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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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`v.
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`PACKERS PLUS ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`______________
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`Case IPR2016-00596
`Patent 7,134,505
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`MOTION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
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`STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.123(a), Petitioners move to submit the following
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`seven exhibits as supplement information that have already been served as
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`supplement evidence: Exhibits 1020-1022, each of which is an affidavit or
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`declaration addressing the public accessibility and therefore prior art status of
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`Thomson (Ex. 1002); Exhibit 1023, which is a declaration addressing the public
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`accessibility and therefore the prior art status of Ellsworth (Ex. 1004); Exhibits
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`1024 and 1025, each of which is an affidavit or declaration addressing the public
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`accessibility and therefore the prior art status of Eberhard (Ex. 1018); and Exhibit
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`1026, which is an affidavit addressing the public accessibility and therefore the
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`prior art status of Lagrone (Ex. 1017).
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`Rapid Completions (exclusive licensee of Patent Owner, and acting party in
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`this proceeding) challenged the publication—and therefore the prior art status—of
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`Thomson in its Preliminary Response (and as reflected in the Institution Decision)
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`and of Ellsworth, Eberhard, and Lagrone in its evidence objections. All instituted
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`grounds depend on the prior art nature of Thomson, and instituted grounds three
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`and seven also depend on the prior art nature of Ellsworth. In instituted grounds
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`four and eight, Petitioners rely on Eberhard and Lagrone as reflecting the
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`knowledge of a person of ordinary skill in the art (a “POSITA”), which supports
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`Petitioners’ contention that it would have been obvious to combine the cited
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`teachings of Echols (Ex. 1005) with those of Thomson. Petitioners received
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`authorization to file this motion after timely requesting Board authorization by
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`email on September 23, 2016.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS
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`1.
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`On February 12, 2016, Petitioners filed IPR2016-00596 against claims
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`1-7, 11, and 14-27 of U.S. Pat. No. 7,134,505 (“the ’505 Patent”). The petition
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`raised eight grounds of unpatentability: (1) claims 1-7, 11, 14-22, and 24-26 are
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`anticipated by Thomson (Ex. 1002, a 1997 SPE Paper); (2) claim 15 is obvious
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`over Thomson and Hartley (Ex. 1003, U.S. Patent No. 5,449,039); (3) claims 23
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`and 27 are obvious over Thomson and Ellsworth (Ex. 1004, a paper co-authored by
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`one of the inventors (Themig) and published in the proceedings of a 1999
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`conference in Calgary); (4) claim 11 is obvious over Thomson and Echols (Ex.
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`1005, U.S. Patent No. 5,375,662); (5) claims 1-7, 11, 14-22, and 24-26 are obvious
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`over Thomson and Brown (Ex. 1006, U.S. Patent No. 4,018,272); (6) claim 15 is
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`obvious over Thomson, Hartley, and Brown; (7) claims 23 and 27 are obvious over
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`Thomson, Ellsworth, and Brown; and (8) claim 11 is obvious over Thomson,
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`Echols, and Brown. See Paper 10 (replacement petition) at, e.g., 3-4. The petition
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`asserts that Thomson and Ellsworth are prior art under Section 102(b). Id.
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`2.
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`The asserted combination of Echols with Thomson in grounds four
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`and eight (concerning dependent claim 11) is supported by Petitioners’ contention
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`concerning the knowledge that a POSITA would have had at the relevant time
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`concerning aspects of Eberhard and Lagrone. See Paper 10 at 4 (listing Grounds 4
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`and 8), 49-53 (explaining ground four, and discussing Eberhard (Ex. 1018) and
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`Lagrone (Ex. 1017) at 51-52), and 53-59 (discussing grounds five – eight and the
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`claim elements that would be met by Brown, if not by Thomson; claim 11 was not
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`among them); see also Replacement Ex. 1007 (Dr. Daneshy) at ¶ 80 (discussing
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`Eberhard and Lagrone), which was cited on page 52 of Paper 10.
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`3.
