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From:
`Sent:
`To:
`Cc:
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`Subject:
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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
`
`[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.   
`
`Petitioner should file this email as an Exhibit in each proceeding and refer to it in its brief. 
`
`Thank you, 
`
`Maria King 
`Deputy Chief Clerk for Trials 
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board 
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
`703‐756‐1288 
`
`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 
`
`CAUTION: This email has originated from a source outside of USPTO. PLEASE CONSIDER THE SOURCE before responding, clicking on 
`links, or opening attachments. 
`
`To the Honorable Board, 
`
`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.  
`
`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.   
`
`Patent Owner has indicated that it does not oppose this request.  
`
`To the extent the Board would like to hold a call to address this request, the parties are available at the following times: 
`-
`5/18: 1‐3p ET
`-
`5/19: 4‐5p ET
`-
`5/22: 12‐2p ET
`-
`5/23: 12‐2p, 4‐5p ET
`
`Respectfully, 
`Jim Davis 
`Counsel for Petitioner 
`
`James L. Davis, Jr.
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`T +1 650 617 4794 | M +1 314 623 7939
`1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`James.L.Davis@ropesgray.com
`www.ropesgray.com
`pronouns: he/him/his
`This message (including attachments) is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it
`without further distribution and reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. 
`
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`IPR2023-00330 Page 00002
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