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`Date: May 30, 2014
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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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`HANDI QUILTER, INC. and TACONY CORPORATION,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`BERNINA INTERNATIONAL AG,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2013-00364
`Patent 6,883,446 B2
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FITZPATRICK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Oral Argument
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Case IPR2013-00364
`Patent 6,883,446 B2
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`The Scheduling Order in this proceeding set the date for oral argument to
`June 25, 2014, if requested by the parties and granted by the Board. Paper 13.
`Both parties request oral argument pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a). Papers 24,
`25.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. 42.70(a), each party’s request for oral argument must
`specify the issues to be argued. Petitioner’s request extends beyond specification
`of issues and contains argument. Paper 25. Accordingly, it will be expunged with
`leave to file a replacement request within three business days of this Order.
`Patent Owner’s request for oral argument is granted.
`Petitioner will proceed first. Thereafter, Patent Owner will respond.
`Petitioner may reserve rebuttal time. Each party will have sixty (60) minutes of
`total time to present arguments.
`The hearing will commence at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, on June 25, 2014, and
`it will be open to the public for in-person attendance, on the ninth floor of Madison
`Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. In-person attendance will
`be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
`The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the reporter’s
`transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), the parties shall serve any demonstrative
`exhibits upon each other at least five business days prior to the hearing. The
`parties also shall provide the demonstrative exhibits to the Board at least five
`business days prior to the hearing by emailing them to Trials@uspto.gov. The
`parties shall not file any demonstrative exhibits in this proceeding without prior
`authorization from the Board. The parties are directed to St. Jude Medical,
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`Case IPR2013-00364
`Patent 6,883,446 B2
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`Cardiology Division, Inc. v. The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan,
`IPR2013-00041 (PTAB Jan. 27, 2014) (Paper 65) for guidance regarding the
`appropriate content of demonstratives.
`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at hearing,
`although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in whole or in part.
`If any lead counsel will not be in attendance at hearing, the Board should be
`notified via a joint telephone conference call no later than two days prior to the
`hearing to discuss the matter.
`Any special requests for audio visual equipment should be directed to
`Trials@uspto.gov.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Parrish Freeman
`WORKMAN NYDEGGER
`pfreeman@wnlaw.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Anthony Volpe
`Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
`avolpe@vklaw.com
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