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`Paper 20
`Date: February 1, 2021
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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION, APPLE INC.,
`and MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC,
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-01471
`Patent 6,836,654 B2
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, NEIL T. POWELL, and JOHN D. HAMANN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HAMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Adjusting One-Year Pendency Due to Joinder
`35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11); 37 C.F.R § 42.100(c)
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`IPR2019-01471
`Patent 6,836,654 B2
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`On February 11, 2020, the Board instituted an inter partes review of
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`claims 10–20 of U.S. Patent No. 6,836,654 B2 in the present proceeding.
`Paper 7. On August 12, 2020, the Board joined Petitioner from proceeding
`IPR2020-00701 to the present proceeding. Paper 11.
`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11), “the final determination in an
`inter partes review [shall] be issued not later than 1 year after the date on
`which the Director notices the institution of a review under this chapter,
`except that the Director . . . may adjust the time periods in this paragraph in
`the case of joinder under section 315(c).” The Director has delegated the
`authority to adjust the one-year period to the Board. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.100(c). In particular, 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(c) provides:
`An inter partes review proceeding shall be administered such
`that pendency before the Board after institution is normally no
`more than one year. The time can be . . . adjusted by the Board
`in the case of joinder.
`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(c), the Board adjusts the time
`of pendency before the Board in the present proceeding, which involves
`joinder, to permit the Board to consider and determine the pending issues.
`The Board shall issue a Final Written Decision in this proceeding no later
`than March 5, 2021.
`It is
`ORDERED that the time of pendency in this proceeding, which
`involves joinder, is adjusted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Board shall issue a Final Written Decision
`in this proceeding no later than March 5, 2021.
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`IPR2019-01471
`Patent 6,836,654 B2
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`FOR PETITIONERS:
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`Todd M. Siegel
`Andrew M. Mason
`John M. Lunsford
`Joseph T. Jakubek
`KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP
`todd.siegel@klarquist.com
`andrew.mason@klarquist.com
`john.lunsford@klarquist.com
`joseph.jakubek@klarquist.com
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`Tiffany C. Miller
`James M. Heintz
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`Apple-Uniloc19-DLA@us.dlapiper.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Brian Koide
`Ryan Loveless
`Brett Mangrum
`James Etheridge
`Jeffrey Huang
`ETHERIDGE LAW GROUP
`brian@etheridgelaw.com
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
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