`571-272-7822
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`Paper 13
`Entered: May 14, 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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`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
`RESEARCH INSTITUTRE,
`KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY–ACADEMIC
`COLLABORATION FOUNDATION, AND
`UNIVERSITY–INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP
`OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-00368
`Patent 9,736,484 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, SALLY C. MEDLEY, and
`NATHAN A. ENGELS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ENGELS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Denying Motion for Entry of Protective Order
`37 C.F.R. § 42.54
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`IPR2021-00368
`Patent 9,736,484 B2
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`INTRODUCTION
`Petitioner filed a Motion for Entry of Protective Order stating that the
`parties agreed to the terms of a proposed protective order. Paper 8, 1.
`Petitioner notes that the proposed protective order differs from the Board’s
`default protective order (id.), and Petitioner filed a copy of the proposed
`protective order (Ex. 1041) along with a document comparing the proposed
`protective order to the Board’s default protective order (Ex. 1042).
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`DISCUSSION
`Section 2(d) of the proposed protective order would impose
`obligations on “employees and representatives of the United States Patent
`Office” beyond the obligations imposed by the Board’s default protective
`order. See Ex. 1042. Petitioner has not explained, much less shown, why
`the Office should be subject to the additional obligations.
`Accordingly, we deny Petitioner’s Motion. The parties may refile a
`motion for entry of another protective order, such as the Board’s default
`protective order or another modified version that does not impose additional
`obligations on employees and representatives of the Office.
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`ORDER
`It is ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for Entry of Protective Order
`is denied.
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`IPR2021-00368
`Patent 9,736,484 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
`Andrew R. Sommer
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`sommera@gtlaw.com
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`Ashraf Fawzy
`Roshan S. Mansinghani
`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
`afawzy@unifiedpatents.com
`roshan@unifiedpatents.com
`For PATENT OWNER:
`William H. Mandir
`Fadi Kiblawi
`John F. Rabena
`SUGHRUE MION, PLLC
`wmandir@sughrue.com
`fkiblawi@sughrue.com
`jrabena@sughrue.com
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