`Entered: March 14, 2016
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`EURAMAX INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INVISAFLOW, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00423
`Patent 8,556,195 B1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
`AMANDA F. WIEKER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WIEKER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`Case IPR2016-00423
`Patent 8,556,195 B1
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`On March 11, 2016, Patent Owner sent an electronic mail message to
`the Board, on behalf of Patent Owner and Petitioner, seeking a two-month
`extension of the filing deadline for Patent Owner’s preliminary response, in
`light of ongoing settlement negotiations. Patent Owner stated that the
`parties agree to expedite the proceedings if inter partes review is instituted.
`The parties’ request is denied. Based on the facts of this case, the
`panel is not persuaded that the parties’ engagement in settlement
`negotiations provides good cause to extend by two months the filing
`deadline established by regulation. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(c)(2). The filing of
`a preliminary response is optional and Patent Owner may waive such a
`filing, if doing so would facilitate settlement. See id. § 42.107.
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`It is:
`ORDERED that the parties’ request to extend the deadline for
`submission of Patent Owner’s preliminary response to the Petition is denied.
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`Case IPR2015-01034
`Patent 8,863,979 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Vaibhav P. Kadaba
`Renae B. Wainwright
`wkadaba@kilpatricktownsend.com
` rwainwright@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Richard T. Matthews
`Andrew R. Shores
`rmatthews@williamsmullen.com
`ashores@williamsmullen.com
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