`571-272-7822
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`Paper 29
`Entered: May 22, 2019
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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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`SONY CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`FUJIFILM CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00876 (Patent 6,462,905 B1)
`Case IPR2018-00877 (Patent 6,462,905 B1)1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, GREGG I. ANDERSON, and
`SHEILA F. McSHANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`1 The parties are not authorized to use this caption. The parties will continue
`to use the individual case captions.
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`IPR2018-00876 (Patent 6,462,905)
`IPR2018-00877 (Patent 6,462,905)
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`Sony Corporation (Petitioner) and FujiFilm Corporation (Patent
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`Owner) have requested an Oral Hearing in the above captioned matters.
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`’876 IPR, Paper 30 (Petitioner) and 32 (Patent Owner); ’877 IPR Paper 26
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`(Petitioner) and 28 (Patent Owner). The requests are granted.
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`Oral Hearing will commence at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, on Friday
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`June 21, 2019, in Hearing Room A on the ninth floor of Madison
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`Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The Oral
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`Hearing will be open to the public. The Board will provide a court reporter
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`for the hearing, and the reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record
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`of the Oral Hearing.
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`The Petitioner requests forty five (45) minutes of total time for its
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`argument in each case. ’876 IPR, Paper 30, 1; ’877 IPR, Paper 26, 1. Patent
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`Owner does not request any specific time. Each party will have forty five
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`(45) minutes total argument time for each case and only that case.
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`Argument in the ’876 case will be heard first, followed by argument in the
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`’877 case. A brief break will be provided after the argument in the ’876 case
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`is completed.
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`Petitioner bears the burden of proof to show the unpatentability of the
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`challenged patent claims. For each session, Petitioner will proceed first with
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`respect to all grounds asserted in the Petition for the case. Patent Owner
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`then will respond to Petitioner and present any argument on its motion to
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`exclude. ’876 IPR Paper 31; ’877 IPR Paper 27. Thereafter, Petitioner may
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`use any reserved rebuttal time to address Patent Owners’ response and the
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`motion to exclude. If requested, Patent Owner may use any reserved
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`sur-rebuttal to address Petitioner’s rebuttal. Neither the Petitioner’s
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`rebuttal nor the Patent Owner’s sur-rebuttal may be more than half the
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`total time allotted time for the parties’ argument in each case.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served at
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`least seven business days before the hearing. The parties may refer to St.
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`Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. v. The Board of Regents of the
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`University of Michigan, IPR2013-00041, slip op. 2–5 (PTAB Jan. 27, 2014)
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`(Paper 65), regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits. The
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`parties shall meet and confer to discuss and resolve any objections to
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`demonstrative exhibits. If any issues regarding demonstratives remain
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`unresolved after the parties meet and confer, the parties shall file jointly a
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`one-page list of objections to the demonstrative exhibits at least three
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`business days before the hearing. For each objection, the list must identify
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`with particularity the demonstratives subject to the objection and include a
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`short, one-sentence statement explaining the objection. The panel will
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`consider the objections and schedule a conference call if necessary.
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`Otherwise, rulings on the objections will be reserved until the hearing or
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`after the hearing. Any objection to demonstrative exhibits not presented
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`timely will be considered waived. The parties are not authorized to file
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`their demonstratives unless instructed by the Board. The parties are
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`reminded that the demonstrative exhibits presented in this case are not
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`evidence and are intended only to assist the parties in presenting their oral
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`argument to the panel. The parties may mark each slide of demonstrative
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`exhibits with the words “DEMONSTRATIVE EXHIBIT – NOT
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`EVIDENCE” in the footer.
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`Elaborate demonstrative exhibits are more likely to impede than
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`help an oral argument. The most effective demonstrative exhibits tend
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`to be a few presentation slides and a handout or binder containing the
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`demonstrative exhibits. The pages of each exhibit should be numbered
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`and counsel should identify the exhibit numbers during course of oral
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`argument.
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`Requests for audio-visual equipment are to be made 5 days in advance
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`of the hearing date. The request is to be sent directly to Trials@uspto.gov. If
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`the request is not received timely, the equipment may not be available on the
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`day of the hearing.
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`Each party shall file its demonstrative exhibits to Trials@uspto.gov at
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`least two business days prior to the hearing. Each party shall provide a hard
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`copy of its demonstratives to the court reporter at the hearing. At least one
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`judge will appear remotely and the parties are reminded that the presenter
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`must identify clearly and specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by
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`slide or screen number) referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity
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`and accuracy of the transcript.
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`The Board normally expects lead counsel for each party to be present
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`at hearings, although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation,
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`in whole or in part. Requests for audio-visual equipment must be made by
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`e-mail at least five days in advance of the hearing date to Trials@uspto.gov,
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`else the equipment may be unavailable.
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`ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the Oral Hearing shall commence at 1:00 PM
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`Eastern Time, on Friday June 21, 2019, on the ninth floor of Madison
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`Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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`IPR2018-00876 (Patent 6,462,905)
`IPR2018-00877 (Patent 6,462,905)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Richard Giunta
`Rgiunta-ptab@wolfgreenfield.com
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`Michael Rader
`Mrader-ptab@wolfgreenfield.com
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`Randy Pritzker
`Rpritzker-ptab@wolfgreenfield.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Eliot Williams
`Eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
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`Robert Scheinfeld
`Robert.scheinfeld@bakerbotts.com
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`Robert Maier
`Robert.maier@bakerbotts.com
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`Jennifer Tempesta
`Jennifer.tempesta@bakerbotts.com
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`Margaret Welsh
`Margaret.welsh@bakerbotts.com
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