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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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`MEDTRONIC, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`NUVASIVE, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00506
`Patent 8,361,156
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`IPR2013-00506
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`Petitioner Docket No. 108136.00029
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner Medtronic, Inc. (“Petitioner”)
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`submits this Request for Oral Argument on all of the instituted grounds of
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`unpatentability of claims 1-14, 19, 20, and 23-27 of U.S. Patent No. 8,361,156
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The Board has already schedule Oral Hearing for
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`November 18, 2014. See Paper 10, at 5.
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`Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board conduct a consolidated
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`hearing in Inter Partes Review Nos. 2013-00506, -00507, and -00508, all of which
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`are scheduled for hearing on November 18, 2014, before the same Board Panel, for
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`convenience and efficiency. Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board provide
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`Petitioner one and one-half hours (90 minutes) in which to present its arguments in
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`the three cases (i.e., one and one-half hours cumulative total time for the three
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`cases, including time to be reserved for rebuttal), and provide Patent Owner with
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`one and one-half hours (90 minutes) to present responsive arguments.
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`Dated: October 6, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Jeff E. Schwartz/ d
`Jeff E. Schwartz, Reg. No. 39,019
`Fox Rothschild LLP
`1030 15th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tele: 202-696-1470
`Fax: 202-461-3102
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`IPR2013-00506
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`Petitioner Docket No. 108136.00029
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on the 6th day
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`of October 2014 a complete and entire copy of “Petitioner’s Request for Oral
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`Argument” was provided via email to the Patent Owner by serving the following
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`email addresses:
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`schaefer@fr.com
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`hawkins@fr.com
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`Electronic service was used with the agreement of the Patent Owner’s counsel.
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`Dated: October 6, 2014
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` /Jeff E. Schwartz/ d
`Jeff E. Schwartz, Reg. No. 39,019
`Fox Rothschild LLP
`1030 15th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tele: 202-696-1470
`Fax: 202-461-3102
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`Attorneys for Petitioner

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