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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., MACRONIX ASIA LIMITED,
`MACRONIX (HONG KONG) CO., LTD. and MACRONIX AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioners
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`SPANSION LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2014-00898
`U.S. Patent 7,151,027
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`Submitted Electronically via the Patent Review Processing System
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`Petitioners’ Request For Oral Argument
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`Case IPR2014-00898
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`Pursuant to the Board’s September 26, 2014 Revised Scheduling Order
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`(Paper 19), Petitioners Macronix International Co., Ltd., Macronix Asia Limited,
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`Macronix (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and Macronix America, Inc. (“Petitioners”),
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`respectfully request oral argument, currently scheduled for January 29, 2015.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.70(a), Petitioners intend to argue the following issues:
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`1. Claims 7 and 14 are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
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`over U.S. Patent No. 6,458,655 (“Yuzuriha”), U.S. Patent Publication
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`2003/0042520 (“Tsukamoto”) and A ULSI shallow trench isolation
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`process through the integration of multilayered dielectric process and
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`chemical-mechanical planarization, THIN SOLID FILMS 248-52 (1999)
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`(“Lin”)
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`Petitioners request the ability to use audio/visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including the use of a projector and screen for a
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`PowerPoint display.
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`Dated: January 5, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Michael M. Murray/
`Michael M. Murray
`Reg. No. 32,537
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
`Macronix International Co., Ltd., Macronix
`Asia Limited, Macronix (Hong Kong) Co.,
`Ltd. and Macronix America, Inc.
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`Petitioners’ Request For Oral Argument
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`Case IPR2014-00898
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`§ 42.6(e)—CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`In accordance with § 42.6(e)(1), the undersigned certifies that on the 5th
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`day of January, 2015, the above PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL
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`ARGUMENT was served, via electronic mail upon the following counsel for
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`Patent Owner SPANSION LLC,
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`J. Steven Baughman, Esq.
`Gabrielle E. Higgins, Esq.
`Ropes & Gray LLP
`One Metro Center
`700 12th Street, NW - Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005-3948
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
`SpansionPTABService@ropesgray.com
`Counsel for Spansion LLC
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`Dated: January 5, 2015
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` / Deomattie Kumar /
`Deomattie Kumar
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`Paralegal For Petitioners