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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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`COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
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`C-CATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
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`CASE IPR2015-01796
`Patent 5,563,883
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`PATENT OWNER C-CATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC’S
`ELECTION TO WAIVE ITS PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.107(b)
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`Patent Owner’s Waiver of Preliminary Response
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`Paper No. 8
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`In view of Petitioner Cox Communications, Inc.’s (“Cox”) Motion for Joinder,
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`filed August 24, 2015 (Paper 3), and the representations made therein,1 Patent
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`Owner C-Cation Technologies, LLC (“C-Cation”) hereby elects to waive its patent
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`owner preliminary response to the Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent
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`No. 5,563,883 (“’883 patent”) pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.107(b). As indicated in
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`the Trial Practice Guide, no adverse inference should be taken by this election. See
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48764 (Aug. 14, 2012). C-
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`Cation reserves all rights to submit a Patent Owner's Response pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§§ 42.120 should the Board institute Inter Partes Review.
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`These representations include, inter alia, that: (1) its petition is “based on
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`grounds identical to those that formed the basis for pending IPR proceeding ARRIS
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`Group, Inc. v. C-Cation Technologies, LLC, IPR2015-00635” (Paper 3 at 1); (2) “Cox
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`agrees to allow ARRIS to take the lead in all matters” and “to work with ARRIS to
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`submit consolidated filings, except for motions that do not involve the other party”
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`(Paper 3 at 7); (3) “Cox will rely on ARRIS to take testimony and defend depositions
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`of all witnesses, unless Arris wishes otherwise or until ARRIS terminates its
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`involvement in the joined proceeding” (id.); and (4) “Cox will refrain from requesting
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`or reserving any additional deposition or oral hearing time” (id.).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`__/ Walter E. Hanley, Jr./
`Walter E. Hanley, Jr.
`Registration No. 28,720
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: September 2 5 , 2015
`One Broadway
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`Tel.: (212) 425-7200
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`Certificate of Service
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PATENT OWNER C-
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`CATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC’S ELECTION TO WAIVE ITS PRELIMINARY
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`RESPONSE PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.107(b) was served via electronic mail on
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`September 25, 2015, in its entirety on the following:
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`Mitchell G. Stockwell (Reg. #39,389)
`mstockwell@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`1100 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2800
`Atlanta , GA 30309-4528 USA
`Telephone: (404) 815-6500
`Fax: (404) 541-3403
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`BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Michael J. Turton (Reg. #40,852)
`mturton@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`1100 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2800
`Atlanta , GA 30309-4528 USA
`Telephone: (404) 815-6500
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`KENYON & KENYON LLP
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`__/ David J. Cooperberg/________
`David J. Cooperberg (Reg. #63,250)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`One Broadway
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`Tel.: (212) 425-7200
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