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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent 5,966,440
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
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`Petitioner
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`SIGHTSOUND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent 5,966,440
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`Before the Honorable MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, JUSTIN T. ARBES, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN,
`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, 64 and 95 (all of the
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`challenged claims) of U.S. Patent No. 5,966,440 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103 and
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`associated issues. The Board has already scheduled the Oral Hearing for May 6, 2014.
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`Paper 13, p. 5.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent 5,966,440
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`By /J. Steven Baughman/
`J. Steven Baughman, Lead Counsel
`Reg. No. 47,414
`Ropes & Gray LLP
`One Metro Center, 700 12th St. – Ste. 900
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3948
`P: 202-508-4606/ F: 202-383-8371
`Steven.haughman@ropesgray.com
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`March 28, 2014
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent 5,966,440
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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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`APPLE INC.
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SIGHTSOUND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent 5,966,440
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`Before the Honorable MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, JUSTIN T. ARBES, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing
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`in connection with Covered Business Method Review Case CBM2013-00023 was
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`served on this 28st day of March, 2014, by electronic mail upon Arnold & Porter
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`LLP, counsel for Patent Owner, at david.marsh@aporter.com and
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`kristan.lansbery@aporter.com.
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`Dated: March 28, 2014
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`By /Megan F. Raymond /
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`Megan F. Raymond
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