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`Paper 38
`Entered: January 10, 2017
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`GOOGLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`PATRICK ZUILI,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2016-00022
`Patent 8,326,763 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, GLENN J. PERRY, and MIRIAM L. QUINN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`CBM2016-00022
`Patent 8,326,763 B2
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`On January 9, 2017, a conference call was held. The participants
`were Judges Lee, Perry, and Quinn, counsel for Petitioner, and Mr. Patrick
`Zuili appearing pro se for Patent Owner. During the conference call,
`counsel for Petitioner requested authorization to file a Motion for Excusal of
`Lateness in Requesting Oral Argument, under 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(c)(3).
`We informed Petitioner that any such motion shall explain and
`account for what efforts were expended by Petitioner since the filing of
`Petitioner’s Reply on October 31, 2016, to decide whether to request oral
`argument. The motion should state, specifically, the date on which the
`decision was made to request oral argument. If the date of that decision was
`on or after the due date for requesting oral argument, the motion shall
`explain why the decision could not have been made earlier. If the decision
`was made prior to the due date for requesting oral argument, the motion
`shall explain why the request for oral argument could not have been timely
`filed. The explanations shall also indicate how many attorneys are included
`in Customer Number 26565 as identified in Petitioner’s Power of Attorney
`filed on December 17, 2015 (Paper 2), and why, neither the back-up counsel
`of record nor any of the other attorneys within Customer Number 26565
`could have filed a request for oral argument in case Petitioner’s lead attorney
`had an emergency on the due date for requesting oral hearing.
`We also explained to Petitioner that no new argument is permitted at
`oral argument. Petitioner’s motion should explain why oral argument is
`particularly important to Petitioner in this case.
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`CBM2016-00022
`Patent 8,326,763 B2
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`ORDER
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`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a motion to excuse
`lateness in filing its request for oral argument, limited to three pages, by
`Thursday, January 12, 2017, 1 under 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(c)(3);
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file an
`opposition, limited to three pages, by January 17, 2017 (Tuesday); and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a reply,
`limited to two pages, by Thursday, January 19, 2017.
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`Counsel for Petitioner:
`Saqib Siddiqui
`ssiddiqui@mayerbrown.com
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`Patent Owner (pro se):
`Patrick Zuili
`patrick@tenderbox.tv
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`1 During the conference call, we indicated Friday, January 13, 2017. But we
`now order that any such motion be filed by January 12, 2017.
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