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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`Petitioner
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00040
`Patent 6,771,290 B1
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`PETITIONERS JOINT REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), requiring a separate paper requesting oral
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`argument and specifying issues to be argued, Petitioner Microsoft Corporation
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`submits this joint Request for Oral Argument. The Board has already scheduled the
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`Oral Hearing for December 11, 2014. Paper 13 (Scheduling Order).
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`Inter partes review nos. IPR2014-00029 (Sony), IPR2014-00031(Google),
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`IPR2014-0033 (Google), IPR2014-00040 (Microsoft) and IPR2014-00044
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`(Samsung) all challenge the patentability of claims in U.S. Patent No. 6,771,290
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`(“the ’290 Proceedings”). Accordingly, the petitioners of the ’290 Proceedings
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`(“Petitioners”) are coordinating their efforts so that the Board can efficiently
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`conduct a single hearing on these related proceedings. Petitioners propose that
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`they jointly present argument on the issues as identified below, that Patent Owner
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`follow with its response, and that Petitioners use their remaining time for rebuttal.
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`Because some of the grounds in the five proceedings overlap and others do not,
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`Petitioners plan to present their opening and rebuttal views through two designees,
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`with other representatives offering additional views only if necessary.
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`The Petitioners collectively request 90 minutes of argument time for
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`Petitioners and 90 minutes of argument time for Patent Owner to address the
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`following issues:
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`Grounds for which inter partes review was instituted as to claims 2-3
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`of the ’290 patent in IPR2014-00029, Paper No. 7 (Institution Decision).
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`2.
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`Grounds for which inter partes review was instituted as to claims 2-3
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`of the ’290 patent in IPR2014-00031, Paper No. 9 (Institution Decision).
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`3.
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`Grounds for which inter partes review was instituted as to claims 2-3
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`of the ’290 patent in IPR2014-00033, Paper No. 9 (Institution Decision).
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`4.
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`Grounds for which inter partes review was instituted as to claims 1-3
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`of the ’290 patent in IPR2014-00040, Paper No. 12 (Institution Decision).
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`5.
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`Grounds for which inter partes review was instituted as to claims 2-3
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`of the ’290 patent in IPR2014-00044, Paper No. 11 (Institution Decision).
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`6.
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`Any issues properly raised by Patent Owner, including in Patent
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`Owner’s Responses in the ’290 proceedings.
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`7.
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`Any issues addressed by Petitioners, including in the Petitions for
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`Inter Partes Review and Replies in the ’290 proceedings.
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`8.
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`Respond to Patent Owner’s arguments regarding the claim
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`construction standard to be used in these proceedings, and relevance if any to the
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`patentability issues raised by the original claims.
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`Issues related to all exhibits filed in this proceeding.
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`10. Rebuttal to issues raised by the Patent Owner.
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`Microsoft requests permission to use audio/visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including a projector and screen for PowerPoint or PDF
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Jeffrey P. Kushan/
` Jeffrey P. Kushan
` Reg. No. 43,401
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`jkushan@sidley.com
` Attorney for Petitioner
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`Dated: October 31, 2014
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 31st day October, 2014 a copy of the foregoing
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`PETITIONERS JOINT REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT has been
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`served in its entirety by e-mail on the following counsel of record for Patent
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`Owner:
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`Jason S. Angell
`Robert E. Freitas
`Freitas Tseng & Kaufman LLP
`jangell@ftklaw.com
`rfreitas@ftklaw.com
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`Dated: October 31, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Jeffrey P. Kushan/
` Jeffrey P. Kushan
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`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, NW
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