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` Date: October 25, 2023
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
`FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MPH TECHNOLOGIES OY,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-00820
`Patent 7,937,581 B2
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`Before KATHERINE K. VIDAL, Under Secretary of Commerce for
`Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office.
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`ORDER
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`IPR2019-00820
`Patent 7,937,581 B2
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`The Office received a request for Director Review of the Adverse
`Judgment on Remand (Paper 55) for the above-captioned case. See
`Paper 56; Ex. 3100. The request was referred to me.
`Upon consideration of the request, it is:
`ORDERED that the request for Director Review is denied; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s
`Adverse Judgment in this case is the final decision of the agency.
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`IPR2019-00820
`Patent 7,937,581 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
`David W. O’Brien
`Andrew S. Ehmke
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`david.obrien.ipr@haynesboone.com
`andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`James T. Carmichael
`Stephen Schreiner
`CARMICHAEL IP LAW, PLLC
`jim@carmichaelip.com
`schreiner@carmichaelip.com
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`Christopher J. Lee
`Richard B. Megley
`Brian E. Haan
`Ashley E. LaValley
`LEE SHEIKH MEGLEY & HAAN LLC
`clee@leesheikh.com
`rmegley@leesheikh.com
`bhaan@leesheikh.com
`alavalley@leesheikh.com
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`Kenneth J. Weatherwax
`Patrick Maloney
`Jason C. Linger
`LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP
`weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`maloney@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`linger@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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