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`Paper No. 18
`Entered: February 1, 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)
`Case IPR2016-00125 (Patent 8,290,778 B2)
`Case IPR2016-00146 (Patent 8,719,038 B1)
`Case IPR2016-00156 (Patent 8,296,146 B2)
`Case IPR2016-00177 (Patent 8,781,839 B1)1
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`Before KARL D. EASTHOM, MICHAEL R. ZECHER, KEVIN W.
`CHERRY, and JASON J. CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PER CURIAM.
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`REVISED ORDER
`Oral Argument
`35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(10) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)
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` This Revised Order applies to all five cases. We exercise our discretion to
`issue one Revised Order to be filed in each case. The parties are not
`authorized to use this heading style without prior authorization from the
`panel.
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`IPR2016-00123 (Patent 8,719,037 B2) IPR2016-00125 (Patent 8,290,778 B2)
`IPR2016-00146 (Patent 8,719,038 B1) IPR2016-00156 (Patent 8,296,146 B2)
`IPR2016-00177 (Patent 8,781,839 B1)
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`I.
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`DISCUSSION
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`On January 30, 2017, a conference call was held between counsel for
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`Petitioner, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“Volkswagen”), counsel for
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`Patent Owner, West View Research, LLC (“West View”), and the panel
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`members identified above. During that conference call, we granted West
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`View’s oral request to withdraw its Motions to Amend filed in each of Cases
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`IPR2016-00125 and IPR2016-00156. IPR2016-00125, Paper 21; IPR2016-
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`00156, Paper 21. We also explained to the parties that oral argument for
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`Cases IPR2016-00125 and IPR2016-00156 was no longer necessary as
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`Volkswagen’s Petition and supporting evidence filed in each case stand
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`unrebutted (i.e., there are no Patent Owner Responses or Motions to Amend
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`that remain for our consideration). Counsel for West View confirmed
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`during the conference call that it did not intend to make an appearance at the
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`hearing to present patentability arguments for these two cases, as well as
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`related Cases IPR2016-00123, IPR2016-00146, and IPR2016-00177. We
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`then inquired whether Volkswagen still intended to proceed with oral
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`argument regarding Cases IPR2016-00123, IPR2016-00146, and IPR2016-
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`00177. Counsel for Volkswagen indicated that it would need to confer with
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`its client as to whether it wanted to proceed with oral argument in these three
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`cases. We set a forty-eight (48) hour deadline for Volkswagen to inform us
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`whether it wished to proceed with oral argument.
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`On January 31, 2017, counsel for Volkswagen sent the panel an email
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`correspondence indicating that it wished to proceed with oral argument for
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`Cases IPR2016-00123, IPR2016-00146, and IPR2016-00177. Counsel for
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`Volkswagen, however, represented that it would require no more than forty-
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`IPR2016-00123 (Patent 8,719,037 B2) IPR2016-00125 (Patent 8,290,778 B2)
`IPR2016-00146 (Patent 8,719,038 B1) IPR2016-00156 (Patent 8,296,146 B2)
`IPR2016-00177 (Patent 8,781,839 B1)
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`five (45) minutes, in total, to address all three cases. Based on the particular
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`circumstances discussed above, we modify the previous oral argument order
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`entered into the record of each case as follows. IPR2016-00123, Paper 17;
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`IPR2016-00125, Paper 20; IPR2016-00146, Paper 17; IPR2016-00156,
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`Paper 20; IPR2016-00177, Paper 17. We dismiss the parties’ request for
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`oral argument in Cases IPR2016-00125 and IPR2016-00156 because West
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`View effectively elected not to file a response in each case, and we grant
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`Volkswagen’s request for oral argument in Cases IPR2016-00123, IPR2016-
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`00146, and IPR2016-00177.
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`Volkswagen will have 45 minutes, in total, to present arguments in
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`Cases IPR2016-00123, IPR2016-00146, and IPR2016-00177. The hearing
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`will commence at 1:00PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, and
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`it will be open to the public for in-person attendance, on the ninth floor of
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`Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. In light of
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`the particular circumstances discussed above, we only expect lead counsel
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`for Volkswagen to be present at the hearing; however any backup counsel
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`may make the actual presentation, in whole or in part. If only backup
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`counsel for Volkswagen will be in attendance at the hearing, we should be
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`notified via a joint telephone conference call no later than two days prior to
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`the hearing to discuss the matter.
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`II. ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is ORDERED that hearing for Cases IPR2016-00123,
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`IPR2016-00146, and IPR2016-00177 will commence at 1:00PM Eastern
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`Time on Tuesday, February 7, 2017.
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`IPR2016-00123 (Patent 8,719,037 B2) IPR2016-00125 (Patent 8,290,778 B2)
`IPR2016-00146 (Patent 8,719,038 B1) IPR2016-00156 (Patent 8,296,146 B2)
`IPR2016-00177 (Patent 8,781,839 B1)
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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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