Filed on behalf of Petitioner by:
`Gerald B. Hrycyszyn, Reg. No. 50,474
`Adam R. Wichman, Reg. No. 43,988
`Richard F. Giunta, Reg. No. 36,149
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Ave.
`Boston, MA 02210-2206
`Tel: 617-646-8000
`Fax: 617-646-8646
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`Paper No. __
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_____________
`
`GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VALTRUS INNOVATIONS LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
`_____________
`
`Case No. IPR2022-01406
`Patent No. 7,748,005
`_____________
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`PETITIONER GOOGLE LLC’S NOTICE RANKING PETITIONS
`AND EXPLAINING MATERIAL DIFFERENCES
`
`
`Gerald B. Hrycyszyn, Reg. No. 50,474
`Adam R. Wichman, Reg. No. 43,988
`Richard F. Giunta, Reg. No. 36,149
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Ave.
`Boston, MA 02210-2206
`Tel: 617-646-8000
`Fax: 617-646-8646
`
`Paper No. __
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_____________
`
`GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`VALTRUS INNOVATIONS LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
`_____________
`
`Case No. IPR2022-01406
`Patent No. 7,748,005
`_____________
`
`PETITIONER GOOGLE LLC’S NOTICE RANKING PETITIONS
`AND EXPLAINING MATERIAL DIFFERENCES
`
`
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`
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`Petitioner filed two petitions for inter partes review challenging U.S. Patent
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`No. 7, 748,005 (“the ’005 patent”). Following the Board’s Consolidated Trial
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`Practice Guide (November 2019) (“TPG”) at 59-60, Petitioner submits this notice
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`identifying: (1) a ranking of petitions, and (2) a succinct explanation of differences
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`between the petitions, why the issues addressed by the differences are material, and
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`why the Board should use its discretion to institute both petitions.
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`I.
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`RANKING PETITIONS
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`Rank Petition
`1
`IPR2022-01406
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`Challenging
`claims 1-20
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`2
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`IPR2022-01408
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`Challenging
`claims 1-20
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`Grounds
`Ground 1: McCarthy in view of Gien renders obvious
`claims 1-20
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`Ground 2: McCarthy anticipates or renders obvious
`claims 1, 6, and 8
`Ground 1: Jones in view of Agrawal renders obvious
`claims 1, 8
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`Ground 2: Jones in view of Agrawal and Gien renders
`obvious claims 1-20
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`II. MATERIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PETITIONS
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` Material Difference 1: Priority Date.
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`Petition 1 challenges priority for each Challenged Claim in the continuation-
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`in-part (“CIP”) application that issued as the ’005 patent (“the ’005 CIP”). The
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`priority disputes involve two different written description arguments: the first
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`applies to Ground 1, while the second applies to both Grounds. Petition 2 does not
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`require deciding a priority dispute, because it relies on references that are prior art
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`under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 102(a), (b) and (e) even if the challenged claims were
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`afforded the earliest listed priority date. The difference is material.
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`The ’005 patent lists Application No. 10/206,594 (“the ’594 application”),
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`published February 20, 2003 (“McCarthy”), and No. 09/493,753 (“the ’753
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`application”), filed January 28, 2000, as related applications. Petition 1
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`demonstrates that McCarthy, the parent application published more than a year
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`before the ’005 CIP was filed, is indisputable prior art under pre-AIA §102(b)
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`because no Challenged Claim is entitled to an effective filing date earlier than
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`September 10, 2004, the actual filing date for the ’005 CIP. Ground 1 shows that
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`all 20 claims are obvious over McCarthy in view of a reference, Gien, teaching
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`virtual machines. Ground 2 shows that claims 1, 6 and 8 are anticipated by or
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`obvious over McCarthy alone.
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`The TPG recognizes that “more than one petition may be necessary” in this
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`exact circumstance—i.e., where “there is a dispute about priority date requiring
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`arguments under multiple prior art references.” TPG at 59. The TPG implicitly
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`acknowledges that it is often impractical to include in a single petition some
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`grounds that are based on a priority challenge and others that are not, particularly
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`where, as here, each petition must address a large number of lengthy claims. The
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`twenty challenged claims alone amount to 919 words. EX1001, 15:5-16:63.
