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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH
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`Petitioner,
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`NIKON CORPORATION
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2013-00363
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`Patent 7,348,575
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Mail Stop "PATENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
`Case IPR2013-00363
`Patent 7,348,575
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`Pursuant to the Board’s December 16, 2013 Scheduling Order (Paper 8), as
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`modified by the Board’s January 13, 2014 Order (Patent 14), Patent Owner Nikon
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`Corporation respectfully requests oral argument, currently scheduled on
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`July 17, 2014. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70, Petitioner specifies the following
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`issues to be argued:
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`1) That Claims 55–63 and 65–67 are not anticipated under 35 U.S.C. §
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`102(e) by Mann (Ex. 1110); and
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`2) That Claim 64 is not obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the
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`combination of Mann (Ex. 1110) and Asai (Ex. 1115).
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`In the event any fees are required for this Request, please charge Deposit
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`Account No. 15-0030 (Customer ID No. 22850).
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/John S. Kern/
`John S. Kern, Reg. No. 42,719
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: June 23, 2014
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`OBLON, SPIVAK, McCLELLAND,
`MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
`1940 Duke Street
`Alexandria, Virginia 22314
`703-413-3000
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent Owner’s
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`Request for Oral Argument was served by electronic mail (IPR24984-
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`0056IP2@fr.com) on June 23, 2014, in its entirety, to the following:
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`Marc M. Wefers
`Chris C. Bowley
`Lawrence K. Kolodney
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth St.
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/John S. Kern/
`John S. Kern, Reg. No. 42,719
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