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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INTEL CORPORATION,
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`DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.,
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`Case IPR2016-00289
`Patent 5,965,924
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`PATENT OWNER’S ELECTION TO WAIVE ITS PRELIMINARY
`RESPONSE PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.107(B)
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`Case IPR2016-00289
`U.S. Patent No. 5,965,924
`Attorney Docket No: 2952.17
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.107(b), Patent Owner, DSS Technology
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`Management, Inc., hereby elects to waive its Preliminary Response to the Petition
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`for inter partes review of the U.S. Patent No. 5,965,924 (the ‘924 Patent). The Trial
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`Practice Guide dictates that “[n]o adverse inference will be taken by such an
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`election.” Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48764 (Aug. 14,
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`2012). Should the Board institute inter partes review of the ‘924 Patent, Patent
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`Owner reserves its right to submit a Patent Owner's Response pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.120.
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`Date: March 15, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/andriy lytvyn/
`Andriy Lytvyn (Reg. No. 65,166)
`Anton J. Hopen (Reg. No. 41,849)
`Nicholas Pfeifer (Reg. No. 70,568)
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`SMITH & HOPEN, P.A.
`180 Pine Avenue North
`Oldsmar, FL 34677
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,965,924
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.6(e), the above Patent Owner’s Election to Waive its Preliminary Response was
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`served via electronic mail on March 15, 2016, in its entirety upon the following:
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`Grant K. Rowan, Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Grant.Rowan@wilmerhale.com
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`Yung-Hoon Ha, Back-Up Counsel for Petitioner
`Yung-Hoon.Ha@wilmerhale.com
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`/andriy lytvyn/
`Andriy Lytvyn
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`Registration No. 65,166
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`SMITH & HOPEN, P.A.
`180 Pine Avenue North
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`Date: March 15, 2016