In its Order, the Board authorized Petitioner to file a Reply to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response limited to addressing Petitioner’s interpretation of statutes and regulations related to the issue of standing. The Board also authorized Petitioner to file an additional briefing regarding the claim construction issue. Continue reading
Category Archives: Sur-Reply
Denying Request to File Reply to Preliminary Response IPR2015-01769,70
Denying Request to File Motion to Expunge Where Issue Could be Addressed in Sur-Reply IPR2015-00035
In its Order, the Board denied Patent Owner’s request for authorization to file a motion to expunge. The Board further denied Patent Owner’s request for additional pages for its sur-reply. Continue reading
Order re Oral Hearing IPR2014-00041, 43, 51, 54, 55
In its Order, the Board postponed the date for the oral hearing in the proceedings and authorized Petitioner’s request to file a Sur-reply in response to Patent Owner’s Reply in support of Patent Owner’s Motion relating to real parties-in-interest. Continue reading
Denying Institution IPR2014-00806
In its Decision, the Board denied institution of inter partes review of the ’000 patent because Petitioner was time-barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b). The Board rendered its Decision after allowing Petitioner to file a Reply in response to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response and Patent Owner to file a Sur-Reply addressing the time bar. Continue reading
Decision Regarding Request for Sur-Reply IPR2013-00578
In its Order, the Board summarized a call regarding Patent Owner’s request for a sur-reply brief regarding the issue of the date of invention of one of the references relied on in the Petition. With its Patent Owner Response, Patent Owner included a declaration from the inventor of the ’804 Patent, “swearing behind” one of the references relied on in the Petition. Continue reading
Authorizing Sur-Reply and Motion for Observation of Cross-Examination IPR2013-00580
In its Order, the Board authorized Patent Owner to file a sur-reply to Petitioner’s Reply to Patent Owner Response, but did not authorize Petitioner to file any response to the sur-reply. Also, the Board authorized Patent Owner to file a motion for observations on cross-examination of Mr. Lance Rake, and Petitioner was authorized to file responses to the observations. Continue reading
Authorizing Reply and Sur-Reply CBM2014-00116
Takeaway: The Board authorized a reply and sur-reply limited to responding to Patent Owner’s arguments based on the Supreme Court’s Alice decision made in the Patent Owner Preliminary Response, because the Alice decision was issued after the Petition was filed.
In its Order, the Board authorized a reply by Petitioner to the Patent Owner Preliminary Response limited to responding to Patent Owner’s arguments, based on the Alice decision, with respect to Petitioner’s asserted grounds of unpatentability. Patent Owner was also authorized a sur-reply. The Board authorized the reply, because in this case the Supreme Court’s Alice decision was issued after the Petition was filed, but before the Patent Owner Preliminary Response, such that Patent Owner was able to address the Alice decision and Petitioner was not. Continue reading
Expunging Unauthorized Sur-Reply IPR2013-00452
Takeaway: The Board may expunge papers filed without its authorization.
In its Order, the Board expunged Patent Owner’s unauthorized paper, which responded to Petitioner’s Reply to the Patent Owner Response. Patent Owner filed the paper to argue that Petitioner’s alleged prior art documents, which contained copyright notices, did not constitute prior art. Continue reading
Granting Motion for Leave to File a Sur-Reply CBM2013-00020; CBM2013-00023
In its Decision, the Board granted Patent Owner the opportunity to file a sur-reply. The sur-reply is limited to responding to the arguments made by Petitioner in its papers and at the hearing that the challenged claims would have been obvious over the CompuSonics publications. Patent Owner may, if necessary, submit new declaration testimony with its sur-reply. Should Patent Owner do so, Petitioner is authorized to cross-examine the witness(es) and file a motion for observation on cross-examination to alert the Board to any relevant testimony. Continue reading