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`Ex. 1019, filed with the authorized replacement petition, is a February
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`19, 2016 declaration by Dr. Hawkes, who attended a 1999 conference on
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`horizontal well technology at which Ellsworth was presented and distributed to
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`registered attendees. See Ex. 1019 at ¶¶ 1, 2, 4. Dr. Hawkes presented a paper he
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`co-authored at that conference. Id. at ¶ 2. While at the conference, he received a
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`copy of the conference proceedings. Id. at ¶ 4. He compared his personal copy of
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`the conference proceedings (which was not included in the declaration) with a
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`copy that was included with the declaration, and confirmed that the two appeared
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`to be the same and that the copy included with his declaration appeared to be a true
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`and correct copy. Id. at ¶ 3.
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`4.
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`Ellsworth (Ex. 1004) appears at pages 102-110 of Ex. 1019.
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`The earliest-claimed priority date of the ’505 Patent is November 19,
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`5.
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`2001, making the Section 102(b) critical date November 18, 2000 (the “Critical
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`Date”). See Ex. 1001.
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`6.
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`Rapid Completions challenged the publication of Thomson, and
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`therefore its status as prior art, in its Preliminary Response. See Paper 12 at 18-23.
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`7.
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`On August 24, 2016, trial was instituted on all challenged claims
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`based on all asserted grounds. See Paper 13 at 17-18. The Board directed the
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`parties to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64, regarding objections to evidence, and to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.123, regarding the submission of supplemental information. See id. at 12,
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`fn. 6.
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`8.
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`Thomson
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`includes
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`the
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`indicators of pre-critical date public
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`dissemination listed by the Board on pages 11 and 12 of the Institution Decision
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`(Paper 13).
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`9.
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`In its September 8, 2016 evidence objections (Paper 15), Rapid
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`Completions again challenged the publication of Thomson, and therefore its status
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`as prior art:
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`To the extent Petitioners rely on the contents of this document for the
`truth of the matter asserted (for example, to establish public
`accessibility as a printed publication), Rapid Completions objects to
`such contents as inadmissible hearsay under FRE 801 and 802 that
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`does not fall under any exceptions, including those of FRE 803, 804,
`805, or 807.
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`Paper 15 at 1-2 (emphasis added).
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`10.
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` Also
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`in
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`its September 8, 2016 evidence objections, Rapid
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`Completions challenged the publication of Ellsworth, Lagrone, and Eberhard—and
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`therefore their status as prior art—using the same language quoted above for
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`Thomson. See Paper 15 at 2-4.
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`11. On September 22, 2016, Petitioners
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`timely served on Rapid
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`Completions supplemental evidence consisting of Exs. 1020-1026 described
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`below, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2).
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`12. On September 23, 2016, Petitioners emailed counsel for Rapid
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`Completions, and asked whether they would oppose Petitioners’ forthcoming
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`request to file this motion.
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`13. Also on September 23, 2016, and within one month from institution,
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`Petitioners emailed the Board, requesting permission to file this motion.
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`Petitioners were granted permission on September 26, 2016.
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`14. Ex. 1020 is a July 28, 2016 affidavit of Nancy Chaffin Hunter, the
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`Coordinator of Acquisitions and Metadata Services at Colorado State University
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`Libraries (“CSU Libraries”) in Fort Collins, Colorado, concerning a volume of the
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`proceedings from a Society of Petroleum Engineers (“SPE”)-sponsored conference
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`in Bahrain (the “Book”) in which a copy of Thomson—identical to the Thomson of
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`Ex. 1002 (though the quality of the images in the figures differs between the
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`copies)—appears. The declaration explains that CSU Libraries maintains records
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`of the dates on which books are received and catalogued using its software. The
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`declaration also includes a copy of the portions of the Book showing Thomson, a
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`copy of a publicly-accessible CSU Libraries webpage showing the bibliographic
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`record for the Book, and copies of screenshots Ms. Hunter generated using the
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`CSU Libraries’ software that show the bibliographic entry and the item record for
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`the Book. Ms. Hunter explains how these copies show that the Book (and
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`therefore Thomson) was catalogued and made available to the public prior to the
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`Critical Date.
