`571-272-7822
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`Paper 18
`Date: June 3, 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
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a)
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`IPR2021-00368
`Patent 9,736,484 B2
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`INTRODUCTION
`Patent Owner filed its Preliminary Response (Paper 10) with a
`PRIVATE/RESTRICTED designation to restrict it from public access
`because it contains confidential information relating to Petitioner. Patent
`Owner did not file a redacted version of its Preliminary Response.
`Petitioner subsequently filed a Renewed Motion for Entry of
`Protective Order (Paper 16) and a Renewed Motion to Seal Patent Owner
`Preliminary Response (Paper 15). Petitioner also filed as Exhibit 1049 a
`publicly accessible, redacted version of Patent Owner’s Preliminary
`Response.
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`DISCUSSION
`Because the Preliminary Response is Patent Owner’s document,
`Patent Owner should file the redacted version of its Preliminary Response
`(currently filed as Exhibit 1049) as a publicly available paper. Among other
`things, it will help maintain clarity and improve accessibility of the record to
`have the public version of Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response correctly
`filed as a paper, rather than an exhibit.
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`ORDER
`It is ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file a publicly available,
`redacted version of Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response by June 16, 2021.
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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
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`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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