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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MAKO SURGICAL CORP.,
`Petitioner
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`BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00630
`Patent No. 6,205,411 B1
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`PETITIONER MAKO SURGICAL CORP.’S
`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Board’s August 4, 2015 Scheduling
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`Order, Petitioner Mako Surgical Corp. respectfully requests oral argument as
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`currently scheduled for April 7, 2016. Petitioner requests an opportunity to
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`address all issues raised in this matter in the Petition, the Patent Owner Response,
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`Petitioner’s Reply, Patent Owner’s Contingent Motion to Amend, Petitioner’s
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`Opposition to the Motion to Amend, and Patent Owner’s Reply in Support of the
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`Motion to Amend, including:
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`• DiGioia’s qualification as prior art;
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`• The obviousness of claims 1-15 and 17 in light of the DiGioia prior art
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`reference;
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`• The obviousness of claim 16 in light of the combination of both DiGioia
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`prior art references;
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`• Patent Owner’s failure to distinguish its proposed amended claims over the
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`material prior art of record; and
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`• The obviousness of the proposed amended claims in light of the prior art of
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`record.
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`Mako also requests an opportunity to present arguments on any issues raised
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`by the Patent Owner at Oral Argument, and any additional issues on which the
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`Board seeks information or clarification. Subject to the Board’s approval, Mako
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`may use appropriate demonstrative exhibits during the oral argument and such
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`demonstrative exhibits will be served according to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b).
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`Dated: March 9, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Matthew I. Kreeger
`Matthew I. Kreeger
`Registration No. 56,398
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`425 Market Street
`San Francisco, California 94105-2482
`Tel: (415) 268-6468
`Fax: (415) 268-7522
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`Attorney for Petitioner Mako Surgical
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`Certificate of Service (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4))
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`I hereby certify that the above captioned Request for Oral Argument was
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`served as of the below date via electronic mail by agreement on the Patent Owner
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`at the following correspondence address:
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`Brian M. Buroker
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036-5306
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`Dated: March 9, 2016
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`/s/ Matthew I. Kreeger
`Matthew I. Kreeger
`Registration No. 56,398
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`425 Market Street
`San Francisco, California 94105-2482
`(415) 268-7000
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`Attorney for Petitioner Mako Surgical
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