`571-272-7822
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` Paper No. 15
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`Entered: May 3, 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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`UNIFIED PATENT INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`PLECTRUM LLC,
`Patent Owner
`____________
`
`IPR2017-01430
`Patent 5,978,951
`____________
`
`
`Before KEN B. BARRETT, MIRIAM L. QUINN, and
`SHEILA F. McSHANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`McSHANE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`
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`IPR2017-01430
`Patent 5,978,951
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`On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court held that a decision to institute under
`35 U.S.C. § 314 may not institute on less than all claims challenged in the petition.
`SAS Inst., Inc. v. Iancu, 2018 WL 1914661, at *10 (U.S. Apr. 24, 2018). In our
`Decision on Institution in this proceeding, we determined that Petitioner
`demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that it would prevail in showing that at least
`1 of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,978,951 is unpatentable. Paper 8,
`23–24. We modify our institution decision to include all of the challenged claims
`and all of the grounds presented in the Petition. See Guidance on the Impact of
`SAS on AIA Trial Proceedings (April 26, 2018), available at
`https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-
`board/trials/guidance-impact-sas-aia-trial.
`The parties shall confer to discuss the impact, if any, of this Order on the
`current schedule. If, after conferring, the parties wish to change the schedule or
`submit further briefing, the parties must, within one week of the date of this Order,
`request a conference call with the panel to seek authorization for such changes or
`briefing.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that our institution decision is modified to include review of all
`challenged claims and all grounds presented in the Petition; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner and Patent Owner shall confer to
`determine whether they desire any changes to the schedule or any further briefing,
`and, if so, shall request a conference call with the panel to seek authorization for
`such changes or briefing within one week of the date of this Order.
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`IPR2017-01430
`Patent 5,978,951
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`PETITIONER:
`David L. Cavanaugh
`Daniel V. Williams
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
`david.Cavanaugh@wilmerhale.com
`daniel.williams@wilmerhale.com
`
`Roshan Mansinghani
`Jonathan Stroud
`Unified Patents Inc.
`Roshan@unifiedpatents.com
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Zachariah S. Harrington
`Larry D. Thompson, Jr.
`Matthew J. Antonelli
`ANTONELLI, HARRINGTON & THOMPSON LLP
`zac@ahtlawfirm.com
`larry@ahtlawfirm.com
`matt@ahtlawfirm.com
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