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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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`TARGET CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
`_____________
`
`Case No. IPR2013-00533
`(U.S. Patent No. RE43,531)
`_____________
`
`Dated: September 2, 2014
`
`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Patent Owner, Destination Maternity
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`Corporation (“Patent Owner”) hereby requests oral argument in the present inter
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`partes review proceeding. Oral argument is currently scheduled for the following
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`four related instituted cases, including the present case, on October 7, 2014: (1)
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`IPR2013-00530 (U.S. Patent No. RE43,563); (2) IPR2013-00531 (U.S. Patent No.
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`RE43,563);
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`(3)
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`IPR2013-00532 (U.S. Patent No. RE43,531);
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`and (4)
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`IPR2013-00533 (U.S. Patent No. RE43,531). Patent Owner believes these four
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`cases can be grouped for oral argument, and requests two (2) hours of oral
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`argument.
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`DMC specifies the following issues to be argued (without waiving
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`consideration of any issue not listed below):
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`1.
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`The appropriate construction to be given to the disputed claim terms
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`including:
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`a. "just beneath wearer's breast area";
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`b. "just beneath the wearer’s breast area";
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`c. "an expansible belly panel"; and
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`d. "during all stages of pregnancy."
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`2.
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`The failure of the references to anticipate or render obvious the claims
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`upon which inter partes review has been instituted, which are as follows:
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`a. IPR2013-00532 (U.S. Patent No. RE43,531)
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`i. Claims 1, 2, 5, 10, and 17 as anticipated by JCP fold-over panel
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`jeans;
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`ii. Claims 6 and 11 as obvious over the JCP fold-over panel jeans
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`and JCP maternity bootcut jeans; and
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`iii. Claims 15 and 16 as obvious over the JCP fold-over panel jeans
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`and Stangle.
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`b. IPR2013-00533 (U.S. Patent No. RE43,531)
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`i. Claims 1, 24–26, 28, and 29 as anticipated by JCP fold-over
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`panel jeans; and
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`ii. Claims 26 and 27 as obvious over the JCP fold-over panel jeans
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`and JCP maternity bootcut jeans.
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`c. IPR2013-00530 (U.S. Patent No. RE43,563)
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`i. Claims 1–3 and 6–8 as anticipated by JCP fold-over panel jeans;
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`ii. Claims 3 and 4 as unpatentable as being directed to subject
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`matter that would have been obvious in light of JCP fold-over
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`panel jeans and JCP maternity bootcut jeans; and
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`iii. Claim 1 as anticipated by Browder.
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`d. IPR2013-00531 (U.S. Patent No. RE43,563)
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`i. Claims 1, 10, 11, and 16 as anticipated by JCP fold-over panel
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`jeans;
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`ii. Claim 14 as obvious over the JCP fold-over panel jeans and JCP
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`maternity bootcut jeans;
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`iii. Claims 12 and 13 as obvious over the JCP fold-over panel jeans
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`and Lauren Sara; and
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`iv. Claims 1 and 20 as anticipated by Browder.
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`3.
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`Secondary considerations of nonobviousness including commercial
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`success;
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`4.
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`Patent Owner's Motion for Observation Regarding Cross-Examination
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`of Reply Witness and Petitioner's response thereto;
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`5.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion In The Alternative To Amend Claim 1 Of U.S.
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`Patent No. RE43,563, filed on May 5, 2014, and Petitioner’s opposition thereto;
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`6.
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`Reply to arguments raised in Petitioner’s Petitions for Inter Partes
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`Review;
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`7.
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`Reply to arguments raised in Petitioner’s Replies to Patent Owner
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`Responses to Petitions;
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`8.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence and Petitioner’s response
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`thereto;
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`9.
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`Petitioner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence and Patent Owner’s response
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`thereto;
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`10. Response to any issues properly specified by Petitioner in its request
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`for oral argument;
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`11. Response to Petitioner’s presentation on all matters; and
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`12. Any other issues briefed or presented by the parties throughout this
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`trial.
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`For oral argument, Patent Owner requests to use audio/visual equipment to
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`display demonstrative exhibits, including a computer, projector and screen for a
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`display. Patent Owner also requests a court reporter for oral argument.
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`In
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`accordance with the Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48768, Patent Owner will
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`contact the Board Trial Division paralegal to discuss these requests.
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`

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`Dated: September 2, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`/s/ Paul Taufer
`Paul A. Taufer (USPTO Reg. No.
`35,703)
`Michael L. Burns (USPTO Reg. No.
`57,593)
`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`One Liberty Place
`1650 Market Street, Suite 4900
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`Phone: (215) 656-3385
`Facsimile: (215) 606-3385
`paul.taufer@dlapiper.com
`michael.burns@dlapiper.com
`
`Stuart Pollack (USPTO Reg. No. 43,862)
`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`1251 Avenue of the Americas
`27th Floor
`New York, NY 10020-1104
`Phone: (212) 335-4964
`Facsimile: (212) 884-
`stuart.pollack@dlapiper.com
`
`Attorneys for Patent Owner, Destination
`Maternity Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on September 2, 2014 a complete and entire
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`copy of Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument was provided via email to the
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`Petitioner by serving the email correspondence address of record as follows:
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`Norman J. Hedges
`R. Trevor Carter
`Daniel M. Lechleiter
`Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
`300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2700
`Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-1750
`Phone: (317) 237-0300
`Fax: (317) 237-1000
`Norman.Hedges@FaegreBD.com
`trevor.carter@FaegreBD.com
`daniel.lechleiter@FaegreBD.com
`
`/s/ Paul Taufer
`Paul A. Taufer
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