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` Material Difference 2: Verbatim Disclosure
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`Petition 1 relies on McCarthy, which—aside from new subject matter added
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`in the ’005 CIP—shares a specification with the ’005 patent. Aside from claim
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`terms drawn to new matter, the challenged claim language appears largely
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`verbatim in McCarthy. Moreover, during prosecution applicants filed a terminal
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`disclaimer to overcome double-patenting obviousness rejections over McCarthy.
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`Ex. 1002, 105. No disputes should arise concerning whether the McCarthy
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`disclosures correspond to the language in the challenged claims. This is not true of
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`Petition 2, which does not rely on McCarthy in any ground. The references in
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`Petition 2 may raise new interpretation issues not present with Petition 1.
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` Material Difference 3: Different Evidence
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`Petition 2 relies on different primary (Jones) and secondary (Agrawal)
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`references from Petition 1, which relies on McCarthy as a primary reference.
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`Petition 2 also relies on grounds (1 and 2) that require a reason to combine multiple
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`prior art references (Jones, Agrawal, and Gien).
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`Summary of Material Differences
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`Material
`Difference
`Priority Date
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`References
`Evidence
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`Petition 1
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`Petition 2
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`No earlier than September
`10, 2004
`McCarthy, Gien
`Verbatim disclosures in
`Patent Owner’s own
`priority application
`(McCarthy)
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`January 28, 2000
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`Jones, Agrawal, Gien
`Third-party references,
`combinations of references, and
`evidence to prove claimed
`characteristics met.
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`III. CONCLUSION
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`The Petitions rely on different prior art based on different priority dates and
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`each petition has materially different strengths. Petition 1 relies on Patent Owner’s
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`own published priority application to meet the challenged claims but turns on the
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`Board agreeing that the challenged claims are not entitled to an effective filing date
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`before 2004. Petition 2 does not turn on a priority dispute, but relies on third-party
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`references that may raise interpretative disputes not plausible with Petition 1, and
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`relies on combinations of multiple references
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`Instituting on only Petition 1 would limit Petitioner’s challenge to one reliant
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`on the Board resolving the two priority disputes in Petitioner’s favor. The Board
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`has instituted parallel Petitions in similar circumstances. Medtronic v. Teleflex,
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`IPR2020-00130, Paper 20, 10-13 (Jun. 26, 2020) (instituting parallel petitions
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`partly given “possibility that we may determine that [a reference] does not qualify
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`as prior art after fully considering Patent Owner’s priority date arguments”);
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`
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`Volkswagen v. Michigan Motor, IPR2020-00445, Paper 12, 13-15 (Aug. 5, 2020)
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`(instituting parallel petitions where one involved a priority challenge); NRG
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`Energy, Inc. v. Midwest Energy Emissions Corp., IPR2020-00832, Paper 17 at 15-
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`18 (Oct. 26, 2020) (same); 10X Genomics, Inc. v. Bio-Rad Labs., IPR2020-00088,
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`Paper 8, 46-47 (Apr. 27, 2020) (same); Microsoft Corp. v. IPA Techs., IPR2019-
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`00810, Paper 12, 13-15 (Oct. 16, 2019) (instituting parallel petitions involving a
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`priority dispute and where patent owner’s vague infringement allegation required
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`Petitioner to challenge a large number of claims). Institution of two trials is
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`warranted for the foregoing reasons and will not unduly burden the Board given
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`the limited number of references relied on in the Petitions. Petitioner is amenable
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`to aligning the proceedings’ schedules and to consolidating hearings to conserve
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`the Board’s resources.
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`Dated: August 17, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Google LLC,
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`By: /Gerald B. Hrycyszyn/
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`Gerald B. Hrycyszyn, Reg. No. 50,474
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6 (E)(4)
`I certify that on August 17, 2022, I will cause a copy of the foregoing
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`document, including any exhibits or appendices filed therewith, to be served via
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`Overnight FedEx at the following correspondence address of record for the patent:
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`HP Inc.
`3390 E. Harmony Road
`Mail Stop 35
`Fort Collins, CO 80528-9544
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`Date: August 17, 2022
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`
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`/MacAulay Rush/
`MacAulay Rush
`Paralegal
`WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
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