`571-272-7822
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` Paper No. 9
` Entered: March 15, 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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PROXYCONN, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2017-00261
`Patent 6,757,717 B1
`____________
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`
`
`Before THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2017-00261
`Patent 6,757,717 B1
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`Petitioner contacted the Board by email dated March 6, 2017.
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`Petitioner requests authorization to file a reply to Patent Owner’s
`preliminary response. Specifically, Petitioner requests authorization to file a
`reply to address the argument by Patent Owner that the Petition is barred
`under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 315(b), and the evidence submitted by
`Patent Owner with the preliminary response in support of this argument.
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`After consideration of the matter, the panel determines that there is
`good cause and therefore grants the request. In light of this decision, the
`panel does not see the need for a conference.
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`It is, therefore,
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`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a reply to Patent
`Owner’s preliminary response (Paper 7);
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the reply is limited to five pages and is
`due within 10 days of entry of this Order; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the reply is limited to addressing the
`argument by Patent Owner that the Petition is barred under the provisions of
`35 U.S.C. § 315(b), and the evidence submitted by Patent Owner with the
`preliminary response in support of this argument.
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`IPR2017-00261
`Patent 6,757,717 B1
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`PETITIONER:
`John D. Vandenberg
`Andrew M. Mason
`KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP
`john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
`andrew.mason@klarquist.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Amir Naini
`Neil A. Rubin
`Russ August & Kabat
`12424 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Fl.
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
`anaini@raklaw.com
`nrubin@raklaw.com
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