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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`ZTE CORPORATION and ZTE (USA) INC.,
`Petitioners
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`E-WATCH, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2015-00412
`IPR2015-013661
`U.S. Patent No. 7,365,871 B2
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 IPR2015-01366 has been joined with IPR2015-00412.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner hereby respectfully request oral
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`argument in the present inter partes review proceedings. Petitioner specifies the
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`following issues to be argued:
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`• Whether claims 1–8 and 12–14 of the ’871 patent are unpatentable,
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 103, because they would have been obvious over
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`McNelley (Ex. 1006) and Umezawa (Ex. 1007).
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`• The appropriate construction to be given to the disputed claim terms;
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`• Reply to any arguments raised in Patent Owner’s Response;
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`• Response to any issues specified by Patent Owner in its request for
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`oral argument;
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`• Response to Patent Owner’s presentation on all matters; and
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`• Any other issue briefed or presented by the parties throughout this
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`trial.
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`Petitioner requests 60 minutes of cumulative argument time for this
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`proceeding. In particular, Petitioner proposes that it present argument first, Patent
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`Owner follow with its response, and that Petitioner use its remaining time for
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`DATED: December 20, 2015
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`By: /s/ Brian M. Buroker
`Brian M. Buroker (Reg. No. 39,125)
`Blair A. Silver (Reg. No. 68,003)
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036-5306
`Telephone: 202.955.8500
`Facsimile: 202.467.0539
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`bsilver@gibsondunn.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies service pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) of a copy
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`of this Request for Oral Argument by electronic mail on December 20, 2015 on the
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`counsel of record for:
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`Patent Owner:
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`Greg Donahue, gdonahue@dpelaw.com
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`Robert C. Curfiss, bob@curfiss.com
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`David Simmons, dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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`Andrew DiNovo, adinovo@dpelaw.com
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`ZTE Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc.:
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`Steve Moore, steve.moore@pillsburylaw.com
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`Richard Thill, richard.thill@pillsburylaw.com
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`Barry Shelton, barry.shelton@pillsburylaw.com
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`Brian Nash, brian.nash@pillsburylaw.com
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`DATED: December 20, 2015 By: /s/ Brian M. Buroker
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`Brian M. Buroker (Reg. No. 39,125)
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`Attorney for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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