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` Paper 17
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` Date: September 7, 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,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`WORLDS INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-00277
`Patent 8,082,501 B2
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`Before ANDREW HIRSHFELD, Commissioner for Patents, Performing the
`Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
`Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, SCOTT
`R. BOALICK, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and JACQUELINE WRIGHT
`BONILLA, Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge.
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`PER CURIAM.
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`IPR2021-00277
`Patent 8,082,501 B2
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`ORDER
`The Office has received a request for Precedential Opinion Panel (POP)
`review of an issue raised in this case. See Ex. 3001. The request was referred to
`the POP panel referenced above.
`Upon consideration of the request, it is ORDERED that:
`The request for POP review is denied; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the original panel maintains authority over all
`matters, including considering the submitted rehearing request.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Walter Renner
`axf-ptab@fr.com
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`David Holt
`holt2@fr.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Wayne Helge
`whelge@dbjg.com
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`Aldo Noto
`anoto@davidsonberquist.com
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