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`Entered: February 22, 2017
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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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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`WEST VIEW RESEARCH, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00123
`Patent 8,719,037 B2
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, KEVIN W. CHERRY, and
`JASON J. CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`FINAL WRITTEN DECISION
`Inter Partes Review
`35 U.S.C. § 318(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)
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`I.
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`BACKGROUND
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`On November 17, 2015, Petitioner, Volkswagen Group of America,
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`Inc. (“Volkswagen”), filed a Petition requesting an inter partes review of
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`claims 1, 22, 37, 42, 48, 72–73, 75, and 77 of U.S. Patent No. 8,719,037 B2
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`(Ex. 1001, “the ’037 patent”). Paper 2. Patent Owner, West View Research
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`LLC (“West View”), filed a Preliminary Response. Paper 6. Patent Owner
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`also filed a Statutory Disclaimer disclaiming claims 1, 37, 48, and 71–73 of
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`the ’037 patent. Prelim. Resp. 21–22; Ex. 2007. On May 13, 2016, we
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`instituted an inter partes review as to the remaining challenged claims of the
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`’037 patent—claims 22, 42, 75, and 77. Paper 8.
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`On February 9, 2016, West View filed a Request for Adverse
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`Judgment pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b). Paper 20 (“Mot.”). West View
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`requests that we cancel the remaining challenged claims of the ’037 patent—
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`claims 22, 42, 75, and 77, the only claims we instituted trial on—and, as a
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`consequence, enter adverse judgment against West View in this trial.
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`Mot. 1. For the reasons discussed below, we grant West View’s Request for
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`Adverse Judgment.
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`II. DISCUSSION
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`A party may request entry of adverse judgment against itself at any
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`time during a proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b). Actions construed to be a
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`request for adverse judgment include, among other things, cancellation or
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`disclaimer of a claim such that the party has no remaining claim in the trial.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(2). West View has requested that we cancel claims 22,
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`42, 75, and 77, which are all of the remaining challenged claims involved in
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`this trial. Given that West View has no remaining claims in this trial, entry
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`of adverse judgment against West View and cancellation of all of the
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`challenged claims of the ’037 patent is appropriate.
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`III. ORDER
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is
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`ORDERED that West View’s Request for Adverse Judgement is
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`GRANTED;
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`ORDERED that adverse judgment is entered against West View with
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`respect to claims 22, 42, 75, and 77 of the ’037 patent;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that claims 22, 42, 75, and 77 of the ’037
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`patent are cancelled1; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that, because this is a Final Written Decision,
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`parties to this proceeding seeking judicial review of our decision must
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`comply with the notice and service requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 90.2.
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`1 See 37 C.F.R. § 42.80 (indicating that after the Board issues a final written
`decision in an inter partes patent review proceeding, the Office will issue
`and publish a certificate canceling any claim of the patent finally determined
`to be unpatentable).
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`IPR2016-00123
`Patent 8,719,037 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Michael J. Lennon
`Clifford A. Ulrich
`Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
`mlennon@kenyon.com
`culrich@kenyon.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter J. Gutierrez, III
`Kim H. Leung
`Mark Wang
`Gazdzinski & Associates, PC
`docket@gazpat.com
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