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`Paper 61
`Entered: May 2, 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.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-002971
`Patent 7,916,781 B2
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`Before KEN B. BARRETT, TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, and
`JOHN A. HUDALLA, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HUDALLA, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 Case IPR2017-00423 has been consolidated with this proceeding.
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`IPR2017-00297
`Patent 7,916,781 B2
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`On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court held that a decision to institute
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 314 may not institute on less than all claims challenged in
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`the petition. SAS Inst., Inc. v. Iancu, 2018 WL 1914661, at *10 (U.S.
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`Apr. 24, 2018). In our Decisions on Institution, we determined that
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`Petitioner demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that it would establish that at
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`least one of the challenged claims of the ’781 patent is unpatentable.
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`IPR2017-00297, Paper 16; IPR2017-00423, Paper 16. We modify our
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`Decisions on Institution to institute on all of the challenged claims and all of
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`the grounds presented in the Petitions from IPR2017-00297 (Paper 5) and
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`IPR2017-00423 (Paper 5). See Guidance on the Impact of SAS on AIA
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`Trial Proceedings (April 26, 2018), available at https://www.uspto.gov/
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`patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/trials/guidance-
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`impact-sas-aia-trial.
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`The parties shall confer to discuss the impact, if any, of this Order on
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`the current schedule. If, after conferring, the parties wish to change the
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`schedule or submit further briefing, the parties must, within one week of the
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`date of this Order, request a conference call with the panel to seek
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`authorization for such changes or briefing.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that our Decisions on Institution are modified to include
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`review of all challenged claims and all grounds presented in the Petitions
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`from IPR2017-00297 (Paper 5) and IPR2017-00423 (Paper 5); and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner and Patent Owner shall confer
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`to determine whether they desire any changes to the schedule or any further
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`briefing, and, if so, shall request a conference call with the panel to seek
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`authorization for such changes or briefing within one week of the date of this
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`Order.
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`IPR2017-00297
`Patent 7,916,781 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Richard Goldenberg
`Richard.goldenberg@wilmerhale.com
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`Michael Smith
`Michaelh.smith@wilmerhale.com
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`Dominic Massa
`Dominic.massa@wilmerhale.com
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`Kelvin Chan
`Kelvin.chan@wilmerhale.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Michael Rosato
`mrosato@wsgr.com
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`Matthew Argenti
`margenti@wsgr.com
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`Richard Torczon
`rtorczon@wsgr.com
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