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`Paper 8
`Entered: June 13, 2016
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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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`AISIN SEIKI CO., LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SIGNAL IP, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`Case IPR2016-00366
`Patent 6,012,007
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Before MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, JEREMY M. PLENZLER, and
`JAMES A. TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 8
`Entered: June 13, 2016
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_______________
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`AISIN SEIKI CO., LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SIGNAL IP, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`Case IPR2016-00366
`Patent 6,012,007
`_______________
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Before MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, JEREMY M. PLENZLER, and
`JAMES A. TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`IPR2016-00366
`Patent 6,012,007
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`INITIAL CONFERENCE CALL
`A.
`No initial conference call is scheduled for this case. The parties are
`encouraged to contact the Board to request a call if any issues arise during
`trial. The parties are directed to the following matters:
`1.
`Confidential Information
`The parties must file confidential information using the appropriate
`availability indicator in PRPS (e.g., “Board and Parties Only”), regardless of
`whose confidential information it is. It is the responsibility of the party
`whose confidential information is at issue, not necessarily the proffering
`party, to file the motion to seal.
`A protective order does not take effect until a protective order is filed
`in the case and approved by the Board. If a motion to seal is filed by either
`party, the proposed protective order should be presented as an exhibit to the
`motion. The parties are urged to operate under the Board’s default
`protective order. See Default Protective Order, Office Patent Trial Practice
`Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, App. B (Aug. 14, 2012). If the parties propose
`a protective order deviating from the default protective order, they should
`submit the proposed order jointly. A marked-up comparison of the proposed
`and default protective orders should be presented as an additional exhibit to
`the motion to seal, so that differences are highlighted. The parties should
`contact the Board if they cannot agree on the terms of the proposed
`protective order.
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`a.
`Redactions
`Redactions should be limited strictly to isolated passages consisting of
`confidential information. The thrust of the underlying argument or evidence
`must be discernable from the redacted version.
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`b.
`Confidential Information in Final Written Decision
`Information subject to a protective order will become public if
`identified in a final written decision in this proceeding. A motion to
`expunge the information will not necessarily prevail over the public interest
`in maintaining a complete and understandable file history. See Office Patent
`Trial Practices Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,761.
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`B. DUE DATES
`This order sets due dates for the parties to take action after institution
`of the proceeding. The parties may stipulate to different dates for DUE
`DATES 1 through 4 (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 5). A
`notice of the stipulation, specifically identifying the changed due dates, must
`be promptly filed. The parties may not stipulate to an extension of DUE
`DATES 5 and 6.
`In stipulating to different times, the parties should consider the effect
`of the stipulation on times to object to evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)), to
`supplement evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2)), to conduct cross-
`examination (37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2)), and to draft papers depending on the
`evidence and cross-examination testimony (see section B, below).
`The parties are reminded that the Testimony Guidelines appended to
`the Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,772 (Appendix D), apply
`to this proceeding. The Board may impose an appropriate sanction for
`failure to adhere to the Testimony Guidelines. 37 C.F.R. § 42.12. For
`example, reasonable expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by any party may
`be levied on a person who impedes, delays, or frustrates the fair examination
`of a witness.
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`DUE DATE 1
`1.
`The patent owner may file a response to the petition (37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.120). The patent owner must file any such response by DUE DATE 1.
`If the patent owner elects not to file anything, the patent owner must arrange
`a conference call with the parties and the Board. The patent owner is
`cautioned that any arguments for patentability not raised in the response will
`be deemed waived.
`2.
`DUE DATE 2
`The petitioner must file any reply to the patent owner’s response by
`DUE DATE 2.
`DUE DATE 3
`3.
`a. Each party must file any motion for an observation on the cross-
`examination testimony of a witness (see section C, below) by DUE DATE 3.
`b. Each party must file any motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R
`§ 42.64(c)) and any request for oral argument (37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)) by
`DUE DATE 3.
`DUE DATE 4
`4.
`a. Each party must file any reply to an observation on cross-
`examination testimony by DUE DATE 4.
`b. Each party must file any opposition to a motion to exclude evidence
`by DUE DATE 5.
`DUE DATE 5
`5.
`Each party must file any reply for a motion to exclude evidence by
`DUE DATE 5.
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`DUE DATE 6
`6.
`The oral argument (if requested by either party) is set for DUE
`DATE 6.
`CROSS-EXAMINATION
`C.
`Except as the parties might otherwise agree, for each due date—
`1. Cross-examination begins after any supplemental evidence is due.
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.53(d)(2).
`2. Cross-examination ends no later than a week before the filing date
`for any paper in which the cross-examination testimony is expected to be
`used. Id.
`D. MOTION FOR OBSERVATION ON CROSS-EXAMINATION
`A motion for observation on cross-examination provides the parties
`with a mechanism to draw the Board’s attention to relevant cross-
`examination testimony of a witness, since no further substantive paper is
`permitted after the reply. See Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at
`48,768. The observation must be a concise statement of the relevance of
`precisely identified testimony to a precisely identified argument or portion
`of an exhibit. Each observation should not exceed a single, short paragraph.
`The parties may respond to the observation. Any response must be equally
`concise and specific.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`DUE DATE 1……………….……………………………..September 9, 2016
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`Patent owner’s response to the petition
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`DUE DATE 2………………………………………….…...December 9, 2016
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`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner response to petition
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`DUE DATE 3…….………………………………..……..December 30, 2016
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`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of a witness
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`Motion to exclude evidence
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`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 4…….……..…………………..……..………..January 13, 2017
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`Response to observation
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`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 5…….……………………………..…………...January 20, 2017
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`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6….……………..………………………..…...February 16, 2017
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`Oral argument (if requested)
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`Patent 6,012,007
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`PETITIONER:
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`William H. Mandir
`David P. Emery
`John M. Bird
`Sughrue Mion PLLC
`wmandir@sughrue.com
`demery@sughrue.com
`jbird@sughrue.com
`AisinIPR@sughrue.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Tarek N. Fahmi
`Holly J. Atkinson
`Jason A. LaBerteaux
`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
`holly.atkinson@ascendalaw.com
`jason.laberteaux@ascendalaw.com
`patents@ascendalaw.com
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