`571-272-7822
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`Paper 22
`Date: April 11, 2018
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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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`NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING SYSTEMS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING SYSTEMS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`Case IPR2015-01508 Case IPR2015-016101
`Patent 6,542,076 B1
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`Before DAVID C. MCKONE, STACEY G. WHITE and BETH Z. SHAW,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WHITE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Lifting Stay of Ex Parte Reexamination No. 90/013,302
`35 U.S.C. § 315(d) and 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.3, 42.122(a)
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`1 This Decision addresses the same issues in the above-identified cases. Therefore,
`we exercise our discretion to issue one Decision to be entered in each of the
`identified cases. The parties are not authorized to use this style of case caption.
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`Case IPR2015-01508 Case IPR2015-01610
`Patent 6,542,076 B1
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`The panel stayed Ex Parte Reexamination No. 90/013,302 (“302 Reexam”),
`the co-pending ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,542,076 B1 (“the ’076
`patent”), the patent challenged in IPR2015-01508 and IPR2015-01610. IPR2015-
`01508 Paper 24, IPR2015-01610 Paper 16. Final Written Decisions have been
`issued holding that Nissan North America, Inc., has shown claims 3, 20, 65, 73, 93,
`103, 104, 108 and 205 (IPR2015-01508 Paper 31, 39) of the ’076 patent to be
`unpatentable and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., has shown claims 3, 18, 65,
`67, 68, 70, 73, 91, 94, 96, 103, 110, 116, 119, 120, and 205 (IPR2015-01613
`Paper 21, 25) and of the ’076 patent to be unpatentable.
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.71(d)(2), a party dissatisfied with a final decision of
`the Board must file its request for rehearing within 30 days. The 30-day deadline
`for filing a request for rehearing has passed, and neither party has filed such a
`request. In addition, no party has filed a notice appeal as required by 35 U.S.C.
`§ 142 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.2(a) and 90.3. Accordingly, it is now appropriate to lift
`the stay of Reexamination Control No. 90/013,302
`ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the stay of Reexamination 90/013,302, is hereby lifted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that all time periods in Reexamination 90/013,302
`are hereby restarted.
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`Case IPR2015-01508 Case IPR2015-01610
`Patent 6,542,076 B1
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`PETITIONER
`Michael J. Lennon
`Clifford A. Ulrich
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`mlennon@kenyon.com
`culrich@kenyn.com
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`PATENT OWNER
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`Raymond Joao
`rayjoao@optonline.net
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`René A. Vazquez
`HENINGER GARRISON DAVIS, LLC
`rvazquez@hgdlawfirm.com
`PG_JCMS@hgdlawfirm.com
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`Steven W. Ritcheson
`swritcheson@insightplc.com
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