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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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`BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
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`BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`PACKERS PLUS ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`AGREED PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`STANDING PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`This standing protective order governs the treatment and filing of confidential
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`information, including documents and testimony.
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`1. Confidential information shall be clearly marked ‘‘PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`MATERIAL.’’
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`2. Access to confidential information is limited to the following individuals who
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`have executed the acknowledgment appended to this order:
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`(A) Parties. Persons who are owners of a patent involved in the proceeding and
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`other persons who are named parties to the proceeding.
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`(B) Party Representatives. Representatives of record for a party in the
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`proceeding.
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`(C) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who further certify
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`in the Acknowledgement that they are not a competitor to any party, or a
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`consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor with respect to the
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`subject matter of the proceeding.
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`(D)
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`In-house counsel. In-house counsel of a party.
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`(E) Other Employees of a Party. Employees, consultants or other persons
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`performing work for a party, other than in-house counsel and in-house
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`counsel’s support staff, who sign the Acknowledgement shall be extended
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`access to confidential information only upon agreement of the parties or
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`by order of the Board upon a motion brought by the party seeking to
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`disclose confidential information to that person. The party opposing
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`disclosure to that person shall have the burden of proving that such person
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`should be restricted from access to confidential information.
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`(F) The Office. Employees and representatives of the Office who have a need
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`for access to the confidential information shall have such access without
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`the requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such employees and
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`representatives shall include the Director, members of the Board and their
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`clerical staff, other support personnel, court reporters, and other persons
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`acting on behalf of the Office.
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`(G) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court reporters
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`and other support personnel of the foregoing persons who are reasonably
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`necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding shall not be required to
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`sign an Acknowledgement, but shall be informed of the terms and
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`requirements of the Protective Order by the person they are supporting who
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`receives confidential information.
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`Should the confidential information bear the designation “RESTRICTED –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under the Protective Order governing Civil Action
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`No. 6:15-cv-724-RWS-KNM (“the Litigation Protective Order”), access to same
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`will not be permitted for individuals listed in 2(E) or 2(D) except for those in-house
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`counsel who exercise no competitive decision-making authority on behalf of their
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`client. Should the confidential information bear the designation “RESTRICTED –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – TECHNICAL” under the Litigation Protective
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`Order, access to same will not be permitted for individuals listed in 2(D) or 2(E).
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`3. Persons receiving confidential information shall use reasonable efforts to
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`maintain the confidentiality of the information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which persons not
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`authorized to receive the information shall not have access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of the
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`information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those the recipient
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`uses to maintain the confidentiality of information not received from the
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`disclosing party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access to the
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`confidential information understand and abide by the obligation to
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`maintain the confidentiality of information received that is designated as
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`confidential; and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable number
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`of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and maintaining a record
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`of the locations of such copies.
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`4. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following procedures to
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`maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board under seal,
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`together with a non-confidential description of the nature of the
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`confidential information that is under seal and the reasons why the
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`information is confidential and should not be made available to the public.
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`The submission shall be treated as confidential and remain under seal,
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`unless, upon motion of a party and after a hearing on the issue, or sua
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`sponte, the Board determines that the documents or information do not to
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`qualify for confidential treatment.
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`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the information
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`submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file confidential and non-
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`confidential versions of its submission, together with a Motion to Seal the
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`confidential version setting forth the reasons why the information redacted
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`from the non-confidential version is confidential and should not be made
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`available to the public. The nonconfidential version of the submission shall
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`clearly indicate the locations of information that has been redacted. The
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`confidential version of the submission shall be filed under seal. The
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`redacted information shall remain under seal unless, upon motion of a
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`party and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte, the Board determines
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`confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties. Information
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`designated as confidential that is disclosed to another party during
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`discovery or other proceedings before the Board shall be clearly marked
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`as ‘‘PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL’’ and shall be produced in a
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`manner that maintains its confidentiality.
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`5. Any attorney representing a party, and any person associated with a party and
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`permitted to receive the other party’s confidential information that is designated
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`RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – TECHNICAL
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`under the Litigation Protective Order, and who accesses, or otherwise learns, in
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`whole or in part, the other party’s confidential information that is designated
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`RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – TECHNICAL
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`under the Litigation Protective Order shall not prepare, prosecute, or assist in the
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`preparation or prosecution of any patent application pertaining to the field of the
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`invention of the challenged patent suit on behalf of the receiving party or its
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`acquirer, successor, predecessor, or other affiliate during the pendency of this
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`proceeding and for one year after its conclusion, including any appeals. To ensure
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`compliance with the purpose of this provision, each party shall create an “Ethical
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`Wall” between such persons and any individuals who, on behalf of the party or
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`its acquirer, successor, predecessor, or other affiliate, prepare, prosecute,
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`supervise or assist in the preparation or prosecution of any patent application
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`pertaining to the field of invention of the challenged patent. The terms of this
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`provision do not apply to post grant review procedures (e.g., inter partes reviews)
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`before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board. Persons with access to
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`RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – TECHNICAL
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`information are not restricted from participating in post grant review procedures
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`addressing the challenged patent or patent(s) related to the challenged patent by
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`priority.
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
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`BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`PACKERS PLUS ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`______________
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`STANDARD ACKNOWLEDGMENT
`FOR ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL
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`I, _________________________________, affirm that I have read the
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`Protective Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential
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`information only in connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that I
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`will only allow access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me in
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`this proceeding; that prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or will
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`inform them of the requirements of the Protective Order; and that I am personally
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`responsible for the requirements of the terms of the Protective Order. I agree to
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`submit to the jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective
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`Order and providing remedies for its breach.
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`Date
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