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`IPR2015-00729
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`_________________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`________________________
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`SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`APLIX IP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`________________________
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`Case No. IPR2015-00729
`Patent No. 7,280,097
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT UNDER 37
`C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Patent Owner, Aplix IP Holdings Corporation, requests oral argument
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`pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70. Pursuant to the Scheduling Order entered June 30,
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`2015 (Paper 14), Patent Owner respectfully requests one hour of oral argument, in
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`total, for the proceedings currently scheduled for hearing on March 30, 2016.1
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`Patent Owner specifies the following issues, without waiving other issues, to be
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`argued:
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`1. Petitioner cites no evidence of obviousness of claims 1, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16,
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`25, 26, 27, 36, 37, and 38;
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`2. Person of ordinary skill in the art;
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`3. Petitioner’s obviousness case rests on non-analogous art;
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`4. Claim construction;
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`5. Mollinari and Nishiumi do not render claims 1-4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16-18, 21, 23-
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`29, 31, and 34-38 obvious;
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`6. Mollinari and Nishiumi should not be combined;
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`7. Even if wrongly combined, Mollinari and Nishiumi do not disclose claims 1-
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`4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16-18, 21, 23-29, 31, and 34-38;
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`8. Mollinari, Nishiumi, and Tu do not render claims 6, 22, and 32 obvious;
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`9. Kerr and Lum do not render claims 10-12 obvious;
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`1 The Board has currently scheduled hearings for March 30, 2016, in both this
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`proceeding and IPR2015-00730. Patent Owner requests one hour for its
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`presentation regarding both proceedings affording each proceeding approximately
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`30 minutes.
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`10.Shima does not anticipate claims 5, 19, and 30;
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`11.Petitioner’s Expert Declarations of Gregory F. Welch (Exhibits 1009 and
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`1039);
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`12.Reply to arguments raised in the Petitioner’s Reply;
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`13.Response to any issues specified by Petitioner in its request for oral
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`argument; and
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`14.Any other issues briefed or presented by the parties throughout this trial.
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`Finally, Aplix requests authorization to use audio-visual equipment—a
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`projector and screen—at the hearing for displaying demonstrative exhibits.
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`U.S.PatentNo.7,280,097
`Dated:March2,2016.
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`By:
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`IPR2015-00729
`___/SybilL.Dunlop/________________________
`RobertJ.Gilbertson(prohacvice)
`SybilL.Dunlop(prohacvice)
`GREENEESPELPLLP
`222SouthNinthStreet,Suite2200
`Minneapolis,MN55402
`Telephone:(612)373-0830
`Facsimile:
`(612)373-0929
`E-mail:
`BGilbertson@GreeneEspel.com
`SDunlop@GreeneEspel.com
`MichaelMauriel,USPTOReg.No.44,226
`ShermanW.Kahn(prohacvice)
`JasonBartlett(prohacvice)
`MAURIELKAPOUYTIANWOODSLLP
`15West26thStreet,Floor7
`NewYork,NY10010
`Telephone:(212)529-5131
`Facsimile:
`(212)529-5132
`E-mail:
`mmauriel@mkwllp.com
`skahn@mkwllp.com
`jbartlett@mkwllp.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`Aplix IP Holdings Corporation
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`Lead Counsel
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`Back-Up Counsel
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`IPR2015-00729
`U.S.PatentNo.7,280,097
`Pursuantto37C.F.R.§42.6,Iherebycertifythatonthis2nddayof
`March2016,theforegoingPatentOwnerAplixIPHoldingsCorporation’s
`RequestforOralArgumentisbeingservedviaelectronicfilingwiththeBoard
`ontheonthefollowingcounselofrecordforpetitioner.
`EricA.Buresh(Reg.No.50,394)
`AbranJ.Kean(Reg.No.58,540)
`Eric.buresh@eriseip.com
`Abran.kean@eriseip.com
`PostalandHand-DeliveryAddress:
`PostalandHand-DeliveryAddress:
`ERISEIP,P.A.
`ERISEIP,P.A.
`6201CollegeBlvd.,Suite300
`5600GreenwoodPlazaBlvd.,Suite
`OverlandPark,Kansas66211
`200GreenwoodVillage,Colorado80111
`Telephone:(913)777-5600
`Fax:(913)777-5601
`Telephone:(913)777-5600
`Fax:(913)777-5601
`Dated:March2,2016.
`_____/SybilL.Dunlop/_________________________
`RobertJ.Gilbertson(prohacvice)
`SybilL.Dunlop(prohacvice)
`GREENEESPELPLLP
`222SouthNinthStreet,Suite2200
`Minneapolis,MN55402
`Telephone:(612)373-0830
`Facsimile:(612)373-0929
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`Counsel for Patent Owner Aplix IP Holdings
`Corporation