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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`E-WATCH, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2015-00414
`U.S. Patent No. 7,643,168 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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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner hereby respectfully requests oral
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`argument in the present inter partes review proceeding. Petitioner specifies the
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`following issues to be argued:
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`• Whether claims 1–31 of the ’168 patent are unpatentable, under 35
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`U.S.C. § 102(b), because they are anticipated by WO 99/035818 (Ex.
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`1006);
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`• Reply to any arguments raised in Patent Owner’s Response;
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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 during this trial.
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`Petitioner requests 45 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 follows with its response, and that Petitioner uses its remaining time for
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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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`rebuttal.
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`DATED: January 21, 2016
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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 January 21, 2016 on the
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`counsel of record for:
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`Patent Owner:
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`Robert C. Curfiss, bob@curfiss.com
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`David Simmons, dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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`DATED: January 21, 2016
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`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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