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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`IRON OAK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-01553
`Patent 5,699,275
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`MOTION TO ACCORD AN EARLIER FILING DATE
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`STATEMENT OF THE PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED .......................... 1
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`STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS ........................................................ 1
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`III. THE PETITION SHOULD BE ACCORDING A FILING DATE OF
`AUGUST 16, 2018 .......................................................................................... 3
`IV. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................ 4
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF THE PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
`Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Petitioner” or “Samsung”) respectfully
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`submits this Motion to Accord an Earlier Filing Date, concurrently with a Petition
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`(“the Petition”) for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 5,699,275 (“the ’275
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`patent”) filed herewith.
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`Pursuant to the Board’s email to the parties dated August 21, 2018, and in
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`accordance with the procedures set out in A2 of the PTAB-E2E Frequently Asked
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`Questions website,1 Samsung requests that the Petition be accorded a filing date of
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`August 16, 2018.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS
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`On August 15, 2018, the USPTO PALM database was taken offline
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`for maintenance. As a result, PTAB-E2E was unavailable.
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`2.
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`On August 16, 2018, PTAB-E2E remained unavailable. Therefore,
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`counsel for Samsung called the PTAB to request guidance on how to
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`proceed with filing the Petition. The PTAB directed Samsung’s
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`counsel to section A2 of the PTAB-E2E Frequently Asked Questions
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`website, which outlines procedures to follow for filing a petition if
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`1 See https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-
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`board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions.
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`is down during normal business hours or other
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`unscheduled outage periods.
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`3.
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`On August 16, 2018, in accordance with the procedures defined by
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`section A2, Samsung served the Petition and supporting exhibits by
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`USPS Priority Mail Express™ on the patent owner for the ’275 patent
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`at the address of record in PAIR. (Exs. 1029, 1030.)
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`4.
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`On August 16, 2018, as a courtesy, Samsung also served the Petition
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`and supporting exhibits via secure transfer email on patent owner’s
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`litigation counsel and patent owner’s counsel in IPR2018-00486
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`(involving U.S. Patent No. 5,966,658, which was asserted along with
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,699,275 in the same litigation).2 (Ex. 1031.)
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`5.
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`On August 16, 2018, in accordance with the procedures defined by
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`section A2, Samsung notified the PTAB via email that service of the
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`Petition and supporting exhibits had been effectuated on patent owner
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`of record for the ’275 patent and, as a courtesy, patent owner’s
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`litigation counsel and patent owner’s counsel in IPR2018-00486. (Ex.
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`1034.) In the email notification, Samsung provided all of the
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`2 Patent owner’s counsel downloaded the Petition and supporting exhibits on
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`August 17, 2018. (Exs. 1032, 1033.)
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`information required pursuant to A2, including authorization to
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`withdraw payment of the petition fee using deposit account D502613.
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`(Id.)
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`6.
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`On August 17, 2018, as an additional courtesy, Samsung served the
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`Petition and supporting exhibits by UPS Next Day Air® on the patent
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`owner of record for the ’275 patent and on patent owner’s litigation
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`counsel and patent owner’s counsel in IPR2018-00486. (Exs. 1035-
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`38, 1040-42.)
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`7.
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`On August 21, 2018, the PTAB notified the parties that PTAB-E2E
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`was functional and directed Samsung to file the petition documents
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`along with the present motion. (Ex. 1039.)
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`III. THE PETITION SHOULD BE ACCORDING A FILING DATE OF
`AUGUST 16, 2018
`As outlined above, on August 16, 2018, Samsung properly followed the
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`procedures set out in A2 of the PTAB-E2E Frequently Asked Questions website
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`for filing and serving its Petition while the PTAB-E2E system was down for
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`maintenance. Accordingly, Samsung requests that the Petition be accorded a filing
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`date of August 16, 2018.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`As discussed above, Samsung respectfully requests that the Board grant the
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`submission of the Samsung Petition and grant the present Motion to Accord an
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`Earlier Filing Date.
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`Dated: August 21, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Joseph E. Palys/
`Joseph E. Palys (Reg. No. 46,508)
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on August 21, 2018, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing Motion to Accord an Earlier Filing Date to be served via express
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`mail on the Patent Owner at the following correspondence address of record as
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`listed on PAIR:
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`GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION
`GE LICENSING (62204)
`901 MAIN AVENUE
`NORWALK CT 06851
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`A courtesy copy was also sent via electronic mail to the Patent Owner’s
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`litigation counsel and/or Patent Owner’s counsel in IPR2018-00486 (regarding
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,966,658) at the following addresses:
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`Albert B. Deaver
`JONES WALKER LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 2900
`Houston, TX 77002
`ADeaver@joneswalker.com
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`Robert J. McAughan, Jr.
`Jeffrey A. Andrews
`YETTER COLEMAN LLP
`811 Main Street, Suite 4100
`Houston, TX 77002
`bmcaughan@yettercoleman.com
`jandrews@yettercoleman.com
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`By: /Joseph E. Palys/
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