`Filed August 17, 2017
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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., HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC.,
`MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MICROSOFT MOBILE OY,
`MICROSOFT MOBILE INC., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., and ZTE (USA) INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`EVOLVED WIRELESS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-007581
`Patent 8,218,481 B2
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`Before CHRISTOPHER L. CRUMBLEY, PETER P. CHEN, and
`TERRENCE W. MCMILLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`1 IPR2016-001342 and IPR2016-01349 have been consolidated with this
`proceeding. IPR2017-00068 and IPR2017-00106 have been joined with IPR2016-
`00758. IPR2016-00981 has been joined with IPR2016-01349.
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`Case IPR2016-00758
`Patent 8,218,481 B2
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Board’s Revised Scheduling Order
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`(Paper 25), Petitioners2 request oral argument on the instituted grounds of
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`unpatentability for claims 1-4, 6, 8-11, 13, and 15-16 of U.S. Patent No. 8,218,481.
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`The Board has scheduled an oral hearing for October 17, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. ET at
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`the USPTO offices in Alexandria, Virginia. Paper 36 at 3.
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`Petitioners have conferred and agreed that:
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`counsel for ZTE will present on behalf of Petitioners as to grounds 1-
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`9, which are based primarily on the Panasonic references (see Paper
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`24 at 4); and
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`(ii)
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`counsel for Apple/Microsoft will present on behalf of Petitioners as to
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`grounds 10-17, which are based primarily on the IEEE802.16
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`references (see Paper 24 at 4-5).
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`Petitioners request the ability to use an overhead projector or other audio-
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`visual equipment for demonstrative exhibits such as PowerPoint slides.
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`This paper uses the following nomenclature: (i) “Apple/Microsoft
`Petitioners” refers collectively to Apple, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft
`Mobile Oy, and Microsoft Mobile Inc.; (ii) “ZTE/HTC/Samsung Petitioners” refers
`collectively to ZTE (USA) Inc., HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., Samsung
`Electronics Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.; and
`(iii) “Petitioners” refers collectively to the Apple/Microsoft Petitioners and the
`ZTE/HTC/Samsung Petitioners.
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`Date: August 17, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Roberto J. Devoto/
`W. Karl Renner (Reg. 41,265)
`Roberto J. Devoto (Reg. 55,108)
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Apple, Inc.,
`Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Mobile
`Oy, and Microsoft Mobile Inc.
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`/Charles M. McMahon/
`Charles M. McMahon (Reg. 44,926)
`Hersh H. Mehta (Reg. 62,336)
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
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`Attorneys for Petitioner ZTE (USA) Inc.,
`HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc.,
`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and
`Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that I sent a copy of the foregoing PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL
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`HEARING on August 17, 2017 by electronic mail to the attorneys of record for the
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`Patent Owner at the following e-mail addresses:
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`cmorton@robinskaplan.com
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`rschultz@robinskaplan.com
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`/Hersh H. Mehta/
`Hersh H. Mehta
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