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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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`WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00708
`Patent RE46,137
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`PATENT OWNER’S FOURTH UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Patent Owner’s mandatory notices are updated
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`IPR2019-00708
`Patent RE46,137
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`that on
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`March 30, 2020, Patent Owner filed (1) a patent owner’s statement in which
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`proposed new claim 87 was amended and claim 34 of U.S. Patent No. RE 46,137 as
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`well as proposed new claims 50, 51, 61, 62, 72, 73, 82, 83, 93, and 94 were cancelled,
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`(2) a declaration from Dr. Fleckenstein, and (3) a supplemental information
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`disclosure statement in ex parte reexamination no. 90/014,418.
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`I.
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`Related Matters (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2))
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`(1) Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, LLC v. Weatherford International,
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`LLC, Civil Action No. 4-18-cv-4797 (S.D. Tex. 2018), which involves U.S. Patent
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`No. RE46,137.
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`(2) Weatherford International, LLC v. Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations,
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`LLC, IPR2019-00768 (PTAB 2019), which also involves U.S. Patent No. RE46,137.
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`(3) Ex parte reexamination no. 90/014,418, which was ordered on
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`January 29, 2020 and in which claims 1, 8-11, 16, 17, 31, 41, 42 of U.S. Patent No.
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`RE46,137 as well as proposed new claims 45-49, 52-60, 63-71, 74-81, 84-92, and
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`95-97 are subject to the reexamination.
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`(4) Claims 2-7, 12-15, 18-30, 32, 33, 35-40, 43, and 44 of U.S. Patent No.
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`RE46,137 were statutorily disclaimed on February 19, 2020.
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`Dated: March 31, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/Mark T. Garrett/
`Mark T. Garrett (Reg. No. 44,699)
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on
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`March 31, 2020, a copy of Patent Owner’s Fourth Updated Mandatory Notices was
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`served on Lead and Backup Counsel for Petitioner via email (by consent) to:
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`Lead Counsel: Douglas Wilson (Reg. No. 54,542)
`doug.wilson@armondwilson.com
`ipr@armondwilson.com
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`Backup Counsel: Boone Baxter (Reg. No. 69,363)
`bbaxter@hpcllp.com
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`Michelle Armond (Reg. No. 53,954)
`michelle.armond@armondwilson.com
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`/Mark T. Garrett/
`Mark T. Garrett (Reg. No. 44,699)
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