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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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`NEOCHORD, INC.
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`Petitioner,
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`UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No.: IPR2016-00208
`Patent No. 7,635,386
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner Neochord, Inc.
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`respectfully requests oral argument for all of the issues remaining in this Inter
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`Partes Review. Oral argument is currently scheduled for Tuesday, January 31,
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`2017.
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`Petitioner submits that one-half hour of oral argument is appropriate to
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`address the following issues:
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`Speziali is prior art to the ‘386 Patent;
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`(ii) Patentee’s claim construction of percutaneously is wrong;
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`(iii) The Grounds based on Speziali should be maintained;
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`(iv) The Grounds based on Lattouf I and each of Bachman, Carpentier and
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`Downing should be maintained.
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`Petitioner requests permission to use audio/visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including a projector and screen for Power Point or PDF
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ Brad Pedersen
`Brad D. Pedersen
`Reg. No. 32,432
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Dated: December 14, 2016
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`I hereby certify that on December 14, 2016, a copy of the foregoing was
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`Certificate of Service
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`electronically served on patent owner at the following addresses:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ Brad Pedersen
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`Brad D. Pedersen
`Reg. No. 32,432
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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`stalbot@cooley.com,
`emilch@cooley.com
`nvashaw@cooley.com
`IPR2016-00208@cooley.com
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`Dated: December 14, 2016
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