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`Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>
`Thursday, May 18, 2023 3:59 PM
`Davis, James L., Jr.; Trials
`Chris Bovenkamp; akapouytian@mkwllp.com; Richard M. Bemben; Michael Specht; PTAB Account;
`Richards, Daniel; Akamai-Equil-Ropes-IPR-Service; McKeown, Scott; Jason Fitzsimmons
`RE: IPR2023-00330, -00332 - Request for Reply Brief
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`[EXTERNAL]
`Counsel: Petitioner is authorized to file, in each proceeding, a preliminary reply brief limited to addressing (1) Patent
`Owner’s arguments under 35 U.S.C. §325(d); and (2) Patent Owner’s arguments relating to the purported correction of
`inventorship. Petitioner’s preliminary reply brief is limited to seven pages and should be filed within seven business
`days of this authorization. Patent Owner is authorized to file, in each proceeding a responsive preliminary sur‐reply, also
`limited to seven pages, within seven business days of Petitioner’s preliminary reply brief. If a party requires more time,
`it should contact the Board well in advance of its deadline detailing the reason more time is required.
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`Petitioner should file this email as an Exhibit in each proceeding and refer to it in its brief.
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`Thank you,
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`Maria King
`Deputy Chief Clerk for Trials
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`703‐756‐1288
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`From: Davis, James L., Jr. <James.L.Davis@ropesgray.com>
`Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 7:56 PM
`To: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>
`Cc: Chris Bovenkamp <cbovenkamp@ccrglaw.com>; akapouytian@mkwllp.com; Richard M. Bemben
`<RBEMBEN@sternekessler.com>; Michael Specht <MSPECHT@sternekessler.com>; PTAB Account
`<PTAB@sternekessler.com>; Richards, Daniel <Daniel.Richards@ropesgray.com>; Akamai‐Equil‐Ropes‐IPR‐Service
`<Akamai‐Equil‐Ropes‐IPR‐Service@ropesgray.com>; McKeown, Scott <Scott.McKeown@ropesgray.com>; Jason
`Fitzsimmons <JFITZSIMMONS@sternekessler.com>
`Subject: IPR2023‐00330, ‐00332 ‐ Request for Reply Brief
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`To the Honorable Board,
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`Petitioner respectfully requests permission to file separate reply briefs prior to institution in each of the above‐
`captioned IPRs. Each reply brief would be limited to addressing the arguments in Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response
`regarding (1) Patent Owner’s arguments under 35 U.S.C. §325(d); and (2) Patent Owner’s arguments relating to the
`purported correction of inventorship. Petitioner requests a 7‐page reply brief in each proceeding, and does not oppose
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`Akamai Ex. 1040
`Akamai Techs. v. Equil IP Holdings
`IPR2023-00330
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`Patent Owner getting a 7‐page sur‐reply brief in each proceeding limited to the issues raised in Petitioner’s reply
`brief. Petitioner will not present any new theories of unpatentability in its briefing.
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`With respect to a briefing schedule, Petitioner proposes that its deadline for filing its reply brief be within 10 days of any
`Board order authorizing briefing, and Patent Owner’s deadline for its sur‐reply be within two weeks of Petitioner filing
`its reply.
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`Patent Owner has indicated that it does not oppose this request.
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`To the extent the Board would like to hold a call to address this request, the parties are available at the following times:
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`5/18: 1‐3p ET
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`5/19: 4‐5p ET
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`5/22: 12‐2p ET
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`5/23: 12‐2p, 4‐5p ET
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`Respectfully,
`Jim Davis
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`James L. Davis, Jr.
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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