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`Wayne M. Helge
`Director PTABDecision Review
`Oliver, Justin J.; James T. Wilson; CNTaylor@venable.com
`RE: 2024-03-22 IPR2022-01339 Request for Director Review of Panel"s FWD
`Wednesday, April 10, 2024 10:32:13 AM
`2024-03-22 IPR2022-01339 Request for Director Review (Public Redacted).pdf
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`To the Board,
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`Further to the Board’s instructions below, the parties have conferred and jointly prepared the
`attached proposed redactions to Paper 47.
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`As shown in the attached file, Patent Owner modified the footer of the attached version of Paper 47
`to read “PUBLIC VERSION,” and used a pdf redaction tool to implement the joint proposed
`redactions seen in the document.
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`In accordance with the Board’s instructions below, this proposed redaction of Paper 47 is being
`emailed to the Board, but is not being filed via P-TACTS. Patent Owner is standing by in case the
`Board wishes for this Public Version to be also filed via P-TACTS.
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`Please let us know if the parties can be of any further assistance in this regard.
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`Respectfully,
`
`Wayne Helge
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Wayne M. Helge
`Registered Patent Attorney
`NOSSAMAN LLP
`1401 New York Avenue NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`whelge@nossaman.com
`Admitted only in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`T 202.887.1400 F 202.466.3215
`D 202.887.1418
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`From: Director_PTABDecision_Review <Director_PTABDecision_Review@uspto.gov>
`Sent: Monday, April 8, 2024 1:06 PM
`To: Director_PTABDecision_Review <Director_PTABDecision_Review@uspto.gov>; Wayne M. Helge
`<whelge@nossaman.com>
`Cc: Oliver, Justin J. <JOliver@Venable.com>; James T. Wilson <jwilson@nossaman.com>;
`CNTaylor@venable.com
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`IPR2022-01339
`Ex. 3102
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`Subject: [External] RE: 2024-03-22 IPR2022-01339 Request for Director Review of Panel's FWD
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`Counsel,
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`On March 22, 2024, Patent Owner filed a request for Director Review (Paper 47) with access
`restricted to only “Parties and Board.” To facilitate transparency, the parties are instructed to
`provide joint proposed redactions of Paper 47 to Director_PTABDecision_Review@uspto.gov by 5:00
`p.m. ET on April 12, 2024.
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`Thank you.
`
`From: Director_PTABDecision_Review
`Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 4:37 PM
`To: Wayne M. Helge <whelge@nossaman.com>; Director_PTABDecision_Review
`<Director_PTABDecision_Review@uspto.gov>
`Cc: Oliver, Justin J. <JOliver@Venable.com>; James T. Wilson <jwilson@nossaman.com>;
`CNTaylor@venable.com
`Subject: RE: 2024-03-22 IPR2022-01339 Request for Director Review of Panel's FWD
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`Counsel,
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`Your request for Director Review has been received for the above-referenced case. The Director will
`determine whether review will be granted or denied and you will be notified of the result of your
`request.
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`Thank you.
`
`From: Wayne M. Helge <whelge@nossaman.com>
`Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 4:20 PM
`To: Director_PTABDecision_Review <Director_PTABDecision_Review@uspto.gov>
`Cc: Oliver, Justin J. <JOliver@Venable.com>; James T. Wilson <jwilson@nossaman.com>;
`CNTaylor@venable.com
`Subject: 2024-03-22 IPR2022-01339 Request for Director Review of Panel's FWD
`
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`Honorable Director,
`
`Patent Owner respectfully requests Director Review of the Final Written Decision issued on March 5,
`2024 in IPR2023-01339, pursuant to the Revised Interim Director Review Process
`(https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/decisions/revised-interim-director-review-process).
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`Patent Owner is concurrently filing its Request for Rehearing by the Director via P-TACTS, on this
`date, March 22, 2024.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.71(d), Patent Owner requests Director Review of the Final Written
`Decision’s finding that the Petition is not time-barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) despite the service of
`a complaint against third-party Alarm.com more than one year prior to the Petition’s filing, and
`Patent Owner’s introduction of evidence sufficient to establish that Alarm.com is an unnamed real-
`party-in-interest (“RPI”) and privy to the Petition and Petitioner, respectively.
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`Patent Owner respectfully submits that the Panel reached erroneous findings of material fact:
`1. that ecobee’s indemnification obligation to Alarm.com was not triggered by patent owner’s
`prior complaint against Alarm.com, alleging infringement of the patent-in-suit;
`2. that the complaint against Alarm.com does not accuse Alarm.com of infringement for its
`integration of ecobee thermostats into Alarm.com smart home systems despite broad
`allegations in the complaint to the contrary; and
`3. that ecobee and Alarm.com are competitors and entered into only a “routine” agreement,
`despite publicly holding themselves out as partners in smart home technology.
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`Patent Owner also respectfully submits that the Panel reached an erroneous conclusion of law—that
`Alarm.com was neither a privy nor RPI—by shifting the burden of proof from Petitioner to Patent
`Owner on the privy/RPI dispute.
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`This request for Director Review also presents the following important question of law or policy:
`When a patent owner produces sufficient evidence to raise a dispute that an unnamed third party
`should have been named as a real party in interest or privy, what evidence must a petitioner
`introduce into the record to carry its burden to show that the unnamed party is not a real party in
`interest or privy.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Wayne M. Helge/
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`Wayne M. Helge
`Registered Patent Attorney
`NOSSAMAN LLP
`1401 New York Avenue NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`whelge@nossaman.com
`Admitted only in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`T 202.887.1400 F 202.466.3215
`D 202.887.1418
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