From: William Rothwell [mailto:william@noroozipc.com]  
`Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2018 2:50 PM 
`To: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>; Kayvan Noroozi <kayvan@noroozipc.com>; Sommer, Andrew R. 
`<ASommer@winston.com> 
`Cc: Woods, Michael <MWoods@winston.com>; Dunham, Thomas M. <TDunham@winston.com>; Lisa.Nguyen@lw.com; 
`jamie.lynn@bakerbotts.com; J. Christopher Carraway <chris.carraway@klarquist.com>; Alan.Billharz@lw.com 
`Subject: RE: IPR2017‐00176, ‐179: Request Under SAS 
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`Mr. Kellogg,
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`Confirmed for Patent Owner that we do not object to that approach across the six proceedings.
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`Thanks,
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`William P. Rothwell 
`Noroozi PC 
`2245 Texas Drive, Suite 300 
`Sugar Land, TX  77479 
`(281) 566‐2685
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`From: Trials [mailto:Trials@USPTO.GOV]  
`Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2018 1:10 PM 
`To: Kayvan Noroozi <kayvan@noroozipc.com>; Sommer, Andrew R. <ASommer@winston.com> 
`Cc: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>; Woods, Michael <MWoods@winston.com>; Dunham, Thomas M. 
`<TDunham@winston.com>; Lisa.Nguyen@lw.com; William Rothwell <william@noroozipc.com>; 
`jamie.lynn@bakerbotts.com; J. Christopher Carraway (chris.carraway@klarquist.com) <chris.carraway@klarquist.com>; 
`Alan.Billharz@lw.com 
`Subject: RE: IPR2017‐00176, ‐179: Request Under SAS
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`Counsel,
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`The Board notes that IPR2017-00176 has been consolidated with IPR2017-00806 and joined with IPR2017-01688, and
`that IPR2017-00179 has been consolidated with IPR2017-00808 and joined with IPR2017-01690. The Board appreciates
`the parties’ non-opposition to the Board’s inclusion in this trial of all grounds raised in the Petitions (including (1)
`Franaszek and Hsu, and (2) Franaszek, Hsu, and Sebastian) without further briefing, notwithstanding their apparent
`dispute as to whether the Petitions adequately set forth separate grounds based on (1) Franaszek and Hsu, and (2)
`Franaszek, Hsu, and Sebastian. The Board notes, however, that even though counsel for the Petitioners in the four joined
`or consolidated proceedings were copied on the parties’ prior emails, these e-mails explicitly referenced only the lead cases
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`(IPR2017-00176 and IPR2017-00179), and counsel for Petitioners in the four joined or consolidated proceedings did not
`explicitly confirm that they consent to this approach.
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`In order to ensure that the record is clear, the Board requests that Patent Owner and the Petitioners in the six above-
`referenced proceedings respond to this e-mail to confirm that they consent to the Board considering and ruling on all
`patentability arguments set forth in the Petitions (including the Petitioners’ unpatentability arguments based on (1)
`Franaszek and Hsu, and (2) Franaszek, Hsu, and Sebastian) without further briefing, and without further oral argument.
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`Regards,
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`Andrew Kellogg,
`Supervisory Paralegal
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`USPTO
`andrew.kellogg@uspto.gov
`Direct: 571-272-5366
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`From: Kayvan Noroozi [mailto:kayvan@noroozipc.com]  
`Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 2:55 PM 
`To: Sommer, Andrew R. <ASommer@winston.com> 
`Cc: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>; Woods, Michael <MWoods@winston.com>; Dunham, Thomas M. 
`<TDunham@winston.com>; Lisa.Nguyen@lw.com; William Rothwell <william@noroozipc.com>; 
`jamie.lynn@bakerbotts.com; J. Christopher Carraway (chris.carraway@klarquist.com) <chris.carraway@klarquist.com>; 
`Alan.Billharz@lw.com 
`Subject: Re: IPR2017‐00176, ‐179: Request Under SAS
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`Your Honors:
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`To clarify, Patent Owner does not believe there is an SAS issue here. The petitions were instituted on all offered
`grounds and all challenged claims. Nonetheless, Petitioner correctly states that Patent Owner does not object to
`the Board addressing, in its final written decision, (1) Franaszek and Hsu; and (2) Franaszek, Hsu, and
`Sebastian.
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`Best
`Kayvan Noroozi
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`Kayvan B. Noroozi
`Noroozi PC
`1299 Ocean Ave., Suite 450
`Santa Monica, CA 90401
`(310) 975-7074
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`On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 11:19 AM, Sommer, Andrew R. <ASommer@winston.com> wrote:
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`Your Honors:
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`Petitioner in the above-referenced proceedings requests that the Board consider the two grounds that it
`identified in the Petition in these matters, namely: (1) Franaszek and Hsu, and (2) Franaszek, Hsu, and
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`Sebastian. Petitioner submits that the panel should evaluate the challenges set forth in the petition. Petitioner
`has conferred with Patent Owner, who does not object to this approach. The parties to these proceedings agree
`that all issues have been fully briefed and can be evaluated by the panel without further briefing unless the
`panel believes further briefing is needed.
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`Best regards,
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`Andrew R. Sommer
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