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`15. Ex. 1021 is a September 16, 2016 declaration of Rebekah Stacha, a
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`Senior Manager for Technical Publications at the SPE in Richardson, Texas. The
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`declaration explains how the SPE makes publicly available the papers presented at
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`the various conferences it sponsors, including the conference listed on the face of
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`Thomson. The declaration includes a copy of Thomson identical to the Thomson
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`of Ex. 1002, and explains that such copy is what a member of the public would
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`have received if they ordered Thomson through the online sources described in the
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`declaration. The declaration therefore establishes that Thomson was searchable
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`and publicly-available to the public prior to the Critical Date.
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`16. Ex. 1022 is another September 16, 2016 declaration of Rebekah
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`Stacha that, like Ex. 1021, explains how the SPE makes publicly available the
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`papers presented at the various conferences it sponsors, including the 1998 SPE
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`conference listed on the face of M.S. van Domelen, Enhanced Profitability with
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`Non-Conventional IOR Technology, SPE 49523 (1998) (“van Domelen”), a paper
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`attached to the declaration that references Thomson (Ex. 1002) in one of its
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`footnotes. The declaration explains that the attached copy of van Domelen is what
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`a member of the public would have received if they ordered van Domelen through
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`the online sources described in the declaration. The declaration therefore
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`indirectly establishes that Thomson was publicly-available to the public prior to the
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`Critical Date.
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`17. Ex. 1023 is a second declaration from Dr. Hawkes in which he
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`includes his own personal copy of the proceedings he recalls receiving at the 1999
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`conference he attended. The version of Ellsworth in that personal copy is the same
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`as the Ex. 1004 version of Ellsworth. The substance of Ex. 1023 is otherwise the
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`same as that of Ex. 1019.
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`18. Ex. 1024 is another September 16, 2016 declaration of Rebekah
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`Stacha that, like Exs. 1021 and 1022, explains how the SPE makes publicly
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`available the papers presented at the various conferences it sponsors, including the
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`1995 SPE meeting listed on the face of Eberhard. The declaration includes a copy
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`of Eberhard identical to the Eberhard of Ex. 1018, and explains that such copy is
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`what a member of the public would have received if they ordered Eberhard through
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`the online sources described in the declaration. The declaration therefore
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`establishes that Eberhard was searchable and publicly-available prior to the Critical
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`Date.
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`19. Ex. 1025 is another affidavit of Nancy Chaffin Hunter, signed
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`September 19, 2016, concerning the proceedings from the meeting on the face of
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`Eberhard. The affidavit explains that CSU Libraries maintains records of the dates
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`on which books are received and catalogued using its software. The affidavit
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`includes a copy of pages from those proceedings that show the same Eberhard of
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`Ex. 1018, a copy of a publicly-accessible CSU Libraries webpage showing the
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`bibliographic record for the proceedings, and copies of screenshots Ms. Hunter
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`generated using the CSU Libraries’ software that show the bibliographic entry and
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`the item record for the proceedings. Ms. Hunter explains how these copies show
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`that the proceedings (and therefore Eberhard) was catalogued and made available
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`to the public prior to the Critical Date.
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`20. Ex. 1026 is a September 22, 2016 affidavit of Rodolfo Diaz, a Texas
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`notary and professional courier who obtained a copy of certain pages of the 1963
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`Journal of Petroleum Engineering (“JPT”) from the University of Houston M.D.
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`Anderson Library (the “Library”), including the pages from the July 1963 issue of
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`the JPT corresponding to same Lagrone filed as Exhibit 1017. The Library’s date
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`stamp on the July 1963 issue of the JPT is not legible, so the affidavit includes
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`copies of date-stamped cover pages of the January through June 1963 and August
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`through December 1963 issues of the JPT. The affidavit explains the Library’s call
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`number for the 1963 JPT and how the January through December 1963 issues are
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`bound in two sets.
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`III. ARGUMENT
`Entry of the proposed supplemental information is appropriate because the
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`exhibits are both timely and relevant to a claim for which trial has been instituted.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.123(a).
