`571-272-7822
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`Paper 37
`Date: May 31, 2022
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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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`VISA INC., and VISA U.S.A. INC., and
`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
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`UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`IPR2018-013501
`Patent 8,856,539 B2
`____________
`
`Before PATRICK R. SCANLON, GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, and
`JASON W. MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`DECISION
`Dismissing Petition
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`1 Apple Inc., which filed a petition in IPR2019-00727, has been joined as a
`party to this proceeding.
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`
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`IPR2018-01350
`Patent 8,856,539 B2
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`BACKGROUND
`I.
`On January 30, 2020, the Board issued a Final Written Decision in
`this proceeding. Paper 35 (“Final Written Decision”). On appeal, the Federal
`Circuit determined that this proceeding is moot because all claims of U.S.
`Patent 8,856,539 B2 were deemed patent ineligible in another appeal. Visa
`Inc. v. Universal Secure Registry, LLC, 857 F. App’x 1029 (Fed. Cir. 2021)
`(citing Universal Secure Registry LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 20-2044,
`10 F.4th 1342 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2021)). Thus, the Court vacated our
`decision and instructed us to dismiss Visa’s petition. Id. (citing United States
`v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39-41 (1950)).
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`II. ANALYSIS
`As directed by the Federal Circuit, we dismiss the Petition in
`IPR2018-01350. 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`III. ORDER
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`It is hereby:
`ORDERED that the Petition in IPR2018-01350 is dismissed.
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`IPR2018-01350
`Patent 8,856,539 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Matthew A. Argenti
`Michael T. Rosato
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`margenti@wsgr.com
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`
`Monica Grewal
`Benjamin Fernandez
`Mark Selwyn
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
`monica.grewal@wilmerhale.com
`ben.fernandez@wilmerhale.com
`mark.selwyn@wilmerhale.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`
`James M. 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
`richardlowry@quinnemanuel.com
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