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`Paper 21
`Entered: June 20, 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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`UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00067
`Patent 8,577,813 B2
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`Before BART A. GERSTENBLITH, SCOTT C. MOORE, and
`JASON W. MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`Case IPR2018-00067
`Patent 8,577,813 B2
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`The parties contacted the Board by email of June 14, 2018, requesting
`a revised schedule. Patent Owner also informed the Board that it intends to
`file a motion to amend and requested a revised procedure for such a motion.
`Petitioner agrees with that proposed procedure.
`We adopt the parties’ proposal regarding a motion to amend.
`Accordingly, Patent Owner may submit a motion of up to 12 pages,
`Petitioner may file an opposition of up to 25 pages, Patent Owner may file a
`reply of up to 25 pages, and Petitioner may file a sur-reply of up to 10 pages.
`We further direct the parties to the Board’s decision in Western Digital
`Corp. v. SPEX Technologies, Inc., IPR2018-00082, Paper 13 (PTAB
`Apr. 25, 2018) (Informative), available at https://go.usa.gov/xQtQy, for
`guidance regarding motions to amend. The dates for the relevant filings and
`other dates revised by the parties are reflected in the following Amended
`Due Date Appendix, which shall replace the appendix contained in our
`May 3, 2018, Scheduling Order (Paper 16). All other aspects of the prior
`Scheduling Order remain the same.
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`AMENDED DUE DATE APPENDIX
`DUE DATE 1 ......................................................................... August 10, 2018
`Patent owner’s response to the petition
`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2 ..................................................................... November 2, 2018
`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ................................................................... November 27, 2018
`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`Motion to Amend Sur-reply ................................................. December 5, 2018
`Petitioner’s Sur-reply to patent owner’s reply re: motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4 .................................................................... December 10, 2018
`Observations regarding cross-examination of reply witness
`Motion to exclude evidence
`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5 .................................................................... December 17, 2018
`Response to observations
`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6 .................................................................... December 21, 2018
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7 ........................................................................ January 30, 2019
`Oral argument (if requested)
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`Case IPR2018-00067
`Patent 8,577,813 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jason Mudd
`Eric Buresh
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`jason.mudd@eriseip.com
`eric.buresh@eriseip.com
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`Roshan Mansinghani
`Jonathan Stroud
`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`roshan@unifiedpatents.com
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jim Glass
`Tigran Guledjian
`Christopher Mathews
`Nima Hefazi
`Richard Lowry
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
`jimglass@quinnemanuel.com
`tigranguledjian@quinnemanuel.com
`chrismathews@quinnemanuel.com
`nimahefazi@quinnemanuel.com
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