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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BUTAMAX TM ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
`Petitioner
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`GEVO, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case 1PR2013-00539
`Patent 8,273,565
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`PETITIONER BUTAMAX’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Mail Stop "PATENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 223 13-1450
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`BUTAMAX’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
`1PR2013-00539
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`Pursuant to the Board’s March 4, 2014 Scheduling Order (Paper 10),
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`Petitioner Butamax requests oral argument, currently scheduled for October 24,
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`2014. Butamax requests one hour in which to present its arguments. Under 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.70, and without intending to waive any issue not specifically
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`identified, Petitioners specify the following issues to be argued:
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`1. Whether claims 1-9 and 11-19 are unpatentable over the applied art.
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`2.
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`3.
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`Any issues specified by Patent Owner in its Request for Oral Argument.
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`Any other issues that the Board deems necessary for issuing a final
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`written decision.
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`Butamax requests that the Board provide audio-visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including a projector to be connected to a laptop and a
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`screen for displaying documents.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`DeborahNi
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`StengPh.D.
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`Attorney
`Registration No. 62,732
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`Date: September 19, 2014
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`1100 New York Avenue, N. W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`BUTAMAXS REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
`1PR2013-00539
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the "Petitioner Butamax’s Request for
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`Oral Argument" was electronically served in its entirety on September 19, 2014
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`upon the following:
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`IPR20 1 3-00539@cooley.corn
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`Cooley LLP
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`Patent owners correspondence
`address of record for
`US. Patent No. 8,273,565
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`Date: September 19, 2014
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`1100 New York Avenue, N. W.
`Washington, D.C.20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`19047421 .DOCX
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Deborah A. Steg, Ph.D.
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 62,732