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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ALLSTEEL INC.
`Petitioner
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`DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-01691
`Patent No. 8,024,901
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, SCOTT A. DANIELS, and
`JACQUELINE T. HARLOW, Administrative Patent Judges
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner Allsteel, Inc. respectfully
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`requests the opportunity to present oral argument in this matter. The Board has set
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`October 13, 2016, as the date for any oral argument in this matter. (Scheduling
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`Order, Paper No. 11). In accordance with the general guidelines set forth in the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 45,756 at 48,768 (Aug. 14, 2012),
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`Petitioner respectfully requests that it be permitted to present its case first, and
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`requests one hour of argument time with the opportunity to reserve time for a
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`rebuttal. The issues to be addressed include the following:
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`1.
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`The grounds for which inter partes review was instituted:
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`a. U.S. Patent 8,024,901 claims 1, 6, 7, and 15-18 are obvious over Raith
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`and EVH;
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`b. U.S. Patent 8,024,901 claims 1, 4, 5, and 9 are obvious over Raith and
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`Yu;
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`c. U.S. Patent 8,024,901 claims 1, 4, 10, 19, and 20 are obvious over Raith
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`and MacGregor;
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`d. U.S. Patent 8,024,901 claim 25 is obvious over Raith, MacGregor, and
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`Rozier; and
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`e. U.S. Patent 8,024,901 claim 14 is obvious over Raith, EVH, and Dixon.
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`2.
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`Any issues addressed by Petitioner in IPR2015-01691, including in the
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 1), Petitioner’s Reply to Patent
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`Owner’s Response (Paper No. 30), and in Petitioner’s Motion to Exclude
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`Evidence, and Patent Owner’s Response, if any.
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`3.
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`Any issues properly raised by Patent Owner in IPR2015-01691, including in
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`Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response (Paper No. 9) and Patent Owner’s
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`Response (Paper No. 24), and also in Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude and
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`Motion for Observation Regarding Cross-Examination, and Petitioner’s
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`4.
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`5.
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`responses thereto, if any.
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`Issues related to evidence submitted in this proceeding.
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`Rebuttal to issues raised by Patent Owner in this proceeding.
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`Any issues in this proceeding noted in Patent Owner’s Request for Oral
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`Argument, or otherwise raised by the Board.
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`Petitioner requests permission to use audio/visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including a computer, projector, and screen to display
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`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
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`By:
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`/Victor P. Jonas/
`Victor P. Jonas
`Reg. No. 58,590
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`demonstratives and exhibits.
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`Dated: Sept. 6, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I hereby certify that on September 6, 2016, I
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`caused a true and correct copy of Petitioner’s Request for Oral Argument to be
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`served via email, as a PDF attachment, on the following:
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`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
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`By:
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`/Victor P. Jonas/
`Victor P. Jonas
`Reg. No. 58,590
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`Chad Nydegger
`cnydegger@wnlaw.com
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`David Todd
`dtodd@wnlaw.com
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`Michael J. Frodsham
`mfrodsham@wnlaw.com
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`Dated: September 6, 2016
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`Telephone: (612) 766-7000
`Facsimile: (612) 766-1600
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