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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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` APPLE, INC.,
` Petitioner
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` v.
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` LBT IP I, LLC,
` Patent Owner
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` Inter Partes Review Case No. IPR2020-01189
` U.S. Patent No. 8,497,774
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` THE VIDEO CONFERENCE HEARING conducted on
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`May 20th, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., taken remotely, before
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`Jill A. Bleskey, Registered Professional Reporter,
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`Certified Shorthand Reporter (IL), and a Certified
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`Court Reporter (MO), in a certain cause now pending
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`before the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
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`Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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` A P P E A R A N C E S
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board:
` Honorable John A. Hudalla
` Honorable Sheila F. McShane
` Honorable Juliet Mitchell Dirba
`For the Petitioner:
` Mr. Adam Seitz
` Ms. Jennifer Bailey
` Mr. Robin Snader
` ERISE IP, P.A.
` 7015 College Boulevard, Suite 700
` Overland Park, Kansas 66211
` 913-777-5600
` jennifer.bailey@eriseip.com
` robin.snader@eriseip.com
`For the Patent Owner:
` Mr. Mitch Zajac
` BUTZEL LONG, P.C.
` 150 West Jefferson Avenue, Suite 100
` Detroit, Michigan 48226
` 313-225-7000
` zajac@butzel.com
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` Mr. Mitch Zajac
` BUTZEL LONG, P.C.
` 1909 K Street, N.W.
` Suite 500
` Washington, D.C. 20006
` 202-454-2800
` gregorysd@butzel.com
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`Court Reporter:
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`Jill A. Bleskey, RPR
`Illinois CSR #084-004430
`Missouri CCR #1467
`Alaris Litigation Services
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` (Starting time of the proceeding: 2:00 p.m.)
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: This is Judge Hudalla. I
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`have on the line with me Judges McShane and Dirba.
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`Who do we have on the line today for Petitioner?
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` MR. SEITZ: Good morning, Judge Hudalla.
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`This is Adam Seitz on behalf of Petitioner Apple.
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`Also with me are my partners, Jennifer Bailey and
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`Robin Snader. And your Honor, I also asked a court
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`reporter to join us on the phone today as well and I
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`can introduce her whenever you're ready.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: That would be fine.
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` MR. SEITZ: We have Jill Bleskey who's on
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`the phone from the court reporting service.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Thank you. And welcome to
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`you all. Obviously Mr. Seitz, when you have your
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`transcript, if you could just file it at the next
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`exhibit number, that would be greet.
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` MR. SEITZ: Of course, your Honor.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: And for Patent Owner, who
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`do we have on the line today?
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` MR. ZAJAC: Good afternoon, your Honor.
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`This is Mitch Zajac from Butzel Long on behalf of
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`Patent Owner. And then also with me is my colleague
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. Good afternoon to
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`you. And I assume, Mr. Zajac, you don't have a
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`dueling court reporter?
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` MR. ZAJAC: That's correct.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. The purpose of
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`today's call is to discuss Patent Owner's indication
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`that they will be filing motions to amend in these
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`Zajac. Is it your intention to be filing motions to
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`amend in all five of the cases?
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` MR. ZAJAC: That's correct, your Honor.
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`And I'm actually going to turn it over to my
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`colleague, Mr. Gregory, to provide the details to
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`answer any questions you might have.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. Go ahead, Mr.
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`Gregory.
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` MR. GREGORY: Just to confirm, we do
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`intend to file in all five.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. So what I would
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`propose to do here is what -- I'll go through just
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`some of the general requirements of motions to amend
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`and then after we get through that then we can start
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`talking about the new motion to amend pilot program.
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`So let's just get through the generalities first and
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`then we'll get into the more specific stuff.
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` I'm basically just going to be following
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`along with the precedential Electrosonic's case. And
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`I would strongly recommend both sides familiarize
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`themselves with that case 'cause it basically sets
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`forth all of the requirements for motion to amend
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`practice. So Mr. Zajac, Mr. Gregory, I'll be
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`speaking to you but Mr. Seitz and your colleagues,
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`you can interrupt at any time if you want to ask
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`questions or ask for some clarification.
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` So generally motions to amend must be
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`responsive to grounds of unpatentability. You may
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`make modifications that address Section 101 and 112
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`issues but in general you should be responding to the
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`grounds of unpatentability for which we've instituted
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`trial.
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` Your amendments should not enlarge the
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`scope of the claims and you should not be introducing
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`any new matter. Patent owners should be proposing a
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`reasonable number of substitute claims. And in
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`general, we look for one to one correspondence. If,
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`for whatever reason, you expect to put in more than
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`one claim, one substitute claim for one of the claims
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`that has been instituted, you need to justify that in
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`your motion. And just to be clear, you'll be --
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`Patent Owner will be proposing substitute claims not
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`amendments to original claims. And you can only
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`propose amendments to claims for which we've
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`instituted trial.
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` Patent Owner's motion must clearly
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`identify the contingency of the substitutions. And
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`just in general we -- if the motion to amend is
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`simply to cancel a claim we don't generally consider
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`that to be contingent. But you should definitely say
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`that for instance Substitute Claim X is proposed as
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`the contingent substitution for whatever claim is in
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`the case.
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`substitute claims as an appendix to the motion and it
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`should clearly show the changes that are being made
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`to the corresponding claim. And you can just simply
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`use brackets and strikethroughs as the typical
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`method, that's usually the best in these situations.
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`Brackets or strikethroughs and of course underlining
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`for new language.
