`571-272-7822
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`Paper 18
`Entered: July 2, 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 PATENTS INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VILOX TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00044
`Patent 7,302,423 B2
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`
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, ROBERT J. WEINSCHENK, and
`JOHN D. HAMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HAMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2018-00044
`Patent 7,302,423 B2
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`INTRODUCTION
`I.
`On June 25, 2018, a conference call was conducted among respective
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`counsel for the parties Unified Patents Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Vilox
`Technologies, LLC (“Patent Owner”), and Judges Medley, Weinschenk, and
`Hamann. The purpose of the call was to allow Patent Owner to satisfy the
`requirement under 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a) to confer with the Board prior to
`filing a motion to amend. Patent Owner previously had indicated its intent
`to file a motion to amend via email.
`II. DISCUSSION
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`During the conference call, no specific proposed amendments were
`discussed. We directed the parties to the Board’s decision in Western
`Digital Corp. v. SPEX Techs., Inc., Case IPR2018-00082, -00084 (PTAB
`Apr. 25, 2018) (Paper 13) (designated as an informative decision on June 1,
`2018). Western Digital provides information and guidance regarding the
`statutory and regulatory requirements for motions to amend.
`III. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner has satisfied the requirement of
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`conferring with us prior to filing a motion to amend under 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.121(a).
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`IPR2018-00044
`Patent 7,302,423 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`David M. O’Dell
`David L. McCombs
`Thomas Kelton
`John Russell Emerson
`Scott Cunning
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`thomas.kelton.ipr@haynesboone.com
`russell.emerson.ipr@haynesboone.com
`scott.cunning.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Jonathan Stroud
`Roshan Mansinghani
`UNIFIED PATENT INC.
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
`roshan@unifiedpatents.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`John K. Harrop
`harrop@vapatent.com
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