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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`L’OREAL USA, INC.
`Petitioner
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`UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2018-00778
`Patent No. 6,423,327
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
`DISTRICT COURT-TYPE CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`IN ACCORDANCE WITH 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b)
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`I.
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`AUTHORIZATION AND RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Patent Owner University of Massachusetts requests, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.100(b), that a district court-type claim construction provided by Phillips v.
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`AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) be applied in this proceeding.
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`On April 13, 2018, Petitioner’s counsel indicated that Petitioner does not
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`oppose this Motion. This Motion is being timely filed subsequent to Petitioner’s
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`purported service of the Petition on March 15, 2018.
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`On April 13, 2018, by email, the Board authorized the filing of this Motion.
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`II. CERTIFICATION
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`Patent Owner certifies that U.S. Patent No. 6,423,327 (the “’327 Patent”)
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`will expire within 18 months from entry of the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to
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`Petition. The Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition, Paper 3, was entered on
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`March 21, 2018. The ’327 Patent expires on October 26, 2018.
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`Dated: April 16, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Matthew A. Ambros/
`Matthew B. Lowrie, Lead Counsel
`(Reg. No. 38,228)
`Matthew A. Ambros, Back-up Counsel
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`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`111 Huntington Avenue
`Boston, Massachusetts 02199
`Telephone: (617) 342-4000
`Fax: (617) 342-4001
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`Stephen B. Maebius, Back-up Counsel
`(Reg. No. 35,264)
`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`3000 K St. NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20007
`Telephone: (202) 672-5569
`Fax: (202) 672-5399
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`mlowrie@foley.com
`smaebius@foley.com
`mambros@foley.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`University of Massachusetts
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`AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on April 16, 2018, a complete and entire copy of the foregoing document was
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`filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through the Board’s E2E system and
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`provided via email to the Petitioner as follows:
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`Michelle E. O’Brien
`Timothy J. Murphy
`Joanna Cohn
`THE MARBURY LAW GROUP
`11800 Sunrise Valle Drive
`15th Floor
`Reston, VA 20191
`Telephone: (703) 391-2900
`Fax: (703) 391-2901
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`mobrien@marburylaw.com
`tjmurphy@marburylaw.com
`jcohn@marburylaw.com
`327IPR@marburylaw.com
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`Due to a technical issue with the original filing, the forgoing document is
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`being re-filed and served by email as indicated above, on April 27, 2018, which
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`counsel for Petitioner has indicated Petitioner does not oppose.
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`/Matthew A. Ambros/
`Matthew A. Ambros, Back-up Counsel
`(Reg. No. 74,005)
`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`111 Huntington Avenue
`Boston, Massachusetts 02199
`Telephone: (617) 342-4000
`Fax: (617) 342-4001
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