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`Paper No. 14
`Entered: July 23, 2015
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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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`FACEBOOK, INC. and
`INSTAGRAM, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TLI COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00778
`Patent 6,038,295
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`Before JAMESON LEE, BART A. GERSTENBLITH, and
`JO-ANNE M. KOKOSKI, 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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`IPR2015-00778
`Patent 6,038,295
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`On June 16, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit issued an en banc opinion in Williamson v. Citrix Online, LLC,
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`No. 2013-1130, 2015 WL 3687459 (Fed. Cir. June 16, 2015), which
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`modified the preexisting law regarding when to regard a claim recitation as a
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`means-plus-function element under 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph. We
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`seek additional briefing from the parties addressing whether, in light of
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`Williamson, the term “telephone unit” in claim 17 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,038,295 should be read as a means-plus-function element under
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`35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph. If either Petitioner or Patent Owner, or
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`both, regard “telephone unit” as a means-plus-function element, the
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`corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the specification for
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`that means-plus-function element should also be identified in the additional
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`briefing.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that Petitioner makes its submission, limited to five pages
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`not including the cover sheet or certificate of service, by July 31, 2015;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner makes its submission, also
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`limited to five pages not including the cover sheet or certificate of service,
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`within five business days of the filing of Petitioner’s submission; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that no additional evidence should be
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`submitted.
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`IPR2015-00778
`Patent 6,038,295
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Heidi Keefe
`Andrew Mace
`Mark Weinstein
`COOLEY LLP
`hkeefe@cooley.com
`amace@cooley.com
`mweinstein@cooley.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Tarek Fahmi
`ASCEND LAW GROUP, PC
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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