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` Paper No. 8
`Filed: December 1, 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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`T-MOBILE US, INC., T-MOBILE USA, INC.,
`TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC., ERICSSON INC., and
`TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`TRACBEAM, LLC
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`IPR2015-01681 (Patent 7,764,231)1
`IPR2015-01687 (Patent 7,764,231)
`IPR2015-01708 (Patent 7,525,484)
`IPR2015-01711 (Patent 7,525,484)
`IPR2015-01712 (Patent 7,298,327)
`IPR2015-01713 (Patent 8,032,153)
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`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, RICHARD E. RICE, DAVID C. MCKONE,
`JAMES A. TARTAL, BARBARA A. PARVIS, and
`MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TURNER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`ORDER
`Joint Motions to Limit Petition
`37 C.F.R. § 42.71
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`1 The parties are not authorized to use this case caption, or to file
`consolidated papers.
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`IPR2015-01681, IPR2015-01687, IPR2015-01708, IPR2015-01711,
`IPR2015-01712, and IPR2015-01713
`Patents 7,298,327, 7,525,484, 7,764,231, and 8,032,153
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`On November 24, 2015, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Limit
`Petition (“Motions”) in each of the above cited proceedings, per the attached
`APPENDIX, seeking to limit the claims challenged in these proceedings
`pursuant to an agreement by Patent Owner not to assert certain claims
`against the Petitioners in a concurrent pending action or any future action.
`The parties also filed a Joint Submission of Narrowing Agreement (e.g.,
`IPR2015-01712, Paper 8), with joint requests to treat as confidential the
`submitted Narrowing Agreement (e.g., IPR2015-01712, Ex. 2001), in each
`proceeding.
`As provided in the APPENDIX, the Petition in each proceeding
`presents challenges as to the “Original Claims,” and the current motions
`propose to limit the challenged claims to the “Limited Claims” in each
`proceeding, i.e., removing specific claims from each. A copy of the
`Narrowing Agreement was provided in each proceeding, along with joint
`requests to treat that agreement as confidential. See APPENDIX.
`As noted by the parties in the Motions, these proceedings are still in
`their preliminary stages, and decisions have not been made yet whether to
`institute trials. Motions 3–4. In addition, limiting the proceedings facilitates
`the Board’s goal of resolving inter partes reviews in a just, speedy, and
`inexpensive manner. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.1(b).
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motions to Limit the Petition in
`these proceedings are GRANTED; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition in in each of these
`proceedings is limited as follows:
`IPR2015-01681, limited to claims 25 and 82;
`2
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`IPR2015-01681, IPR2015-01687, IPR2015-01708, IPR2015-01711,
`IPR2015-01712, and IPR2015-01713
`Patents 7,298,327, 7,525,484, 7,764,231, and 8,032,153
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`IPR2015-01687, limited to claims 17, 20, and 25;
`IPR2015-01708, limited to claims 1, 25, and 51;
`IPR2015-01711, limited to claim 27;
`IPR2015-01712, limited to claims 1, 2, 44, and 60;
`IPR2015-01713, limited to claims 1, 3, and 15; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Narrowing Agreement, with Exhibit
`numbers listed in the APPENDIX, be treated as business confidential
`information, be designated “Board Only,” and be kept separate from the files
`of the involved patents.
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`3
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`IPR2015-01681, IPR2015-01687, IPR2015-01708, IPR2015-01711,
`IPR2015-01712, and IPR2015-01713
`Patents 7,298,327, 7,525,484, 7,764,231, and 8,032,153
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`PETITIONER:
`Brian W. Oaks
`Douglas M. Kubehl
`Chad C. Walters
`Ross G. Culpepper
`BAKER BOTTS LLP
`brian.oaks@bakerbotts.com
`doug.kubehl@bakerbotts.com
`chad.walters@bakerbotts.com
`ross.culpepper@bakerbotts.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Sean Luner
`DOVEL AND LUNER, LLP
`sean@dovellaw.com
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`Steven C. Sereboff
`SOCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP.
`ssereboff@.socalip.com
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`4
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`IPR2015-01681, IPR2015-01687, IPR2015-01708, IPR2015-01711, IPR2015-01712, and IPR2015-01713
`Patents 7,298,327, 7,525,484, 7,764,231, and 8,032,153
`APPENDIX
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`PATENT
`NUMBER
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`7,764,231
`7,764,231
`7,525,484
`7,525,484
`7,298,327
`8,032.153
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`CASE NO.
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`IPR2015-01681
`IPR2015-01687
`IPR2015-01708
`IPR2015-01711
`IPR2015-01712
`IPR2015-01713
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`LIMITED
`CLAIMS
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`25 and 82
`17, 20, and 25
`1, 25, and 51
`27
`1, 2, 44, and 60
`1, 3, and 15
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`NARROWING
`AGREEMENT
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`Ex. 2008
`Ex. 2004
`Ex. 2003
`Ex. 2001
`Ex. 2001
`Ex. 2001
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`PAPER ORIGINAL CLAIMS
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`9
`7
`7
`6
`7
`7
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`25, 26, 36, and 82
`17, 20, 25, and 26
`1, 2, 6, 24, 25, 51, 71, and 72
`27, 39, and 62
`1, 2, 3, 5, 17, 18, 28, 44, 60, 61, and 76
`1, 3, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 27, and 29