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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`NEOCHORD, INC.
`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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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
`Case No.: IPR2016-00208 - Atty Docket: HARP-001/02US
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), the Patent Owner, University of Maryland,
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`Baltimore, hereby requests oral argument, currently scheduled for January 31,
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`2017 in this proceeding on the following issues:
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`1.
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`Claim construction of the term “percutaneously accessing an apical
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`region of the heart.”
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`The Grounds based on Speziali should not be maintained.
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`The Grounds based on Lattouf I and each of Bachman, Carpentier and
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`Downing should not be maintained.
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`Rebuttal to any issues raised by Petitioner.
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`Patent Owner requests permission to use audio-visual equipment to display
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`evidence and possible demonstratives, including the use of a computer, projector,
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`screen and table.
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`This request for oral argument is timely filed under the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board’s (“Board”) May 24, 2016 Scheduling Order (Paper 7).
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`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
`Case No.: IPR2016-00208 - Atty Docket: HARP-001/02US
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`Submitted by,
`COOLEY LLP
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`/Erik B. Milch/
`Erik B. Milch
`Reg. No. 42,887
`Back-up Counsel for Patent Owner
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`December 15, 2016
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`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004-2400
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`Tel: (703) 456-8000
`Fax: (202) 842-7899
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`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
`Case No.: IPR2016-00208 - Atty Docket: HARP-001/02US
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e) that a complete copy of:
` Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument; and
` this Certificate of Service
`are being served electronically (as consented to by Petitioner), on the 15th day of
`December, 2016, the same day as the filing of the above-identified documents in
`the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), upon:
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`Brad D. Pedersen
`pederson@ptslaw.com
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`Eric H. Chadwick
`chadwick@ptslaw.com
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`Chad W. Wickman
`wickman@ptslaw.com
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`Patterson Thuente Pederson, P.A.
`80 South 8th Street, Suite 4800
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`With a courtesy copy to prps@ptslaw.com.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`COOLEY LLP
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`/Erik B. Milch/
`Erik B. Milch
`Reg. No. 42,887
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`December 15, 2016
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`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004-2400
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`Tel: (703) 456-8000
`Fax: (202) 842-7899
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