Filed: June 27, 2023
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`Filed on behalf of Meta Platforms, Inc.
`By: Lisa Nguyen
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`David Tennant
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`Eric E. Lancaster
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`Daniel Margolis
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`Grace Wang
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`Alan Billharz
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`Colby Davis
`Allen & Overy LLP
`550 High Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94301
`Telephone: 650-388-1724
`Facsimile: 202-683-3999
`Email: AO_Meta_Jawbone@AllenOvery.com
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________________________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________________________
`META PLATFORMS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`JAWBONE INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________________________
`IPR2023-01128
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
`____________________________
`PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF RANKING PETITIONS FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 8,326,611
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`Filed on behalf of Meta Platforms, Inc.
`By: Lisa Nguyen
`
`David Tennant
`
`Eric E. Lancaster
`
`Daniel Margolis
`
`Grace Wang
`
`Alan Billharz
`
`Colby Davis
`Allen & Overy LLP
`550 High Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94301
`Telephone: 650-388-1724
`Facsimile: 202-683-3999
`Email: AO_Meta_Jawbone@AllenOvery.com
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________________________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________________________
`META PLATFORMS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`JAWBONE INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________________________
`IPR2023-01128
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
`____________________________
`PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF RANKING PETITIONS FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 8,326,611
`
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`Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Jawbone Innovations, LLC
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
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`
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`Petitioner herewith files two parallel petitions for inter partes review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,326,611 (“the ’611 patent”), IPR2023-01128 (challenging Claims 1-2
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`and 5-28) and IPR2023-01129 (challenging Claims 29 and 31-44). Pursuant to the
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`Consolidated Trial Practice Guide, Petitioner provides the following ranking of
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`petitions:
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`Rank
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`IPR Number
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`Prior Art
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`1
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`2
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`IPR2023-01128
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`IPR2023-01129
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`Avendano ’880, Visser1,
`Bisgaard2, Hou, “Frequency Art”
`(Byrne3, Burnett4, and/or
`Berglund5)
`Avendano ’880, Hou,
`Avendano ’252
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`Claims
`Addressed
`1-2 and 5-28
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`29 and 31-44
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`Challenging the ’611 patent with two petitions was reasonable and necessary,
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`and does not unduly burden the Board or Patent Owner. First, the ’611 patent
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`includes 44 claims, 41 of which are challenged by Petitioner. The large number of
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`challenged claims alone makes two petitions reasonable, given the limited word
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`1 U.S. Patent No. 7,464,029 B2 (“Visser”)
`2 U.S. Publication No. US 2011/0103626 A1 (“Bisgaard”)
`3 Byrne, D., et al, “An international comparison of long-term average speech
`spectra,” 1994 Oct; J. Acoust. Soc. Am.; 96(4):2108-2120 (“Byrne”)
`4 U.S. Publication No. US 2002/0198705 A1 (“Burnett”)
`5 Berglund, B., et al, “Source and effects of low-frequency noise,” 1996 May; J.
`Acoust. Soc. Am; 99(5):2985-3002 (“Berglund”)
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`Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Jawbone Innovations, LLC
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
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`count available. Platform Sci., Inc. v. Omnitracs, LLC, IPR2020-01518, Paper 14 at
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`17-18 (Apr. 15, 2021) (“[T]wenty claims constitutes the ‘large number’”) (citations
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`omitted); Dolby Lab’ys., Inc., v. Intertrust Techs. Corp., IPR2020-01105, Paper 14
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`at 19-21 (PTAB Jan. 5, 2021).
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`Further, the challenged claims present features that require distinct treatment.
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`Samsung Elecs. Am., Inc. v. Snik LLC, IPR2020-01429, Paper 10 at 12-13 (P.T.A.B.
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`Mar. 9, 2021) (noting “word constraints” of challenging 55 claims, and “the
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`substantive differences between the groups of challenged claims”). For example, the
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`independent claim in IPR2023-01128 (i.e., Claim 1) recites limitations that are not
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`recited in any of the claims challenged in IPR2023-01129, namely “forming a filter
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`that describes a relationship for speech between the first physical microphone and
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`the second physical microphone.” Further, each independent claim challenged in
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`IPR2023-01129 (i.e., Claims 29 and 44) recites limitations that are only recited in a
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`dependent claim of the claims challenged in IPR2023-01128 (i.e., claim 17), namely
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`limitations directed to forming a filter by “generating a first quantity by applying a
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`calibration to [] the second signal,” “generating a second quantity by applying the
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`delay to the first signal,” and “forming the filter as a ratio of the first quantity to the
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`second quantity.” These two groups of independent claims recite substantively
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`different combinations of features that require distinct treatment.
