`Inter Partes Review Of
`Patent No. 7,915,631
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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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`VIZIO, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`NICHIA CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00551
`Patent No. 7,915,631
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION AND CERTIFICATION
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b) REQUESTING EXPIRED
`PATENT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`Notice of Request for Relief
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`Case IPR2017-00551
`Inter Partes Review Of
`Patent No. 7,915,631
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`Patentee moves for a district court-type claim construction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.100(b), which provides:
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`A claim in an unexpired patent that will not expire before a final
`written decision is issued shall be given its broadest reasonable con-
`struction in light of the specification of the patent in which it appears.
`A party may request a district court-type claim construction approach
`to be applied if a party certifies that the involved patent will expire
`within 18 months from the entry of the Notice of Filing Date Ac-
`corded to Petition. The request, accompanied by a party’s certifica-
`tion, must be made in the form of a motion under §42.20, within 30
`days from the filing of the petition.
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`1. The patent subject to the pending petition, U.S. Patent No. 7,915,631 (“the ’631
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`patent”), will expire within 18 months from the entry of the Notice of Filing
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`Date Accorded to Petition, which notice was entered on January 10, 2017.
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`2. This motion is being filed within 30 days from the filing of the petition, which
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`occurred on December 30, 2016.
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`Certification
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`Patentee hereby certifies, through the undersigned signature of its counsel,
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`that the ’631 patent will expire on October 27, 2017.
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`Case IPR2017-00551
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`Requested Relief
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`Patentee respectfully submits that the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b)
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`are met. Accordingly, Patentee requests that the Board grant this motion and apply
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`a district court-type claim construction in any instituted IPR proceeding.
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`Dated: January 30, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ David E. Cole
`David E. Cole (Reg. No. 73,084)
`PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON &
`GARRISON LLP
`2001 K Street, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20006-1047
`Tel.: (202) 223-7300
`Fax: (202) 223-7420
`dcole@paulweiss.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Nichia Corporation
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`Case IPR2017-00551
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that on January 30, 2017, a true and
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`correct copy of the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S MOTION AND
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`CERTIFICATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(B) REQUESTING EXPIRED
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`PATENT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION was served by Priority Mail Express on the
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`following counsel of record for VIZIO, Inc.:
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`Gabrielle Higgins, Esq.
`Ropes & Gray LLP
`1900 University Avenue
`6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
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`Jordan Rossen, Esq.
`Ropes & Gray LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20006-6807
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`Ms. Ginny Blundell
`Ropes & Gray LLP
`IPRM – Floor 43
`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
`Boston, MA 02199-3600
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`By,
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`/s/ David E. Cole
`David E. Cole (Reg. No. 73,084)
`PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON &
`GARRISON LLP
`2001 K Street, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20006-1047
`Tel.: (202) 223-7300
`Fax: (202) 223-7420
`dcole@paulweiss.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Nichia Corporation
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