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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2015-00866
`U.S. Patent No. 8,458,341
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`IPR2015-00866
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`Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner Apple Inc. respectfully submits
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`this Request for an Oral Hearing. In its scheduling order, the Board has set the
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`date of an oral hearing in this proceeding for June 27, 2016. See Paper 9.
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`Given the significant overlap of issues between IPR2015-00866, IPR2015-
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`00868, IPR2015-00870, and IPR2015-00871 (the “866-871 proceedings”),
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`Petitioners request that the Board authorize the parties to present their arguments
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`for all four proceedings in a single hearing (e.g., that Petitioner present its opening
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`argument in all four proceedings, followed by Patent Owner’s arguments in all four
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`proceedings, and Petitioner’s responsive arguments in all four proceedings).
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`The 866-871 proceedings also share a substantial overlap with the issues
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`presented in IPR2015-00810, IPR2015-00811, and IPR2015-00812 (the “810-812
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`proceedings”), whose Oral Hearings are scheduled for June 8, 2016. Petitioner
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`agrees to focus any presentation on June 27 on the issues unique to the 866 -871
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`proceedings as compared to the 810-812 proceedings. See Apple Inc. v. VirnetX
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`Inc., IPR2014-00481, Paper 29 at 2 (May 11, 2015) (ordering a hearing on “related
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`but distinct issues from [] prior hearings on [] commonly owned patents”). As
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`such, Petitioner requests 30 minutes of total argument time for each party.
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`Dated: May 23, 2016
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Jeffrey P. Kushan/
`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Reg. No. 43,401
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
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`1501 K Street NW
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I hereby certify that on this 23rd day of
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`May, 2016, I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing and any
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`accompanying exhibits by e-mail on the following counsel:
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`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
`jason.stach@finnegan.com
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`Dated: May 23, 2016
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Jeffrey P. Kushan/
`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Reg. No. 43,401
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Attorney for Petitioner