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`FW: IPR2018-00044: Unified Patents v. Vilox: Authorization to file Reply to Patent
`Owner's Preliminary Response
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`From: Kelton, Thomas [mailto:Thomas.Kelton@haynesboone.com]
`Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:50 PM
`To: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>
`Cc: harrop@vapatent.com; McCombs, David L. <David.McCombs@haynesboone.com>; O'Dell, David M.
`<David.Odell@haynesboone.com>; Jonathan Stroud (jonathan@unifiedpatents.com) <jonathan@unifiedpatents.com>;
`Roshan Mansinghani <roshan@unifiedpatents.com>
`Subject: IPR2018‐00044: Unified Patents v. Vilox: Authorization to file Reply to Patent Owner's Preliminary Response
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`To the Board:
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`In IPR2018‐00044, Petitioner Unified Patents respectfully requests leave under 37 CFR 42.108(c) to file a Reply to Patent
`Owner’s Preliminary Response.
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`Patent Owner asserts in its Preliminary Response that the named inventor conceived of the claimed subject matter
`before the priority date of Petitioner’s cited art (Excel) and reduced the subject matter to practice. Because Patent
`Owner’s evidence on this issue was not available to Petitioner when the IPR petition was filed, there is good cause for
`authorizing Petitioner to file a Reply that identifies deficiencies in Patent Owner’s evidence. Furthermore, there is good
`cause for this request because focused briefing by Unified Patents can assist the Board in efficiently identifying claim
`limitations for which Patent Owner’s swear‐behind evidence is deficient.
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`Patent Owner’s counsel has indicated that it opposes this request.
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`Best regards,
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`Thomas Kelton
`Counsel for Petitioner Unified Patents Inc.
`haynesboone
`Thomas Kelton
`Partner
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