`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822 Entered: June 22, 2017
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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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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. and ARRIS GROUP, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TQ DELTA, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-010071
`Patent 8,432,956 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, and
`TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`On June 21, 2017, a conference call was held involving counsel for
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`the respective parties and Judges Medley, Deshpande, and Jefferson. The
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`purpose of the conference call was for Patent Owner to seek authorization to
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`1 ARRIS Group, Inc., who filed a Petition in IPR2017-00422, has been
`joined in this proceeding.
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`IPR2016-01021
`Patent 8,718,158 B2
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`file a motion to strike Petitioner’s Reply and/or to file a sur-reply to
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`Petitioner’s Reply. Patent Owner opposed.
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`During the conference call, we explained that Patent Owner is not
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`authorized to a file motion to strike or a sur-reply. We did authorize,
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`however, Patent Owner to file a paper, limited to two pages, which provides
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`an itemized listing, by page and line number, of what statements and
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`evidence in the Petitioner’s Reply are deemed by Patent Owner to be beyond
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`the proper scope of a reply. No argument is to be included in the contents of
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`the submission. We also authorized Petitioner to file a responsive paper,
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`limited to two pages, which provides an item-by-item response to the items
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`listed in Patent Owner’s submission. Each item in Petitioner’s responsive
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`paper would identify that part of Patent Owner’s Response, by page and line
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`number, to which the corresponding item complained of by the Patent
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`Owner is provided as a response, if indeed that is the case. No argument is
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`to be listed in the contents of the submission.
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`Accordingly, it is
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` ORDERED that Patent Owner’s submission is due on June 27, 2017;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s submission is due on
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`July 3, 2017; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the party responsible for obtaining the
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`court reporter shall file a copy of the transcript of the conference call as an
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`exhibit by June 27, 2017.
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`IPR2016-01021
`Patent 8,718,158 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`David McCombs
`Theo Foster
`Gregory P. Huh
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`David.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Ipr.theo.foster@haynesboone.com
`Gregory.huh.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter J. McAndrews
`Thomas J. Wimbiscus
`Scott P. McBride
`Christopher M. Scharff
`MCANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY, LTD.
`pmcandrews@mcandrews-ip.com
`twimbiscus@mcandrews-ip.com
`smcbride@mcandrews-ip.com
`cscharff@mcandrews-ip.com
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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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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., DISH NETWORK, LLC,
`COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
`TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC,
`VERIZON SERVICES CORP., and ARRIS GROUP, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TQ DELTA, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-010211
`Patent 8,718,158 B2
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`1 DISH Network, L.L.C., who filed a Petition in IPR2017-00255, and
`Comcast Cable Communications, L.L.C., Cox Communications, Inc., Time
`Warner Cable Enterprises L.L.C., Verizon Services Corp., and ARRIS
`Group, Inc., who filed a Petition in IPR2017-00417, have been joined in this
`proceeding.
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