`Patent 8,033,458 B2
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`SMARTFLASH LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2015-00016
`Patent 8,033,458 B2
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`Before the Honorable JENNIFER S. BISK, RAMA G. ELLURU, JEREMY M.
`PLENZLER, and MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, 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, 6, 8, 10, and 11
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`(all of the instituted claims) of U.S. Patent No. 8,033,458 under 35 U.S.C. § 101
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`and associated issues. The Board scheduled the Oral Hearing in this proceeding
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`for November 9, 2015, along with CBM2015-00015, CBM2015-00017, and
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`CBM2015-00018 involving the same parties and related patents, CBM2014-00192
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`(consolidated with CBM2015-00119) involving the same patent and additional
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`petitioner Samsung, and CBM2014-00193 (consolidated with CBM2015-00120),
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`CBM2014-00194 (consolidated with CBM2015-00117), and CBM2014-00199
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`involving related patents and additional petitioner Samsung. See Paper 24 at 7;
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`Paper 36 at 2. Apple respectfully suggests that, once the parties to the foregoing
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`proceedings have had an opportunity to confer following the filing of all associated
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`Requests for Oral Hearing, the parties and Board may benefit from a conference
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`call to discuss the logistics for the coordination of proceedings scheduled for
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`November 9, 2015. To account for the multiple proceedings taking place on the
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`same day, as well as the expected number of counsel (including litigation counsel
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`in related district court proceedings) and party representatives for each party,
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`Petitioner further respectfully requests that, to the extent practicable, the Oral
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`Hearings for each above-listed proceeding take place in Courtroom A.
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`Dated: October 1, 2015
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`Ching-Lee Fukuda (backup counsel)
`Reg. No. 44,334
`Ropes & Gray LLP
`1211 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`P: 212-596-9336/ F:212-596-9000
`Ching-Lee.Fukuda@ropesgray.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: / J. Steven Baughman/
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`J. Steven Baughman (lead counsel)
`Reg. No. 47,414
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`Megan F. Raymond
`Reg. No. 72,997
`Ropes & Gray LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania
`Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20006- 6807
`P: 202-508-4606/ F: 202-383-8371
`Steven.Baughman@ropesgray.com
`Megan.Raymond@ropesgray.com
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`Mailing address for all correspondence: ROPES & GRAY LLP, IPRM –
`Floor 43, Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02199-3600
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies
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`that a copy of
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`the
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`foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING was served on October 1,
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`2015, to the following Counsel for Patent Owner via e-mail, pursuant to the
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`parties’ agreement concerning service:
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`Michael R. Casey
`J. Scott Davidson
`DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7700
`Facsimile: (571) 765-7200
`mcasey@dbjg.com
`jsd@dbjg.com
`docket@dbjg.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner Smartflash LLC
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`/ Megan Raymond /_____
`Megan F. Raymond
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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