`571-272-7822
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`Paper 14
`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 Petitioner’s Motion to Seal
`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. Paper 9. With
`an Order filed concurrently herewith, we Denied Petitioner’s Motion for
`Entry of Protective Order.
`Patent Owner filed a Preliminary Response. Paper 10. Patent Owner
`filed its Preliminary Response and Exhibits 2002–2007 and 2012 to the
`Preliminary Response with a “PRIVATE” designation.
`Petitioner filed a Motion to Seal those documents. Paper 11.
`Petitioner also filed redacted versions of the Preliminary Response (Ex.
`1049) and Exhibits 2002–2007 and 2012 (Exs. 1043–1048). Petitioner’s
`Motion to Seal states that Petitioner conferred with counsel for Patent Owner
`and that “Patent Owner opposes sealing Ex. 2005 and [Patent Owner’s]
`discussion of it in [Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response].” Paper 11, 1.
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`DISCUSSION
`Petitioner states that Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response and
`Exhibits 2002–2007 and 2012 contain information designated as “HIGHLY
`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under the proposed
`modified protective order. Paper 11, 2. Because we deny entry of the
`parties’ proposed modified protective order and Petitioner’s Motion to Seal
`is premised on entry of that protective order, we deny Petitioner’s Motion to
`Seal.
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`ORDER
`It is ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Seal 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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