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`Patent Owner must provide a showing of support to the
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`original disclosures. So please do not just give us
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`citations to the issued patent, we need to go back to
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`the actual original documents, that's important of
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`course for establishing priority dates. And you need
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`to show support for the entire claim. So if, for
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`instance, you're proposing a substitute clam that's a
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`dependent claim you need to show support for all of
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`it depends. And just to be clear, the showing of
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`usual duty of candor still exists here in the motion
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`to amend practice and that's especially true to
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`Patent Owner because Patent Owner has a duty to
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`patentability of the substitute claims.
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` So with that, that's kind of the general
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`matter that we like to go through. It's in the
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`Electrosonic's case so I would suggest you go to the
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`Electrosonic's case.
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` Mr. Seitz, do you have anything at this
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` MR. SEITZ: I do, your Honor. It's
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`tangentially -- well, it's more than tangentially.
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`It's related to the motion to amend pro hac vice but
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`I can hold that until you're done with the specifics
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. That sounds good.
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`And Mr. Zajac, if you have any questions at this
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` MR. ZAJAC: No, your Honor. No questions
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. So what I'd like to
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`get into now is the motion to amend pilot program
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`which changes the procedure a bit since it's come
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`out. And I will turn to you, Mr. Zajac, and ask you,
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`do you intend to request preliminary guidance from
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`the board on your motions to amend?
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`Gregory. Yes, we do intend to ask for preliminary
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. And that's on all
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`five motions, Mr. Gregory?
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` MR. GREGORY: Yes, on all five, yes.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. So just to be
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`clear, you have to make your request in writing as
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`part of your motion just to make sure it's in the
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`record. And now that we know you're going to be
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`making the request just also to be clear we'll be
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`providing preliminary guidance about four weeks after
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`the due date for petitioner's opposition which
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`looking at the scheduling order is August 24th. So I
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`think that would put our preliminary guidance
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` The preliminary guidance will focus on the
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`limitations added in the motion to amend. It's not
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`going to address the patentability of the original
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`challenge claims. We will provide an initial
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`discussion about whether there's a reasonable
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`likelihood that the motion to amend meets the
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`statutory and regulatory requirements for motion to
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`amend, i.e. Section 101 and 112.
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`substitute claims are unpatentable. At that time
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`there are going to be four options for Patent Owner
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`to take. The first of which is that Patent Owner may
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`request or just simply reply in the normal course to
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`the motion to amend and/or the preliminary guidance.
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`Your reply could include new evidence such as
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`declarations and there will be no change in the
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`scheduling order in that option. So basically you'll
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`have the benefit of our preliminary guidance and you
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`can respond to that and petitioner's opposition.
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`far as the motion to -- the revised motion to amend
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`practice in this pilot program. You could file a
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`revised motion to amend at this -- after the
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`preliminary guidance is issued. So in that case, you
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`can choose -- you can show one or more new proposed
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`substitute claims in place of the previously
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`presented substitute claims and then you may include
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`arguments, evidence previously presented in the
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`original MTA but you may not incorporate any material
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`by reference from the original motion to amend. So
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`you need to be very specific in that revised motion
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`to amend and not simply just try to incorporate your
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`regularly requirements and you could provide new
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`the preliminary guidance. You may not include -- you
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`the motion to amend. So that's the idea that we're
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`going to be trying to narrow down the issues as we go
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`requesting preliminary guidance so -- it's not a
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`to amend, just so you're aware for other cases, but
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`in this case you are going to be requesting
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`preliminary guidance. So that's the second option.
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` The third option is that Patent Owner can
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`the normal course and that would basically end the
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`briefing at that stage.
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`scheduling order and it essentially will move out a
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`importantly that will move out the trial date itself
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`into about the tenth month of the proceeding. So if
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` Okay. With that, Mr. Zajac, do you have
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`any questions about the -- I guess I should say, Mr.
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`Zajac and Mr. Gregory, do you have any questions
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`regarding the pilot program for motions to amend?
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` MR. ZAJAC: No, your Honor.
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` MR. GREGORY: Nothing here. I'm good.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. Mr. Seitz, do you
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`have anything to -- any comments or questions about
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`motion to amend practice or the pilot program?
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` MR. SEITZ: Not on those specific issues,
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`your Honor.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. So with that, I
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`you mentioned another issue. So why don't you go
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`ahead and let us know what you were thinking.
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` MR. SEITZ: Thank you, your Honor. Just
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`for the record, this is Adam Seitz. Your Honor, we
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`have an issue, this has arisen now in light of the
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`notice of motion to amend. Just to kind of set an
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`understanding of what I'm talking about here. On
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`that point we had no objection, we had no indication
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`Sears, your Honor, is lead counsel for LBT in the
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`Sears when it regards -- or relates to the motion to
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` MR. GREGORY: Your Honor, if I may.
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` MR. GREGORY: That's correct. Yes.
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` MR. SEITZ: My apologies.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Please go ahead and
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` MR. GREGORY: Yes, your Honor. The
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: So you're suggesting, Mr.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. Do you have any
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` MR. GREGORY: I have absolutely no
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. Mr. Seitz.
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` MR. SEITZ: The protective order -- this
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. I guess I would ask
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` MR. GREGORY: No, your Honor, I am not.
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` MR. ZAJAC: And your Honor, this is Mr.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: I guess I would just ask
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` MR. GREGORY: No, your Honor, I have not.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. All right. So we
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` MR. SEITZ: Just one further point, your
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`Honor. Just to -- I guess two points, your Honor.
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`One, I don't know if you're going to make a ruling on
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Well, Mr. Seitz, I can
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` MR. GREGORY: The only comment that I
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` MR. GREGORY: I -- what I'm saying is in
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: But I guess my concern
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` MR. GREGORY: Presumably, yes.
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` JUDGE HUDALLA: Okay. Well, that -- I
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`If I could just add that the protective order
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` MR. SEITZ: Yes, your Honor, that works
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` MR. SEITZ: Will do.
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` MR. GREGORY: Yes, your Honor.
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