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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., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`TROY R. NORRED, M.D.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00110
`Patent 6,482,228 B1
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`Attorney Docket No. 058888-0000014
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Scheduling Order dated April 25,
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`2014 (Paper 11), as modified by the Notice dated September 11, 2014 (Paper 22),
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`the Order dated October 29, 2014 (Paper 28), the Notice dated November 3, 2014
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`(Paper 29), and the Order dated November 25, 2014 (Paper 32), Petitioner respect-
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`fully requests oral argument, currently scheduled for January 27, 2015, and speci-
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`fies the following issues to be argued:
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`1. Why claims 16-19 of U.S. Patent No. 6,482,228 are anticipated by
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`U.S. 6,440,164 to DiMatteo.
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`2. Why claims 16-18 of U.S. Patent No. 6,482,228 are anticipated by
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`U.S. 4,030,142 to Wolfe.
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`3. The proper construction of the “means for mounting and moving” of
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`challenged independent claim 16.
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`4. Why Patent Owner’s Substitute Motion to Amend (Paper 18) should
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`be denied.
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`5. Any subsequent motion filed by Patent Owner.
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`6. Any other issue the Board seeks clarification on related to this pro-
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`ceeding.
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`Petitioner requests the ability to use audio visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including the use of a projector and screen for PowerPoint
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`display and an ELMO document camera/projector.
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`Date: December 31, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jack S. Barufka/
`By:
`Jack S. Barufka (Reg. No. 37,087)
`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
`1650 Tysons Boulevard
`McLean, Virginia 22102
`Tel. No. 703.770.7712
`Fax No. 703.905.2500
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`Attorney for Petitioner
`Medtronic, Inc.
`Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
`Medtronic CoreValve, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing “PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL
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`HEARING” was served electronically through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s
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`Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) this 31st day of December, 2014 on the
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`following counsel for Patent Owner, Troy R. Norred:
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`James J. Kernell
`Erickson Kernell Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC
`8900 State Line Road, Suite 500
`Leawood, KS 66206
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jack S. Barufka/
`By:
`Jack S. Barufka (Reg. No. 37,087)
`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
`1650 Tysons Boulevard
`McLean, Virginia 22102
`Tel. No. 703.770.7712
`Fax No. 703.905.2500
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`Attorney for Petitioner
`Medtronic, Inc.
`Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
`Medtronic CoreValve, LLC
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`David Marcus
`Bartle & Marcus LLC
`1100 Main Street, Suite 2730
`Kansas City, MO 64105
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`Date: December 31, 2014
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