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`Patent Owner also asserts all of the challenged claims of the ’611 patent in
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`-2-
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`Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Jawbone Innovations, LLC
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
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`concurrent litigation against Petitioner. Dolby Lab’ys., IPR2020-01105, Paper 14 at
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`20. Should the Board deny institution of one of Petitioner’s petitions, Patent Owner
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`would gain an unfair advantage, as Patent Owner could adjust its ultimate assertion
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`towards the claims that had been challenged in the denied petition.
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`Petitioner gains no unfair advantage by requesting institution on two petitions
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`because (1) each petition challenges a different subset of claims (see Dolby Lab’ys,
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`IPR2020-01105, Paper 14 at 20), (2) the two petitions are Petitioner’s first requests
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`seeking review of the ’611 patent, and (3) the petitions do not consider, rely on, or
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`otherwise take advantage of any prior Patent Owner response. There is thus no
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`multiplicity of proceedings or a second bite at the apple.
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`Institution of both petitions would not impose any undue burdens on the Board
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`or Patent Owner, as the petitions deploy overlapping prior art references, and both
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`petitions are supported by declarations from the same technical expert. Twitter, Inc.
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`v. Palo Alto Rsch. Ctr., Inc., IPR2021-01459, Paper 11 at 37 (PTAB Apr. 6, 2022).
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`The proceedings could thus be effectively consolidated, for depositions of
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`Petitioner’s declarant and for oral argument. Id. at 38.
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`In view of the differences described above, the Board should use its discretion
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`to institute both petitions. The grounds set forth in the petitions are not redundant,
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`duplicative, unduly burdensome on the Board, or unfair to Patent Owner.
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`Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Jawbone Innovations, LLC
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
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`Respectfully submitted,
`ALLEN & OVERY, LLP
`/Lisa Nguyen/
`Lisa Nguyen (Reg. No. 58,018)
`Counsel for Petitioner,
`META PLATFORMS, INC.
`
`Dated: June 27, 2023
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`Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Jawbone Innovations, LLC
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that true and correct copies of the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`NOTICE OF RANKING PETITIONS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 8,326,611 is being served on June 27, 2023, via FedEx Priority
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`Overnight on counsel of record for U.S. Pat. 8,326,611 patent owner Jawbone
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`Innovations, LLC at the address below:
`
`Mark Leonardo
`Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
`Seaport West
`155 Seaport Blvd.
`Boston, MA 02210-2604
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`A courtesy copy is also being served via electronic mail on counsel for the
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`patent holder in the pending district court litigation, Jawbone Innovations, LLC v.
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`Meta Platforms, Inc., 6:23-cv-00158 (W.D. Tex., filed February 28, 2023), and all
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`counsel for the patent owner in IPR2023-00286:
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`Raymond W. Mort, III
`THE MORT LAW FIRM, PLLC
`1501 Congress Aveunue, Suite 150
`MAustin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 865-7950
`raymort@austinlaw.com
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`Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Jawbone Innovations, LLC
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,611
`
`Alfred R. Fabricant
`Peter Lambrianakos
`Vincent J. Rubino, III
`Enrique W. Iturralde
`Richard M. Cowell
`FABRICANT LLP
`411 Theodore Fremd Avenue,
`Suite 206 South
`Rye, New York 10580
`Telephone: (212) 257-5797
`Facsimile: (212) 257-5796
`Email: ffabricant@fabricantllp.com
`Email: plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com
`Email: vrubino@fabricantllp.com
`Email: jawbone@fabricantip.com
`Email: rcowell@fabricantllp.com
`Email: eiturralde@fabricantllp.com
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`Dated: June 27, 2023
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`ALLEN & OVERY, LLP
`/Lisa Nguyen/
`Lisa Nguyen (Reg. No. 58,018)
`Counsel for Petitioner,
`META PLATFORMS, INC.
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