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`Trials
`Thursday, July 9, 2020 12:49 PM
`Sean Li; Trials
`Appleby, Robert A.; Arovas, Greg; Carter, Jon R.; Brown, Brandon H.; Frederick Lorig;
`Mark Tung; Nima Hefazi; 'Bendix, Kevin'
`RE: Request for Reply to POPR: IPR2020-00532, IPR2020-00537, IPR2020-00539,
`IPR2020-00540, IPR2020-00541, IPR2020-00542
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`The panel has determined that there is no need for a call. Petitioner is authorized to file the requested six page Reply to
`Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response to address the Section 315 and discretionary denial arguments. Petitioner also is
`authorized to file, in its Reply in IPR2020-00532, the requested five additional pages to address the claim construction
`issue. Petitioner’s papers are due no later than two weeks from the date of this email and are limited to the topics
`identified in Petitioner’s request. Patent Owner is authorized to file in each subject case a Sur-Reply to Petitioner’s Reply,
`with Patent Owner’s papers due no later than two weeks after the filing of Petitioner’s Reply and limited to the same
`number of pages as authorized for Petitioner’s papers (eleven pages in IPR2020-00532 and six pages in the other subject
`cases).
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`Regards,
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`Andrew Kellogg,
`Supervisory Paralegal
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`USPTO
`andrew.kellogg@uspto.gov
`(571)272-7822
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`From: Sean Li <seanli@quinnemanuel.com>  
`Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 10:54 AM 
`To: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV> 
`Cc: Appleby, Robert A. <rappleby@kirkland.com>; Arovas, Greg <garovas@kirkland.com>; Carter, Jon R. 
`<carterj@kirkland.com>; Brown, Brandon H. <bhbrown@kirkland.com>; Frederick Lorig 
`<fredlorig@quinnemanuel.com>; Mark Tung <marktung@quinnemanuel.com>; Nima Hefazi 
`<nimahefazi@quinnemanuel.com>; 'Bendix, Kevin' <kevin.bendix@kirkland.com> 
`Subject: RE: Request for Reply to POPR: IPR2020‐00532, IPR2020‐00537, IPR2020‐00539, IPR2020‐00540, IPR2020‐
`00541, IPR2020‐00542 
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`Your Honors,  
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`Patent Owner respectfully objects to Petitioner’s email below.  The email improperly contains substantive arguments 
`regarding Petitioner’s request to file a reply in IPR2020‐00532 to advance new claim construction arguments, and is 
`“tantamount to filing an unauthorized motion.” See e.g., IPR2014‐01503 Paper 11 at 2‐3 (“Petitioner’s 
`email, . . .containing substantive arguments concerning its request, is tantamount to filing an unauthorized motion.”); 
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`IPR2015‐01545, Paper 9 at 6 (“Patent Owner’s email to the Board presented Patent Owner’s position on the discovery 
`issue rather than just requesting a conference.  Such communications are contrary to the Board’s rules.”).  
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that should your Honors consider Petitioner’s arguments, that Patent Owner be 
`given the opportunity to present its position.  And while Patent Owner disagrees with Petitioner’s arguments, it will 
`abide by the PTAB’s rules of practice and refrain from engaging in a discussion on the merits unless and until requested 
`by the Board.  
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`Best Regards, 
`Ziyong (Sean) Li
`Associate,
`Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
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`From: Bendix, Kevin [mailto:kevin.bendix@kirkland.com]  
`Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 7:42 PM 
`To: Trials@uspto.gov 
`Cc: Appleby, Robert A. <rappleby@kirkland.com>; Arovas, Greg <garovas@kirkland.com>; Carter, Jon R. 
`<carterj@kirkland.com>; Brown, Brandon H. <bhbrown@kirkland.com>; Sean Li <seanli@quinnemanuel.com>; Frederick 
`Lorig <fredlorig@quinnemanuel.com>; Mark Tung <marktung@quinnemanuel.com>; Nima Hefazi 
`<nimahefazi@quinnemanuel.com> 
`Subject: Request for Reply to POPR: IPR2020‐00532, IPR2020‐00537, IPR2020‐00539, IPR2020‐00540, IPR2020‐00541, 
`IPR2020‐00542 
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`[EXTERNAL EMAIL]
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`Trials, 
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`Petitioner requests a call with the Board to seek authorization to file a single, short 6‐page reply to Patent Owner’s 
`Preliminary Responses in IPR2020‐00532, IPR2020‐00537, IPR2020‐00539, IPR2020‐00540, IPR2020‐00541, and IPR2020‐
`00542.  In each of these Responses, Patent Owner raises substantially identical arguments that (1) the Petition was not 
`properly served prior to the one‐year bar date of 35 U.S.C. §315(b); (2) the Board should exercise its discretion to deny 
`the Petition in view of a pending district court case between the parties; and (3) the Petition is barred by 35 U.S.C. 
`§315(a).  Petitioner seeks leave to reply to each of these three arguments, and does not object to Patent Owner filing a 
`six‐page sur‐reply on these issues, as was ordered in related proceedings IPR2020‐00518, IPR2020‐00525, IPR2020‐
`00528, IPR2020‐00531, IPR2020‐00533, and IPR2020‐00535.  Patent Owner does not object. 
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`For Petitioner’s reply in IPR2020‐00532, Petitioner also requests permission to file no more than five additional pages to 
`address Patent Owner’s construction of two terms that are not disputed in the district court proceeding—“a first 
`structure dedicated for data transfer in a first direction” / “a second structure dedicated for data transfer in a second 
`direction” (Claims 1 and 16).  Petitioner has met and conferred with Patent Owner via email and Patent Owner indicated 
`that it will oppose this request. 
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`Both Petitioner and Patent Owner are generally available on Friday, July 10 to discuss Petitioner’s reply request.   
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`Best regards, 
`Kevin 
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`Kevin Bendix
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