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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
`Petitioner
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`PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2012-00003
`Patent 8,140,358
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`Before the Honorable JAMESON LEE, JONI Y. CHANG, and MICHAEL R.
`ZECHER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`Further to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), requiring a separate paper requesting oral
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`hearing and specifying issues to be argued, Petitioner submits this Request for Oral
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`Hearing on the instituted grounds of unpatentability for claims 1-20 (all of the claims)
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`of U.S. Patent No. 8,140,358 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102(b) and 103 and associated issues.
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`The Board has already scheduled the Oral Hearing for October 15, 2013. Paper 45,
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`p. 2.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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`By /J. Steven Baughman/
`J. Steven Baughman, Lead Counsel
`James R. Myers (pro hac vice)
`Nicole M. Jantzi
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`700 12th St. NW, Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005
`Steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`James.myers@ropesgray.com
`Nicole.jantzi@ropesgray.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
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`Mailing address for all PTAB correspondence:
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`IPRM – Floor 43
`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
`Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
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`September 30, 2013
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`It is certified that a copy of Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing has been
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`served in its entirety on the Patent Owner as provided in 37 CFR § 42.6.
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`The copy has been served on September 30, 2013 by causing the
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`aforementioned document to be electronically mailed to:
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`Calvin P. Griffith, at: cpgriffith@jonesday.com
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`James L. Wamsley, III at: jlwamsleyiii@jonesday.com
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`John V. Biernacki at: jvbiernacki@jonesday.com
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`pursuant to the Petitioner and Patent Owner’s agreement.
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` /s/ Jordan M. Rossen
`Jordan M. Rossen
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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