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`Paper: 28
`Entered: May 10, 2018
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`APPLE INC., FACEBOOK, INC., and WHATSAPP, INC.,1
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2017-00222
`Patent 8,243,723 B2
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`
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, MIRIAM L. QUINN, and
`CHARLES J. BOUDREAU, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`QUINN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 Facebook, Inc. and WhatsApp, Inc., filed a petition and motion for joinder
`in IPR2017-01635, which we granted, and, thus, these entities are joined, as
`Petitioner, to this proceeding. Paper 12.
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`IPR2017-00222
`Patent 8,243,723 B2
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`1
`2−7
`8
`1−7
`8
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`Basis
`§ 103(a)
`§ 103(a)
`§ 103(a)
`§ 103(a)
`§ 103(a)
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`On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court held that a decision to institute
`under 35 U.S.C. § 314 may not institute on fewer than all claims challenged
`in the petition. SAS Inst., Inc. v. Iancu, 2018 WL 1914661, at *10 (U.S. Apr.
`24, 2018). In our Decision on Institution, we determined that Petitioner
`demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that it would establish that at least one
`of the challenged claims of the ’723 patent is unpatentable. Decision on
`Institution, Paper 7 (May 25, 2017). We modify our Decision on Institution
`to institute on all of the challenged claims and all of the grounds presented in
`the Petition, which are as follows:
`Challenged
`Claim(s)
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`Reference(s)
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`Vuori
`Vuori and Malik
`Vuori, Malik, and Lerner
`Stubbs and Abburi
`Stubbs and Lerner
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`The panel held a conference call with the parties on May 2, 2018, to
`discuss the modification of institution and whether the parties would seek
`supplemental briefing. Subsequent to the conference call, the parties
`communicated to the panel that they forgo further briefing.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that our institution decision is modified to include review
`of all challenged claims and all grounds presented in the Petition; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that in accordance with the parties’ waiver of
`further briefing, no filings are authorized at this time.
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`IPR2017-00222
`Patent 8,243,723 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Apple Inc.
`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Michael D. Specht
`Trent W. Merrell
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`jasone-ptab@skgf.com
`mspecht-ptab@skgf.com
`tmerrell-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Facebook, Inc. and WhatsApp, Inc.
`Heidi L. Keefe
`Phillip Morton
`COOLEY LLP
`hkeefe@cooley.com
`pmorton@cooley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Ryan Loveless
`Brett Mangrum
`James Etheridge
`Jeffrey Huang
`ETHERIDGE LAW GROUP
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
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`Sean D. Burdick
`UNILOC USA, INC.
`sean.burdick@unilocusa.com
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