`Filed: August 7, 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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`VMR PRODUCTS LLC
`Petitioner,
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`FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00859
`Patent No. 8,365,742
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`PATENT OWNER’S SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF RELATED
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`111971-0017/LEGAL127181475.1
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`Case IPR2015-00859
`Patent 8,365,742
`Patent Owner’s Attorney Docket No. 111971-0017
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Patent Owner submits supplemental notice of
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`related proceedings as follows:
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`m. Ruyan Investment (Holdings) Limited v. The Safe Cig LLC, Civil
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`Action No. CV12- 5456 GAF (FFMx), U.S. District Court for the Central District
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`of California; and
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`r. Ruyan Investment (Holdings) Limited v. Nicotek LLC, Civil Action
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`No. CV12-5477 GAF (FFMx), U.S. District Court for the Central District of
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`California.
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`y. Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. v. CB Distributors, Inc., Appeal No. 15-1511
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`from Patent and Trademark Office – Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Inter Partes
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`Review No. IPR2013-00387 (item x.), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit; and
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`z. Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,365,742 (the
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`involved patent), Case No. IPR2015-01587, before the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board at the U.S. Patent Office, filed July 14, 2015 by Petitioner JT International
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`Date: August 7, 2015
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`Case IPR2015-00859
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: / Joseph P. HAMILTON /
`Joseph P. Hamilton, Reg. No. 51,770
`Perkins Coie LLP
`1888 Century Park East, Suite 1700
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Phone: 310-788-3271
`Facsimile: 310-788-3399
`Email: JHamilton@PerkinsCoie.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this PATENT OWNER’S
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`SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS has been served
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`via electronic mail and U.S. mail upon the following counsel of record for
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`Petitioner VMR Products LLC on August 7, 2015:
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`Gregory L. Hillyer, Lead Counsel
`Javier Sobrado, Backup Counsel
`FELDMAN GALE, P.A.
`5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 410
`Washington, DC 20015
`ghillyer@feldmangale.com
`jsobrado@feldmangale.com
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`/Elizabeth Aviles-Manco /
`Elizabeth Aviles-Manco, Paralegal
`Perkins Coie LLP
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