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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., TRUIST BANK, BOKF, N.A., WELLS FARGO
`BANK, N.A., and PNC BANK, N.A.,
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`Petitioner,
`v.
`DYNAPASS IP HOLDINGS, LLC
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`Patent Owner.
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2023-00367
`Patent No. 6,993,658
`PATENT OWNER’S SUR-REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS PRELIMINARY
`RESPONSE TO THE PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S.
`PATENT NO. 6,993,658 PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.107
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`Filed on behalf of Patent Owner by:
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`John Wittenzellner (Reg. No. 61,662)
`1735 Market Street, Suite A #453
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
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`Todd E. Landis (Reg. No. 44,200)
`Michael J. Fagan, Jr. (Reg. No. 71,654)
`2633 McKinney Ave., Suite 130
`Dallas, TX 75204
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`Mark McCarthy (Reg. No. 69,575)
`601 Congress Ave., Suite 600
`Austin, TX 78701
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`WILLIAMS SIMONS & LANDIS PLLC
`WILLIAMS SIMONS & LANDIS PLLC
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`Dynapass IP Holdings, LLC (“Patent Owner”) respectfully submits this sur-
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`reply in support of its Preliminary Patent Owner Response, as authorized by the
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`Board on May 18, 2023.
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`First, Petitioner fails to address Patent Owner’s application of Oil States to
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`expired patents, as set forth in the preliminary patent owner response. Compare
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`Paper 11 with Paper 10 at 39-40. The final written decision in Apple, Inc. v. Gesture
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`Tech. Partners, LLC, which Petitioner cites in its reply, also fails to address the Oil
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`States decision. See IPR2021-00922, Paper 26 at 25-27.
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`Second, Petitioner fails to dispute that the Reiher declaration does nothing
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`more than restate Petitioners’ argument without any additional supporting evidence
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`or reasoning. See Paper 11. Nor could Petitioner because in each of the seven
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`instances identified in the Preliminary Patent Owner Response, the Reiher
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`declaration is nearly word-for-word identical to the Petition. See Paper 10 at 17-21,
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`23, 32, 35. It does not provide any technical reasoning, other than to parrot the legal
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`arguments of the Petition. See id. It does not cite to any evidence not already
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`identified in the Petition. See id. Nor does it provide any further technical analysis
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`of that evidence. See id. In sum, the portions of the Reiher declaration identified in
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`the Preliminary Patent Owner Response are merely a restatement of Petitioner’s
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`legal argument, not evidence. Therefore, those “opinions” should be afforded no
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`weight.
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`Dated: May 26, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /John Wittenzellner/
`John Wittenzellner
`Registration No. 61,662
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, the undersigned certifies that on May 26, 2023,
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`the foregoing document was served on counsel of record for Petitioner by filing this
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`document through the End-to-End System, as well as via electronic mail to counsel
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`of record for Petitioner at the following addresses: Lionel M. Lavenue
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`(lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com); Kara A. Specht (kara.specht@finnegan.com); Cory
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`C. Bell (cory.bell@finnegan.com); Xirui Zhang (xirui.zhang@finnegan.com).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /John Wittenzellner/
`John Wittenzellner
`Registration No. 61,662
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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