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` Entered: January 26, 2018
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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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`DIGITAL CHECK CORP. d/b/a ST IMAGING,
`Petitioner,
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`E-IMAGEDATA CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases1
`IPR2017-00177 (Patent 8,537,279 B2)
`IPR2017-00178 (Patent 9,179,019 B2)
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`Before KEN B. BARRETT, JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, and
`MELISSA A. HAAPALA, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HAAPALA, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Decision applies to each of the listed cases. The parties are not
`authorized to use a multiple case caption.
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`IPR2017-00177; Patent 8,537,279 B2
`IPR2017-00178; Patent 9,179,019 B2
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`On January 12, 2018, we granted Petitioner’s request for oral hearing
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`for these proceedings. Paper 19.2 By email request, Petitioner withdraws its
`request for a hearing and asks that we cancel the hearing scheduled for
`February 7, 2018. Ex. 3001.
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`As noted in Petitioner’s request, Patent Owner did not request a
`hearing for these proceedings. See id. Petitioner asserts that after further
`consideration and in an effort to preserve party and Board resources, it
`agrees with Patent Owner that a hearing is not necessary. Id. Petitioner
`represents that it discussed its request with Patent Owner’s lead counsel so
`that there would be no wasted effort on Patent Owner’s part with respect to
`hearing preparation. Id. Under the circumstances, we determine it is
`appropriate to grant Petitioner’s request to cancel the consolidated oral
`hearing for these proceedings.
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`It is, therefore,
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s request to cancel the consolidated oral
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`hearing for these proceedings is granted.
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`2 Our decision refer to the papers entered in IPR2017-00177. Similar papers
`were entered in IPR2017-00178.
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`IPR2017-00177; Patent 8,537,279 B2
`IPR2017-00178; Patent 9,179,019 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jason A. Engel
`Robert J. Barz
`K&L GATES LLP
`jason.engel@klgates.com
`robert.barz@klgates.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Johanna M. Wilbert
`Joel Austin
`Michael Piery
`QUARLES & BRADY LLP
`johanna.wilbert@quarles.com
`joel.austin@quarles.com
`michael.piery@quarles.com
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