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`Scott R. Brown
`Matthew B. Walters
`HOVEY WILLIAMS LLP
`10801 Mastin Blvd., Suite 1000
`Overland Park, Kansas 66210
`Tel: (913) 647-9050
`Fax: (913) 647-9057
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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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`LINDSAY CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2015-01039
`U.S. Patent No. 7,003,357
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Petitioner Lindsay Corporation (“Petitioner”) respectfully requests oral
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`argument for the trial currently scheduled on June 16, 2016.
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`Issues For Hearing
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70, Petitioner specifies the following issues to be
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`Construction of the “directly,” and “hand-held” limitations of the challenged
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`claims;
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`II. Whether claims 1-3, 6-14, and 17-18 of the ’357 Patent are obvious over
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`WO 99/39567 to Scott et al. (“Scott”) in view of U.S. Patent No. 7,010,294
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`to Pyotsia et al. (“Pyotsia”) and, optionally, in further view of “AIMS
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`Telemetry Network” Disclosed in “Irrigation Advances” (“AIMS”);
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`III. Whether claims 4, 5, 11, and 15 are obvious over Scott, Pyotsia, and U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,337,971 to Abts (“Abts”); and
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`If Patent Owner seeks to exclude any of Petitioner’s evidence, whether the
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`Board should overrule Patent Owner’s motion to exclude.
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`In the event any fees are required for this Request, please charge Deposit
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`Account No. 19-0522.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`HOVEY WILLIAMS LLP
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`BY: /s/ Scott R. Brown
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`Scott R. Brown, Reg. No. 40,535
`Matthew B. Walters, Reg. No. 65,343
`10801 Mastin Blvd., Suite 1000
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`Overland Park, Kansas 66210
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`P: (913) 647-9050; F: (913) 647-9057
`sbrown@hoveywilliams.com
`mwalters@hoveywilliams.com
`ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONERS
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`Dated: May 12, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON PATENT OWNER
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.105(A)
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` The undersigned hereby certifies that on the 12th day of May, 2016, a true and
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`accurate copy of the foregoing Petitioner’s Request for Oral Argument was filed
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`through the Patent Review Processing System and served on the following counsel
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`for Patent Owner via email:
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`P. Weston Musselman, Jr.
`Ricardo J. Bonilla
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`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
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`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`musselman@fr.com
`rbonilla@fr.com
`IPR25199-0016IP1@fr.com
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` /s/ Scott R. Brown
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