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`Paper No. 33
`Entered: July 7, 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.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TQ DELTA, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01020 (Patent 9,014,243 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01021 (Patent 8,718,158 B2)1
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`Before KALYAN K. DESHPANDE and TREVOR M. JEFFERSON,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`JEFFERSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Authorization to File Motion
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses an issue pertaining to both cases. Therefore, we exercise our
`discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case.
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`IPR2016-01020 (Patent 9,014,243 B2)
`IPR2016-01021 (Patent 8,718,158 B2)
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`The Board held a conference call with Petitioner and Patent Owner on July 6,
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`2017 to discuss Patent Owner’s request for a motion for routine discovery, and,
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`alternatively, additional discovery. Patent Owner will provide the court reporter’s
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`transcript of the conference call as an exhibit, as soon as the transcript is available.
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`Per the conference, it is:
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`Order
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file a Motion for Discovery under 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.51(b)(1), and, alternatively, under 37 C.F.R. § 42.51(b)(2);
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s additional briefing shall not
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`exceed seven pages and is due no later than July 14, 2017;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a reply to Patent
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`Owner’s additional briefing, where Petitioner’s reply shall not exceed seven pages
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`and is due no later than July 21, 2017; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file a transcript of the July 6,
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`2017, conference call as an exhibit.
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`IPR2016-01020 (Patent 9,014,243 B2)
`IPR2016-01021 (Patent 8,718,158 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`David McCombs
`Theo Foster
`HAYNES & BOONE, LLP
`David.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`ipr.theo.foster@haynesboone.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter McAndrews
`Thomas Wimbiscus
`Scott McBride
`Andrew Karp
`Christopher Scharff
`McANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY, LTD.
`pmcandrews@mcandrews-ip.com
`twimbiscus@mcandrews-ip.com
`smcbride@mcandrews-ip.com
`akarp@mcandrews-ip.com
`cscharff@mcandrews-ip.com
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