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`There is no regulatory prohibition against entering exhibits as supplemental
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`information that have also been served as supplement evidence, provided they are
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`relevant to a claim for which trial has been instituted. See Valeo North America,
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`Inc. v. Magna Electronics, Inc., Case IPR2014-01204, slip op. at 5 (Paper 26)
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`(P.T.A.B. Apr. 10, 2015); see also Wangs Alliance Corp. v. Koninklijke Philips
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`N.V., Case IPR2015-01290, slip op. at 4-6 (Paper 19) (P.T.A.B. Jan. 26, 2016)
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`(addressing Ex. 1008, which was served as supplemental evidence).
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`A. The Request Was Timely
`Rule 123(a)(1) requires a request for authorization to file a motion to submit
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`supplemental evidence to be made within one month of the date trial was
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`instituted. As set forth in material facts (“MFs”) 7 and 13, Petitioners’ request was
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`timely.
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`Each Exhibit Is Relevant to a Disputed Trial Issue
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`B.
`As set forth in MFs 6 and 9, Rapid Completions has challenged whether
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`Thomson was published and, thus, prior art. Thomson is the primary reference in
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`all challenged grounds, all of which have been instituted. See MFs 1, 7. As set
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`forth in MF 10, Rapid Completions has challenged whether Ellsworth was
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`published and, thus, prior art. Ellsworth is a secondary reference in grounds three
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`and seven, which have been instituted. See MFs 1, 7. Also as set forth in MF 10,
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`Rapid Completions has challenged whether Eberhard and Lagrone were published
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`and, thus, prior art. These references are used to reflect the knowledge of a
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`POSITA, and as a motivation to combine, in the combination set forth in grounds
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`four and eight. See MF 2.
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`1. Ex. 1020
`As set forth in MF 14, Ex. 1020 addresses the public accessibility of
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`Thomson prior to the Critical Date. Thus, it is relevant under Rule 123(a).
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`Furthermore, Ex. 1020 does not change the evidence on which Petitioners
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`relied in the petition because, with the exception of figure quality (MF 14), the
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`Thomson that is part of Ex. 1020 is the same Thomson filed as Ex. 1002 and
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`asserted by Petitioners to be Section 102(b) prior art (MF 1). Instead, Ex. 1020
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`Thomson prior to the Critical Date.
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`2. Ex. 1021
`As set forth in MF 15, Ex. 1021 addresses the public accessibility of
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`Thomson prior to the Critical Date. Thus, it is relevant under Rule 123(a).
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`Furthermore, Ex. 1021 does not change the evidence on which Petitioners
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`relied in the petition because the copy of Thomson that is part of Ex. 1021 is the
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`same Thomson filed as Ex. 1002 (MF 15) and asserted by Petitioners to be Section
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`102(b) prior art (MF 1). Instead, Ex. 1021 merely adds evidence confirming the
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`publication and public accessibility of Thomson prior to the Critical Date.
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`3. Ex. 1022
`As set forth in MF 16, Ex. 1022 addresses the public accessibility in 1998 of
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`a SPE Paper—van Domelen—that references Thomson. Thus, it indirectly shows
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`that Thomson was publicly available prior to the Critical Date and is therefore
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`relevant under Rule 123(a).
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`Furthermore, Ex. 1022 does not change the evidence on which Petitioners
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`relied in the petition because it references Thomson (MF 16), which was asserted
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`by Petitioners to be Section 102(b) prior art (MF 1). Instead, Ex. 1022 merely adds
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`evidence confirming the public accessibility of Thomson prior to the Critical Date.
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`4. Ex. 1023
`As set forth in MF 17, Ex. 1023—like originally-filed Ex. 1019—addresses
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`the public accessibility of Ellsworth prior to the Critical Date. Thus, it is relevant
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`under Rule 123(a).
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`The substantive difference between Ex. 1023 and Ex. 1019 is that Ex. 1023
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`includes a copy of Dr. Hawkes’ own version of the referenced 1999 proceedings
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`(MF 17), thus countering any argument by Patent Owner that Dr. Hawkes did not
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`establish a foundation from which to show that Ellsworth was published.
