`571-272-7822
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`IPR2015-01201, Paper 12
`IPR2016-00209, Paper 8
`Entered: December 17, 2015
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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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`v.
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`RAYTHEON COMPANY,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01201
`Case IPR2016-002091
`Patent 5,591,678
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`Before JO-ANNE M. KOKOSKI, JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, and
`JEFFREY W. ABRAHAM Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHAGNON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses issues that are identical in related cases. Therefore,
`we exercise our discretion to issue one order to be filed in each case.
`The parties, however, are not authorized to use this style heading in any
`subsequent papers.
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`IPR2015-01201, IPR2016-00209
`Patent 5,591,678
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`On December 17, 2015, a conference call was held involving counsel
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`for the respective parties and Judges Kokoski, Chagnon, and Abraham.
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`The purpose of the call was to discuss issues related to scheduling and
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder filed in IPR2016-00209 (Paper 3).
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`The parties indicated that they had come to an agreement regarding
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`possible consolidated scheduling of the two cases, assuming a trial is
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`instituted in IPR2016-00209. We informed the parties that, while the panel
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`will be flexible to accommodate potential schedule consolidation, given
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`Board resources and the deadline already set for rendering a Final Decision
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`in IPR2015-01201, it was unlikely that the date for the Oral Hearing set in
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`IPR2015-01201 (i.e., August 11, 2016) would be changed.
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`We reminded the parties that they are free to stipulate to any changes
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`to Due Dates 1–5 for IPR2015-01201, as set forth in the Scheduling Order
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`(Paper 7). We also reminded the parties that Patent Owner may file the
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`Preliminary Response in IPR2016-00209 at any time prior to the deadline set
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`in the Notice of Filing Date Accorded (Paper 4), but that we would not
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`change this deadline by Order. We also indicated that the due date for
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`Patent Owner’s opposition to Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder in
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`IPR2016-00209 would be extended to January 15, 2016.
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`It is:
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`ORDERED that the due date for Patent Owner’s opposition to
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder in IPR2016-00209 is set to January 15, 2016.
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`IPR2015-01201, IPR2016-00209
`Patent 5,591,678
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`PETITIONER:
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`Matthew A. Smith
`Zhuanjia Gu
`Robert Hails
`TURNER BOYD LLP
`smith@turnerboyd.com
`gu@turnerboyd.com
`rhails@bakerlaw.com
`docketing@turnerboyd.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Thomas J. Filarski
`Stanley A. Schlitter
`John L. Abramic
`Daniel S. Stringfield
`Brian Fahrenbach
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP
`tfilarski@steptoe.com
`sschlitter@steptoe.com
`jabramic@steptoe.com
`dstringfield@steptoe.com
`bfahrenbach@steptoe.com