`571-272-7822
`
`Paper No. 4
`
`
`
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`HIGH 5 GAMES, LLC,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`KONAMI GAMING, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2015-01935
`Patent 8,096,869
`____________
`
`Mailed: September 23, 2015
`
`Before Althea Wilburn, Trial Paralegal.
`
`
`
`
`
`NOTICE OF FILING DATE ACCORDED TO PETITION
`AND
`TIME FOR FILING PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
`
`
`The petition for inter partes review filed in the above proceeding has
`
`been accorded the filing date of September 21, 2015.
`
`Patent Owner may file a preliminary response to the petition no later
`
`than three months from the date of this notice. The preliminary response is
`
`
`
`Case IPR2015-01935
`Patent No. 8,096,869
`
`limited to setting forth the reasons why the requested review should not be
`
`instituted. Patent Owner may also file an election to waive the preliminary
`
`response to expedite the proceeding. For more information, please consult
`
`the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756 (Aug. 14, 2012),
`
`which is available on the Board Web site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
`
`Patent Owner is advised of the requirement to submit mandatory
`
`notice information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) within 21 days of service of
`
`the petition.
`
`The parties are encouraged to use the heading on the first page of this
`
`Notice for all future filings in the proceeding.
`
`The parties are advised that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), recognition of
`
`counsel pro hac vice requires a showing of good cause. The parties are
`
`authorized to file motions for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R.
`
`§ 42.10(c). Such motions shall be filed in accordance with the “Order --
`
`Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639,
`
`Paper 7, a copy of which is available on the Board Web site under
`
`“Representative Orders, Decisions, and Notices.”
`
`The parties are reminded that unless otherwise permitted by 37 C.F.R.
`
`§ 42.6(b)(2), all filings in this proceeding must be made electronically in the
`
`Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), accessible from the Board Web
`
`site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB. To file documents, users must first
`
`obtain a user ID and password by registering with PRPS. Information
`
`regarding how to register with and use PRPS is available at the Board Web
`
`site.
`
`
`
`2
`
`
`
`Case IPR2015-01935
`Patent No. 8,096,869
`
`
`If there are any questions pertaining to this notice, please contact
`
`Althea Wilburn at 571-272-6230 or the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at
`
`571-272-7822.
`
`
`
`PETITIONER:
`
`Robert Ryan
`rcryan@hollandhart.com
`
`Christopher Hadley
`cbhadley@hollandhart.com
`
`Jennifer Junkin
`jljunkin@hollandhart.com
`
`
`PATENT OWNER:
`
`HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC
`450 West Fourth Street
`Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
`
`Robert Hernquist
`HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS
`Wells Fargo Tower, Suite 1000
`3800 Howard Hughes Parkway
`Las Vegas, Nevada 89169-5980
`
`Patrick M. McCarthy
`HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS
`2950 South State Street, Suite 360
`Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1475
`
`Kristopher K. Hulliberger
`HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS
`450 West Fourth Street
`Royal Oak, Michigan 48067-2557
`
`
`
`3