In Mexichem Amanco Holding S.A. de C.V. v.Honeywell International, Inc., IPR2013-00576, Paper 36 (September 5, 2014), the Board denied patent owner’s request for additional discovery — the deposition of Dr. Takashi Shibanuma, who provided previously prepared testimony relied on by Petitioner in its Reply to Patent Owner’s Response.  This previously prepared testimony was a declaration originally submitted in reexaminations of a different, but related, patent.  The Board denied the additional discovery relying on the Fifth Garmin Factor — that the request is not overly burdensome to answer.  The Board said that it wold not compel petitioner to provide Dr. Shibanuma for cross-examination in a deposition, noting that the witness was not under Petitioner’s control, and may reside in Japan, and that such such action may require a court subpoena and/or invoke the Hague Convention.