`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 21
`Entered: March 23, 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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ANDREA ELECTRONICS CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2017-00626 and IPR2017-00627
`Patent 6,363,345 B2
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`Before STEPHEN C. SIU, MICHAEL R. ZECHER, and
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`IPR2017-00626/627
`Patent 6,363,345 B2
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`The parties have requested an oral hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.70. IPR2017-00626, Papers 21 and 22; IPR2017-00627, Papers 19 and
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`20. The request for an oral hearing is granted. The oral hearing will
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`commence at 1:00 PM Eastern Time on April 25, 2018, on the ninth floor of
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`Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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`The panel encourages the parties not to use the oral argument time to
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`provide an overview of their case. Instead, the panel encourages each party,
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`after some initial remarks, to focus on specific issues it would like to
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`highlight or clarify, starting with those the party deems most important to
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`discuss with the Board. It is the panel’s experience that long slide decks
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`sequentially stepping through each issue in a case is not the most effective
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`use of the hearing. The panel will make its decision based on the written
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`briefs; however, oral hearing is the parties’ opportunity to clarify the panel’s
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`understanding of the evidence and the parties’ positions in the briefs.
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`Each side will have forty-five minutes to present arguments. Petitioner
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`bears the ultimate burden of proof that the claims at issue in these reviews
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`are unpatentable. 35 U.S.C. § 316(e) (“[T]he petitioner shall have the
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`burden of proving a proposition of unpatentability by a preponderance of the
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`evidence.”). Petitioner will, therefore, begin by presenting its case regarding
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`the challenged claims and grounds for which the Board instituted trial in
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`these proceedings. Patent Owner will then respond to Petitioner’s
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`arguments. Petitioner may reserve time to reply to arguments presented by
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`Patent Owner.
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`The hearing will be open to the public for in-person attendance that
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`will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. The Board will
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`provide a court reporter, and the transcript shall constitute the official record
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`of the hearing and be entered in each proceeding.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served at
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`least five business days before the hearing. The parties also shall provide a
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`courtesy copy of any demonstrative exhibits to the Board by the end of day,
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`April 19, 2018, by emailing them to Trials@uspto.gov. The parties shall not
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`file any demonstrative exhibits in this proceeding, without prior
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`authorization from the Board. For guidance on what constitutes an
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`appropriate demonstrative exhibit, the parties are directed to CBS Interactive
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`Inc. v. Wireless Sciences LLC, IPR2013-00033 (PTAB Oct. 23, 2013) (Paper
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`118). No live testimony from any witness will be taken at the oral argument.
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`At least one member of the panel will be attending the conference via
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`remote video link. Physical exhibits and the projector screen will not be
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`viewable to this judge. The parties should prepare accordingly. Questions
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`regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be directed to the Board at
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`(571) 272-9797. Requests for audio-visual equipment are to be made no
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`later than five days in advance of the hearing date. The request is to be sent
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`to Trials@uspto.gov, and any request not sent separately and specifically to
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`that email address will not be considered. If the request is not received
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`timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the hearing.
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`Patent 6,363,345 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Kushan
`jkushan@sidley.com
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`Steven Baik
`sbaik@sidley.com
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`Thomas Broughan
`tbroughan@sidley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`William Belanger
`belangerw@pepperlaw.com
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`Andrew Schultz
`schultza@pepperlaw.com
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`Griffin Mesmer
`mesmerg@pepperlaw.com
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