel will not be attending the oral argument,
`the parties should initiate a joint telephone conference with the Board no later than
`two business days prior to the oral hearing to discuss the matter.
`Any special requests for audiovisual equipment should be directed
`to Trials@uspto.gov. Requests for special equipment will not be honored unless
`presented in a separate communication not less than five days before the hearing,
`directed to the above email address.
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`IPR2015-00629 (Patent 6,757,582 B2)
`IPR2015-00630 (Patent 6,205,411 B1)
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`PETITIONER:
`Matthew I. Kreeger
`Walter Wu
`Wesley E. Overson
`MORRISON & FOESTER LLP
`mkreeger@mofo.com
`wwu@mofo.com
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`PATENT OWNER / EXCLUSIVE LICENSEE:
`Brian Buroker
`Stuart Rosenberg
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`srosenberg@gibsondunn.com
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`Gregory Stark
`SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG WOESSNER P.A.
`gstark@slwip.com
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`Patrick McElhinny
`Mark Knedeisen
`K&L GATES LLP
`patrick.mcelhinny@klgates.com
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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