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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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`SONY CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`RAYTHEON COMPANY
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2016-00209
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`Patent 5,591,678
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`MANDATORY NOTICES BY PATENT OWNER UNDER 37 CFR § 42.8
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`IPR2016-00209
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner RAYTHEON COMPANY,
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`submits the following mandatory notices:
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`(1) Real Party-In-Interest – 37 CFR § 42.8(b)(1)
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`The real party-in-interest is RAYTHEON COMPANY, a corporation
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`organized under the laws of Delaware with a principal place of business in
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`Waltham, Massachusetts, and the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 5,591,678 (the ’678
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`patent”).
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`(2) Related Matters – 37 CFR § 42.8(b)(2)
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`Patent Owners submit that the ’678 patent is the subject of two pending
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`patent infringement lawsuits brought by the Patent Owner in the United States
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`District Court for the Eastern District of Texas: (1) Raytheon Company v. Samsung
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`Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-00341 and (2) Raytheon Company v.
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`Sony Kabushiki Kaisha et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-00342. Petitioners have also filed
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`another petition in May against the ’678 Patent in IPR2015-01201, for which the
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`Board is currently determining whether or not to institute trial.
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`(3) Lead and Back-Up Counsel - 37 CFR § 42.8(b)(3)
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`Patent Owner designates the following counsel:
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`LEAD COUNSEL
`Thomas J. Filarski
`Registration No. 31,612
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3100
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`Chicago, IL 60603
`Tel: (312) 577-1252
`Fax: (312) 577-1370
`tfilarski@steptoe.com
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
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`John L. Abramic
`Registration No. 51,031
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3100
`Chicago, IL 60603
`Tel: (312) 577-1264
`Fax: (312) 577-1370
`jabramic@steptoe.com
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`Brian G. Fahrenbach
`Registration No. 72,603
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3100
`Chicago, IL 60603
`Tel: (312) 577-1241
`Fax: (312) 577-1370
`bfahrenbach@steptoe.com
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`(4) Service Information- 37 CFR § 42.8(b)(4)
`Patent Owner’s provide the following service information:
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`Thomas J. Filarski
`Steptoe & Johnson LLP
`115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3100
`Chicago, IL 60603
`Tel: (312) 577-1252
`Fax: (312) 577-1370
`tfilarski@steptoe.com
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`678IPR@steptoe.com
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`Please direct all correspondence regarding this proceeding to lead counsel at
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`tfilarski@steptoe.com with a copy sent to 678IPR@steptoe.com.
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`Date: December 1, 2015
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`Customer Number: 27890
`Steptoe & Johnson LLP
`1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036-1795
`Telephone: (202) 429-3000
`Facsimile: (202) 429-3902
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Thomas J. Filarski/
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`Thomas J. Filarski
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing
`MANDATORY NOTICES BY PATENT OWNER UNDER 37 CFR § 42.8 was
`served on December 1, 2015 by filing this document through the Patent Review
`Processing System as well as by delivering a copy via electronic email to the
`attorneys of record for the Patent Owner’s as follows:
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`Matthew A. Smith
`Zhuanjia Gu
`TURNER BOYD LLP
`702 Marshall St., Ste. 640
`Redwood City, CA 94063
`smith@turnerboyd.com
`gu@turnerboyd.com
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`Robert Hails
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`1500 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005-1257
`rhails@kenyon.com
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`/s/ Thomas J. Filarski
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`Thomas J. Filarski
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`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3100
`Chicago, IL 60603
`Tel: (312) 577-1252
`Fax: (312) 577-1370
`tfilarski@steptoe.com
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`December 1, 2015 By