`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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`Date Entered: October 30, 2015
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_____________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`MAKO SURGICAL CORP.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
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`BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2015-00630
`Patent 6,205,411 B11
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`____________
`
`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KEVIN F. TURNER, and
`WILLIAM M. FINK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FINK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5, 42.121(a)
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`On October 29, 2015, a conference call was held between counsel for
`Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. (“Blue Belt”), Patent Owner in IPR2015-
`00630, and Mako Surgical Corporation (“Mako”), Patent Owner in
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`1 This Order is also applicable to IPR2015-00765 (Patent 7,346,417 B2),
`where BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. is the Petitioner and ALL-OF-
`INNOVATION GMBH is the Patent Owner.
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`IPR2015-00630 (Patent No. 6,205,411 B1)
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`IPR2015-00765,2 and Judges Medley, Turner, and Fink. The parties
`requested the call to fulfill the requirement of 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a) to
`confer with the Board prior to filing a motion to amend.
`During the call, the parties represented that, as Patent Owners in their
`respective proceedings, they each intend to file a motion to amend,
`contingent upon corresponding claims in the challenged patents being
`determined to be unpatentable. The Board requested the parties consider
`Toyota Motor Corp. v. American Vehicular Sciences LLC, Case IPR2013-
`00422 (PTAB Mar. 7, 2014) (Paper 25) and MasterImage 3D, Inc. v. RealD
`Inc., Case IPR2015-00040 (PTAB July 15, 2015) (Paper 42) for guidance
`regarding motions to amend.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Blue Belt and Mako have satisfied the conference
`requirement of 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a) for the respective instant proceedings.
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`2 Mako represents that it is the owner of the ’417 patent at issue in IPR2015-
`00765. Along with All-Of-Innovation GmBH, Mako has been identified as
`a real party in interest. Paper 8 at 2.
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`IPR2015-00630 (Patent No. 6,205,411 B1)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Matthew I. Kreeger
`Walter Wu
`Morrison & Foester LLP
`mkreeger@mofo.com
`wwu@mofo.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`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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