`Patent 8,033,458
`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 CBM2015-00123
`Patent 8,033,458
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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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`Pursuant 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 Apple Inc. (“Apple”) submits
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`this Request for Oral Hearing on the instituted grounds of unpatentability for
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`claims 2-5, 7, 9, and 12 (all of the instituted claims) of U.S. Patent No. 8,033,458
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`(the “’458 patent”) under 35 U.S.C. § 101, claims 3-5 of the ’458 patent under 35
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`U.S.C. § 112, and associated issues. To account for the expected number of
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`counsel (including litigation counsel in related district court proceedings) and party
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`representatives, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Oral Hearing for this
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`proceeding take place in Courtroom A. In the event Courtroom A is not available,
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`Petitioner respectfully requests audio equipment enabling access to the Oral
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`Hearing through a teleconference so that non-arguing counsel and/or party
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`representatives may observe the Oral Hearing via teleconference. The Board has
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`already scheduled the Oral Hearing in this proceeding for July 18, 2016, along with
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`Oral Hearings in CBM2015-00124, CBM2015-00127, CBM2015-00130, and
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`CBM2015-00131 involving the same parties and related patents, and CBM2015-
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`00133 (consolidated with CBM2015-00132) involving a related patent and
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`additional petitioner Google, Inc. See CBM2015-00123, Paper 8 at 6; CBM2015-
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`00130, Paper 10 at 6; CBM2015-00133, Paper 10 at 2. Petitioner respectfully
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`requests that the oral arguments for all of these proceedings relating to the
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`Smartflash patents that are scheduled for July 18, 2016 be grouped and presented
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`together in one Oral Hearing. Petitioner further respectfully requests equal amounts
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`of argument time for Petitioner(s) and for Patent Owner, and respectfully proposes
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`one hour of argument time for Petitioner(s) and one hour of argument time for
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`Patent Owner in connection with the foregoing proceedings.
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`Dated: June 13, 2016
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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
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`Megan.Raymond@ropesgray.com
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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 June 13, 2016,
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`to the following Counsel for Patent Owner via e-mail, pursuant to the parties’
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`agreement concerning service:
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`Michael R. Casey
`Wayne M. Helge
`DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr., Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7700
`Facsimile: (571) 765-7200
`mcasey@dbjg.com
`whelge@davidsonberquist.com
`SmartFlash-CBM@dbjg.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner Smartflash LLC
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`/s/ Sharon Lee
`Sharon Lee
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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