`Date: February 29, 2016
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`US ENDODONTICS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`GOLD STANDARD INSTRUMENTS, LLC
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
`____________
`
`Before JOSIAH C. COCKS, HYUN J. JUNG, and
`TIMOTHY J. GOODSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`GOODSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`ORDER
`Modifying Scheduling Order
`37 CFR § 42.5
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
`
`
`
`In an email to the Board, Patent Owner requested a modification of the
`Scheduling Order (Paper 18). Specifically, Patent Owner states that it has a
`conflict on October 25, 2016, the date set for oral argument, because it is a
`religious holiday. Patent Owner represents that Petitioner does not oppose Patent
`Owner’s request, and that both parties are available to on October 19, 2016.
`Patent Owner’s request to modify DUE DATE 7 is granted. In order to
`accommodate the advancement of DUE DATE 7, DUE DATES 5 and 6 will also
`be advanced slightly, as reflected in the modified Due Date Appendix set forth
`below.
`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that DUE DATE 5 is rescheduled from October 3, 2016 to
`September 30, 2016;
`FURTHER ORDERED that DUE DATE 6 is rescheduled from October 11,
`2016 to October 7, 2016; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that DUE DATE 7 is rescheduled from October 25,
`2016 to October 19, 2016.
`
`
`
`
`
`2
`
`
`
`
`PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
`
`
`
`DUE DATE APPENDIX
`
`
`
`INITIAL CONFERENCE CALL ............................................... upon request
`
`DUE DATE 1 ............................................................................ April 29, 2016
`Patent owner’s response to the petition
`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
`
`DUE DATE 2 ............................................................................. July 29, 2016
`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
`
`DUE DATE 3 ........................................................................ August 29, 2016
`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
`
`DUE DATE 4 .................................................................. September 19, 2016
`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of reply witness
`Motion to exclude evidence
`Request for oral argument
`
`DUE DATE 5 ....................................... October 3, 2016 September 30, 2016
`Response to observation
`Opposition to motion to exclude
`
`DUE DATE 6 ........................................... October 11, 2016 October 7, 2016
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
`
`DUE DATE 7 .......................................... October 25, 2016 October 19, 2016
`Oral argument (if requested)
`
`
`
`
`3
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`Jeffrey Ginsberg
`Abhishek Bapna
`PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP
`jginsberg@pbwt.com
`abapna@pbwt.com
`
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Joseph Hynds
`Christine Gifford
`Jason Nolan
`R. Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`jhynds@rfem.com
`ngifford@rfem.com
`jnolan@rfem.com
`ebrenner@rfem.com
`
`
`
`4