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`Paper No. ____
`Filed: July 20, 2016
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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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`General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
`Petitioner,
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`Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01361
`U.S. Patent 8,909,094
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`PATENT OWNER MANDATORY NOTICES – 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Case IPR2016-01361
`U.S. Patent No. 8,909,094
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, the patent owner,
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`submits the following Mandatory Notices.1
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`Real Party-In-Interest
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`Pursuant to the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Canon Kabushiki
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`Kaisha (“Canon”), a corporation having a place of business at 30-2, Shimomaruko
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`3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan 146-8501, is the real party-in-interest. Canon is
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`the owner of U.S. Patent 8,909,094 (“the ’094 Patent”). Two assignments were
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`recorded with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in earlier-filed applications in
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`the same family on May 15, 2002, at Reel No. 012901, Frame No. 0948, and on
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`September 10, 2003, at Reel No. 014472, Frame No. 0830.
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`Related Matters
`The ’094 Patent was the subject of an inter partes review petition filed by
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`General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Petitioner”) on September 25, 2015, which
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`the Board denied. General Plastic Indus. Co. v. Canon Inc., IPR2015-01954,
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`Paper No. 9 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 9, 2016) (institution denial); General Plastic Indus.
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`Co. v. Canon Inc., IPR2015-01954, Paper No. 11 (P.T.A.B. May 19, 2016)
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`(rehearing denial).
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`1 The English translation of “Canon Kabushiki Kaisha” is “Canon Inc.”
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`The ’094 Patent is also the subject of two additional inter partes review
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`petitions filed by Petitioner on July 8, 2016—IPR2016-01359 and IPR2016-01360.
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`Canon is also aware of the following related litigation matter: In the Matter
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`of Certain Toner Supply Containers And Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-
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`960 (U.S.I.T.C. instituted July 10, 2015), which was terminated after Respondents
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`(including the present Petitioner) filed an unopposed motion to terminate the
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`investigation based upon a consent order stipulation.
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`Also, the following pending patent application is in the same patent family
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`as the subject patent:
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`U.S. Patent Appln. No. 14/533,470.
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`Lead and Back-Up Counsel
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`Canon designates the following lead and back-up counsel:
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`LEAD COUNSEL
`Edmund J. Haughey
`(Reg. No. 44,749)
`Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
`Tel: (202) 530-1010
`Fax: (212) 218-2200
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Michael P. Sandonato
`(Reg. No. 35,345)
`Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
`Tel: (212) 218-2100
`Fax: (212) 218-2200
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,909,094
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Justin J. Oliver
`(Reg. No. 44,986)
`Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
`Tel: (202) 530-1010
`Fax: (212) 218-2200
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`Service Information
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`Canon consents to electronic service using the following email address:
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`Canon094IPR@fchs.com
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`Any questions concerning this paper may be directed to lead counsel listed
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`below.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Edmund J. Haughey/______________
`Edmund J. Haughey (Reg. No. 44,749)
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
`Tel: (202) 530-1010
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`Back-up Counsel:
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`Michael P. Sandonato (Reg. No. 35,345)
`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
`Tel: (212) 218-2100
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`Justin J. Oliver (Reg. No. 44,986)
`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
`Tel: (202) 530-1010
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`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104-3800
`Tel: (212) 218-2100
`Fax: (212) 218-2200
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on this
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`date, a true and correct copy of the Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices was
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`electronically served on the Petitioner at the following email address:
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`smeyer@lockelord.com
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`July 20, 2016
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`/Edmund J. Haughey/_______
`Edmund J. Haughey
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Registration No. 44,749