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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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`International Business Machines Corporation
`Petitioner,
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`EnvisionIT, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Trial No.: IPR2017-01247
`Patent 8,438,221
`Filed: April 24, 2017
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`PATENT OWNER MANDATORY NOTICE
`INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`US_ACTIVE-134029060.1
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`Trial No.: IPR2017-01247
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Patent Owner EnvisionIT, LLC hereby
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`I. REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST
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`The real parties in interest are EnvisionIT, LLC, a Delaware Limited
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`Liability Company which is the sole owner of U.S. Patent No. 8,438,221 (the ’221
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`Patent) and CellCast Technologies, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
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`which is the exclusive licensee of the ’221 Patent.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
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`The ’221 Patent has been asserted against the United States in the litigation
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`CellCast Technologies, LLC and EnvisionIT, LLC v. The United States of America,
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`Case. No. 1:15-cv-01307 (U.S. Court of Federal Claims) in a complaint filed
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`November 2, 2015. The ’221 patent is the subject of IPR2017-00160, a petition
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`filed by The United States on November 1, 2016.
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`The following U.S. patents also claim priority to the same provisional
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`application as the ’221 patent: Nos. 9,136,954 (“the ’954 patent”); 7,693,938 (“the
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`’938 patent”); 8,103,719 (“the ’719 patent”); and 8,438,212 (“the ’212 patent”).
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`The United States has filed petitions for Inter Partes Review of each of these
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`patents: IPR2017-00180 (’954 patent); IPR2017-00183 (’938 patent); IPR2017-
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`00186 (’719 patent); and IPR2017-00185 (’212 patent).
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`Petitioner IBM has also filed petitions for Inter Partes Review of the ’954
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`patent (IPR-01246), the ’938 patent (IPR2017-01248), the ’719 patent (IPR2017-
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`01250), and the ’212 patent (IPR2017-01251).
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`III. LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Patent Owner EnvisionIT, LLC identifies the below named Lead Counsel
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`Lead Counsel:
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`Peter J. Chassman
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`pchassman@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3885
`Registration No. 38,841
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`Backup Counsel:
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`Robert R. Riddle
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`rriddle@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3881
`Registration No. 69,599
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`Michael J. Forbes
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`mforbes@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3864
`Registration No. 73,898
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`Matthew S. Gibson
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`mgibson@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3895
`Registration No. 63,523
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`Amardeep S. Grewal
`Reed Smith LLP
`1301 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005-3317
`sgrewal@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 202-414-9272
`Registration No. 62,798
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Lead counsel for Patent Owner may be served by electronic mail or Postal
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`Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery at:
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`Peter J. Chassman
`Registration No. 38,841
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`Telephone: 713-469-3885
`Facsimile: 713-469-3899
`pchassman@reedsmith.com
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`V. POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`A Power of Attorney naming the above lead and backup counsel as attorneys
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`of record is filed concurrently herewith.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`Dated: April 24, 2017
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`/Peter J. Chassman/
`By:
`Peter J. Chassman
`Registration No. 38,841
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`pchassman@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3885
`Facsimile: 713-469-3899
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`Robert R. Riddle
`Registration No. 69,599
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`rriddle@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3881
`Facsimile: 713-469-3899
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`Michael J. Forbes
`Registration No. 73,898
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`mforbes@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3864
`Facsimile: 713-469-3899
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`Matthew S. Gibson
`Registration No. 63,523
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`mgibson@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3895
`Facsimile: 713-469-3899
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`Amardeep S. Grewal
`Reed Smith LLP
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`1301 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005-3317
`sgrewal@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 202-414-9272
`Registration No. 62,798
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER MANDATORY NOTICE INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R.
`§42.8(a)(2) was served on counsel of record for PETITIONER on April 24, 2017
`by delivering a copy via electronic mail as listed below:
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`Mark J. Abate
`Calvin E. Wingfield
`Sarah Fink
`Goodwin Procter LLP
`620 Eighth Avenue
`New York, NY 10018-1405
`mabate@goodwinlaw.com
`cwingfield@goodwinlaw.com
`sfink@goodwinlaw.com
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`Dated:
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`Trial No.: IPR2017-01247
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`April 24, 2017
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`By:
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`/Peter J. Chassman/
`Peter J. Chassman
`Registration No. 38,841
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 1700
`Houston, TX 77002-6110
`pchassman@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3885
`Facsimile: 713-469-3899
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