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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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`ENSIGN US SOUTHERN DRILLING LLC
`Petitioner
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`C&M OILFIELD RENTALS, LLC
`D/B/A C-MOR ENERGY SERVICES
`Patent Owner of Record
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`IPR2023-00804
`Patent No. 10,976,016 B2
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`PETITIONER ENSIGN US SOUTHERN DRILLING LLC’S OBJECTIONS
`TO EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1), Petitioner Ensign U.S. Southern Drilling
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`LLC (“Petitioner”) submits the following objections to evidence that C&M Oilfield
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`Rentals, LLC D/B/A C-More Energy Services, (“Patent Owner”) filed by Patent
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`Owner with Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response (POPR). These objections are
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`timely filed and served within ten business days of the institution of the trial.
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`Evidence
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`Exhibit 2001
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`Dated: November 9, 2023
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`Objections
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`FRE 401, 402, & 403: Petitioner
`objects to this evidence as irrelevant and
`because
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`substantially outweighed by a danger of
`unfair prejudice, confusing the issues,
`and wasting time.
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`FRE 801 & 802: Petitioner objects to
`this exhibit as constituting hearsay
`under FRE 801 that is inadmissible
`under FRE 802.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Gregory L. Porter/
`Gregory L. Porter, Reg. No. 40,131
`gregporter@andrewskurth.com
`Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
`600 Travis Ste. 4200
`Houston, TX 77002
`Telephone: 713-449-9687
`Facsimile: 713-220-4285
`Attorneys for Petitioner
`Ensign US Southern Drilling
`LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON PATENT OWNER
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on November 9,
`2023 the foregoing Petitioner Ensign U.S. Sourhtern Drilling LLC’s Objections To
`Evidence Pursuant To 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1) was served via electronic filing
`with the Board and via Electronic Mail at the designated email for the practitioners
`of record for Patent Owner:
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`MLB-CM-IPR-Team@morganlewis.com
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`/Gregory L. Porter/
`Gregory L. Porter Reg. No. 40,131
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`ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
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