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`Ex. 1023 does not change the evidence on which Petitioners relied in the
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`petition because the Ellsworth in Dr. Hawkes’ personal proceedings copy is the
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`same Ellsworth filed as Ex. 1004 (MF 17) and asserted by Petitioners to be Section
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`102(b) prior art (MF 1). Instead, Ex. 1023 merely adds evidence confirming the
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`publication and public accessibility of Ellsworth prior to the Critical Date.
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`5. Ex. 1024
`As set forth in MF 18, Ex. 1024 addresses the public accessibility of
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`Eberhard prior to the Critical Date. Thus, it is relevant under Rule 123(a).
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`Furthermore, Ex. 1024 does not change the evidence on which Petitioners
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`relied in the petition because the copy of Eberhard that is part of Ex. 1024 is the
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`same Eberhard filed as Ex. 1018 (MF 18), which Petitioners inherently asserted
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`qualifies as prior art through Petitioners’ and Dr. Daneshy’s assertions that
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`Eberhard reflected the knowledge of a POSITA (MF 2). Instead, Ex. 1024 merely
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`adds evidence confirming the publication and public accessibility of Eberhard prior
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`to the Critical Date.
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`6. Ex. 1025
`As set forth in MF 19, Ex. 1025 addresses the public accessibility of
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`Eberhard prior to the Critical Date. Thus, it is relevant under Rule 123(a).
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`Furthermore, Ex. 1025 does not change the evidence on which Petitioners
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`relied in the petition because the Eberhard that is part of Ex. 1025 is the same
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`Eberhard filed as Ex. 1018, which Petitioners inherently asserted qualifies as prior
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`art through Petitioners’ and Dr. Daneshy’s assertions that Eberhard reflected the
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`knowledge of a POSITA (MF 2). Instead, Ex. 1025 merely adds evidence
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`confirming the publication and public accessibility of Eberhard prior to the Critical
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`Date.
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`7. Ex. 1026
`As set forth in MF 20, Ex. 1026 addresses the public accessibility of
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`Lagrone prior to the Critical Date. Thus, it is relevant under Rule 123(a).
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`Furthermore, Ex. 1026 does not change the evidence on which Petitioners
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`relied in the petition because the Lagrone that is part of Ex. 1026 is the same
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`Lagrone filed as Ex. 1017, which Petitioners inherently asserted qualifies as prior
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`art through Petitioners’ and Dr. Daneshy’s assertions that Lagrone reflected the
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`knowledge of a POSITA (MF 2). Instead, Ex. 1026 merely adds evidence
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`confirming the publication and public accessibility of Lagrone prior to the Critical
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`Date.
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`C. There Will Be No Prejudice to Rapid Completions
`Rapid Completions received Exs. 1020-1026 on September 22, 2016 (MF
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`11), more than two months prior to its Patent Owner Response deadline of
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`December 2, 2016. This is sufficient time to address the supplemental information.
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`See Palo Alto Networks, Inc. v. Juniper Networks, Inc., Case IPR2013-00369, slip
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`op. at 5 (Paper 37) (P.T.A.B. Feb. 5, 2014) (finding less than two months of time
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`sufficient). Further, when counsel for the parties met and conferred on Petitioners’
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`request to file this motion, Petitioners’ counsel made clear that Petitioners are
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`willing to accommodate scheduling changes—as may be reasonably needed—to
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`permit Rapid Completions to address this supplemental information.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`Entry of Exs. 1020-1026 as supplemental information under Rule 123(a) is
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`appropriate for the reasons above.
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`Dated: September 30, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Mark T. Garrett/
`Mark T. Garrett
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`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on
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`September 30, 2016,
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`a
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`complete
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`copy of MOTION TO SUBMIT
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`SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION was served on Patent Owner’s Exclusive
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`Licensee via email (by consent), as follows:
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`mray-PTAB@skgf.com
`lgordon-PTAB@skgf.com
`kconklin-PTAB@skgf.com
`ptab@skgf.com
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`/Mark T. Garrett/
`Mark T. Garrett (Reg. No. 44,699)
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