`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., and
`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC,
`and
`LG ELECTRONICS, INC., LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC., and LG
`ELECTRONICS MOBILECOMM U.S.A., INC.
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`BLACK HILLS MEDIA, LLC
`Patent Owner
`___________________
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`Case No. IPR2014-00717
`Case No. IPR2015-00335
`U.S. Patent 6,108,686
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`PATENT OWNER REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`By:
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`IPR2014-00717
`U.S. Patent 6,108,686
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Black Hills Media, LLC (“Patent Owner”)
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`respectfully requests oral argument in IPR2014-00717. Pursuant to the Scheduling
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`Order dated December 18, 2014 (Paper 27), oral argument is currently scheduled
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`for July 28, 2015.
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`Patent Owner’s argument will focus on patentability of the challenged
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`claims of the ‘686 Patent on the grounds for which trial was instituted based on
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`Reilly (Ex. 1003), any additional issue raised by Petitioner prior to or at oral
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`argument, or any additional issues for which the Board requests argument. Patent
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`Owner request 45 minutes of total argument time.
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`At the oral argument, the Patent Owner intends to utilize audio/visual
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`equipment to display demonstrative exhibits, and in accordance with the Trial
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`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48768, will contact the Board Trial Division
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`paralegal prior to the oral hearing to discuss accommodating this request.
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`Dated: June 25, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
`By: /Thomas Engellenner/
`Thomas Engellenner, Reg. No. 28,711
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`-1-
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`IPR2014-00717
`U.S. Patent 6,108,686
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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` hereby certify that on June 25, 2015, a true and accurate copy of this paper,
`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT, was served on the following
`counsel for Petitioners Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. and Petitioners LG
`Electronics, Inc., et al., via email:
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`Andrea G. Reister
`Gregory S. Discher
`Covington & Burling LLP
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`dori.hines@finnegan.com
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`Dori Johnson Hines, Esq.
`jonathan.stroud@finnegan.com
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`Jonathan R. Stroud, Esq.
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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`areister@cov.com
`gdischer@cov.com
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`By: /Thomas Engellenner/
`Thomas Engellenner, Reg. No. 28,711
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: June 25, 2015