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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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`TROY R. NORRED, M.D.
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00111
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`Patent 6,482,228
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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 submits this Request for
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`Oral Argument on all of the instituted grounds of unpatentability of claims 20-
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`24 of U.S. Patent No. 6,482,228 (the “’228 Patent”) under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and
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`103. The Board has already scheduled Oral Hearing for January 27, 2015 (Paper
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`28). Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board provide Patent Owner
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`with 30 minutes in which to present its arguments in response to Petitioner’s
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`arguments in this case.1
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`Patent Owner requests to address the following issues, without waiving
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`consideration of any issue not listed below:
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`1. Whether Patent Owner has met his burden of proving he is
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`entitled to a date of invention prior to U.S. Patent No. 6,454,799 to Schreck
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`2. Whether Petitioner has met its burden of proving that
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`Schreck anticipates claims 20-24 of the ‘228 Patent.
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`3. Whether Petitioner has met its burden of proving claims 22-
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`24 of the ’228 Patent are obvious in light of Schreck and of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,139,575 to Shu et al.
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`1 Patent Owner is requesting, in concurrent filings, an additional 30 minutes of oral
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`4. Whether Patent Owner has met his burden of proving that
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`proposed substitute claim 26 is patentable over prior art.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /James J. Kernell/
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`James J. Kernell, Reg. No. 42720
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`ERICKSON KERNELL DERUSSEAU
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`& KLEYPAS, LLC
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`8900 State Line Road, Suite 500
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`Leawood, Kansas 66206
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`Telephone: (913) 549-4700
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`Facsimile: (913) 549-4646
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`Email: jjk@kcpatentlaw.com
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`David L. Marcus (pro hac vice)
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`BARTLE & MARCUS LLC
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`1100 Main Street, Suite 2730
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`Kansas City, Missouri 64105
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`Telephone: (816) 256-4699
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`Facsimile: (816) 222-0534
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`Email: dmarcus @bmlawkc.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 31st day of December 2014, the foregoing
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`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument has been served electronically
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`through the Patent Trial and Appeals Board’s Patent Review Processing System
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`(PRPS) upon the lead and back-up counsel for the Petitioner, JACK BARUFKA
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`and EVAN FINKEL, both of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
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