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`No. 16-2470
`In the United States Court of Appeals
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`PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS,
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`ANDREI IANCU,
`INTERVENOR
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`APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`JOINT COMMENTS REGARDING THE EFFECT OF
`SAS INSTITUTE V. IANCU ON THE DISPOSITION OF THIS APPEAL
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`Polaris Ex. 2016
`1 Kingston v. Polaris, IPR2016-01622, Page 1 of 4
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`Case: 16-2470 Document: 42 Page: 2 Filed: 04/27/2018
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`Pursuant to the Court’s April 27, 2018 request for a comment on the ef-
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`fect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in SAS Institute v. Iancu, 584
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`U.S. ____ (2018), on the disposition of this appeal, the parties have conferred
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`and hereby inform the Court of their agreement that SAS Institute should
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`have no effect on the disposition of this appeal. Neither Patent Owner, PGS
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`Geophysical AS, nor Petitioner, WesternGeco LLC, preserved an objection
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`to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) partial institution in this
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`case. Moreover, as the Court is aware, the Petitioner in this case withdrew
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`from the proceedings and no longer is challenging any claims of the patent at
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`issue. Neither the Patent Owner nor the Patent Office seeks a final written
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`decision regarding the claims as to which the Board declined to institute tri-
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`al. Accordingly, given that no party seeks further review as to those claims,
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`the Supreme Court’s decision in SAS Institute has no effect on this appeal.
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`Polaris Ex. 2016
`1 Kingston v. Polaris, IPR2016-01622, Page 2 of 4
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`Case: 16-2470 Document: 42 Page: 3 Filed: 04/27/2018
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`APRIL 27, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ David I. Berl
`DAVID I. BERL
`JESSAMYN S. BERNIKER
`DAVID M. KRINSKY
`CHRISTOPHER A. SUAREZ
`WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
`725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
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`(202) 434-5000
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`Counsel for PGS Geophysical AS
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`/s/ Nathan K. Kelley
`NATHAN K. KELLEY
`THOMAS W. KRAUSE
`MONICA BARNES LATEEF
`MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD
`USPTO, OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
`P.O. Box 1450
`Mail Stop 8
`Alexandria, VA 22313
`Counsel for Andrei Iancu, Director
`of the U.S. Patent and Trademark
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`Polaris Ex. 2016
`1 Kingston v. Polaris, IPR2016-01622, Page 3 of 4
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`Case: 16-2470 Document: 42 Page: 4 Filed: 04/27/2018
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`PROOF OF SERVICE
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`I, David I. Berl, counsel for appellant and a member of the Bar of this
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`Court, certify that, on April 27, 2018, a copy of the attached Joint Comments
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`Regarding the Effect of SAS Institute v. Iancu on the Disposition of this
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`Appeal was filed with the Clerk and served on the parties through the
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`Court’s electronic filing system. I further certify that all parties required to
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`be served have been served.
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`/s/ David I. Berl
`DAVID I. BERL
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`Polaris Ex. 2016
`1 Kingston v. Polaris, IPR2016-01622, Page 4 of 4
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