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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`________________________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`________________________
`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SMARTFLASH LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`________________________
`Case CBM2015-00017
`Patent 8,061,598 B2
`________________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`Pursuant to the Board’s Scheduling Order entered April 10, 2015 (Paper 23)
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`and Revised Scheduling Order entered September 9, 2015 (Paper 35), Patent
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`Owner requests that it be granted an oral hearing on the currently scheduled date of
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`November 9, 2015 to present oral arguments on any issues that have not been
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`decided by that date that relate to the claims under review, including the Petition,
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`Patent Owner’s Response, Petitioner’s Reply, and Motions to Exclude Evidence.
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`Patent Owner requests that it be allowed to address at least the issue of whether the
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`claims are statutory and the issue of whether the statutory basis of the claims can
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`be re-reviewed given that it has already been decided. Patent Owner requests it be
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`provided a time equal to the combined time provided to the Petitioners in
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`CBM2014-00192, CBM2015-00016 (Patent 8,033,458), CBM2014-00193,
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`CBM2015-00017 (Patent 8,061,598), CBM2014-00194, CBM2014-00199,
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`CBM2015-00015 (Patent 8,118,221), and CBM2015-00018 (Patent 7,942,317),
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`and Patent Owner suggests that Petitioners be provided a combined total of three
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`hours and that Patent Owner likewise be provided three hours.
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` /
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist
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`Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive
`Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7705
`Fax: (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: October 1, 2015
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST
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`FOR ORAL HEARING in CBM2015-00017 was served today, by agreement of
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`the parties by emailing a copy to counsel for the Petitioner as follows:
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`J. Steven Baughman (steven.baughman@ropesgray.com)
`Ching-Lee Fukuda (ching-lee.fukuda@ropesgray.com)
`Megan Raymond (megan.raymond@ropesgray.com)
`ApplePTABService-SmartFlash@ropesgray.com
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` /
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist
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`Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive
`Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7705
`Fax: (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: October 1, 2015
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