`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 41
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` Entered: November 2, 2016
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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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`E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY AND
`ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY,
`Petitioners
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`FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01838
`Patent 8,865,921 B2
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`Before TONI R. SCHEINER, SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, and
`CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PAULRAJ, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Petitioners E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company and Archer-Daniels-
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`Midland Company, and Patent Owner Furanix Technologies B.V. have both
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`requested an oral hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70. Papers 33 and 37.
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`The requests are granted. Oral arguments will commence at 10:00 AM
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`Eastern Time on November 16, 2016, on the ninth floor of Madison
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`Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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`Each side will have forty-five minutes to present arguments.
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`Petitioner bears the ultimate burden of proof that the claims at issue in this
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`review are unpatentable. Petitioner will, therefore, begin by presenting its
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`case regarding the challenged claims and grounds for which the Board
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`instituted trial in the proceeding. Patent Owner will then respond to
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`Petitioner’s arguments. Petitioner may reserve time to reply to arguments
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`presented by Patent Owner. There is no motion to amend pending in this
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`proceeding.
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`The hearing will be open to the public for in-person attendance that
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`will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. The Board will
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`provide a court reporter, and the transcript shall constitute the official record
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`of the hearing.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served at
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`least seven (7) business days before the hearing. The parties are directed to
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`St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. v. The Board of Regents of the
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`University of Michigan, Case IPR2013-00041 (PTAB Jan. 27, 2014)
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`(Paper 65), regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits. The
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`Board expects that the parties will meet and confer in good faith to resolve
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`any objections to demonstrative exhibits, but if such objections cannot be
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`resolved the parties may file any objections to demonstratives with the
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`Board at least two business days before the hearing. The objections should
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`identify with particularity which portions of the demonstrative exhibits are
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`subject to objection, include a copy of the objected-to portions, and include a
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`one-sentence statement of the reason for each objection. No argument or
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`further explanation is permitted. The Board will consider any objections and
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`schedule a conference call if deemed necessary. Otherwise, the Board will
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`reserve ruling on the objections. Any objection to demonstrative exhibits
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`that is not timely presented will be considered waived.
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`The parties also shall provide the demonstrative exhibits to the Board
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`at least two business days prior to the hearing by emailing them to
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`Trials@uspto.gov. Despite the requirement in § 42.70(b) for parties to file
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`demonstratives, the parties shall not file any demonstrative exhibits in this
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`case without prior authorization from the Board. A hard copy of the
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`demonstratives should be provided to the court reporter at the hearing.
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`The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and
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`specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
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`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
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`reporter’s transcript.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at
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`hearing, although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in
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`whole or in part. If any lead counsel will not be in attendance at hearing, the
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`Board should be notified via a joint telephone conference call no later than
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`two (2) business days prior to the hearing to discuss the matter.
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`Questions regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be
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`directed to the Board at (571) 272-9797. Requests for audio-visual
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`equipment are to be made five (5) days in advance of the hearing date. The
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`request is to be sent to Trials@uspto.gov, any requests not sent specifically
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`to that email address will not be considered timely. If the request is not
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`received timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the
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`hearing.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that oral argument will commence at 10:00 AM ET, on
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`November 16, 2016.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Michael Marcus
`mmarcus@blankrome.com
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`Dipu Doshi
`ddoshi@blankrome.com
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`Jonathan England
`jwengland@blankrome.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Paul Richter
`prichter@kenyon.com
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