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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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`VALVE CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner,
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`IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2016-00948 (Patent 8,641,525 B2)
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`IPR2016-00949 (Patent 9,089,770 B2)
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`IPR2016-00948
`IPR2016-00949
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the parties’ November 11, 2016 Joint
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`Proposed Schedule (Paper 16), Patent Owner Ironburg Inventions Ltd. (“Patent
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`Owner”) respectfully requests oral argument, which is currently scheduled for
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`June 5, 2017. Patent Owner requests a combined argument and transcript for
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`IPR2016-00948 and IPR2016-00949 because the oral arguments overlap in
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`substance and are both scheduled for the same day with the same panel.
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`Without waiving consideration of any issue not identified below, Patent
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`Owner requests a 1PM ET start time and three hours (90 minutes per side) to
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`address the following issues in both IPR2016-00948 and IPR2016-00949:
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`1. The construction of certain terms of (a) U.S. Pat. No. 8,641,525 (“the ‘525
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`Patent”), which is the subject of the IPR2016-00948 proceeding, and
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`(b) U.S. Pat. No. 9,089,770 (“the ‘770 Patent”), which is the subject of the
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`IPR2016-00949 proceeding;
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`2. For IPR2016-00948, the patentability of challenged claims of the ‘525
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`Patent over the applied art, including:
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`a. the patentability of claims 1, 6, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 over Tosaki;
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`b. the patentability of claims 1-11, 13, 16, 17, and 20 over the
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`combination of Enright and Tosaki; and
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`c. the patentability of claim 18 over the combination of Enright, Tosaki
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`3. For IPR2016-00949, the patentability of the challenged claims of the ‘770
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`Patent over the applied art, including:
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`a. the patentability of claims 1, 3-12, 15-17, 19 and 20 over Tosaki; and
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`b. the patentability of claims 1-12 and 14-20 over the combination of
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`Enright and Tosaki;
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`4. Any issues specified by Petitioner in its Request for Oral Argument;
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`5. Rebuttal to Petitioner’s presentation on all matters;
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`6. Any other issues raised in papers filed in this proceeding, including issues
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`raised in papers yet to be filed, such as Motion to Exclude; and
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`7. Any other outstanding motions and pleading, and other issues that the Board
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`deems necessary for issuing a Final Written Decision.
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`Patent Owner requests the ability to use audio visual equipment to display
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`possible demonstratives and exhibits, including the use of a computer, projector,
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`Elmo, and screen.
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`Date: May 2, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Ehab M. Samuel
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`Ehab Samuel
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Reg. No. 57,905
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`Danielle Mihalkanin
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e) and 42.105(b), the undersigned certifies
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`IPR2016-00948
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`that the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT,
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`was served electronically via PTAB E2E to Petitioner’s counsel of record at the
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`following address:
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`Joshua C. Harrison, Reg. No. 45,686, josh@bhiplaw.com
`Reynaldo C. Barcelo, Reg. No. 42,290, rey@bhiplaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Ehab M. Samuel
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`Ehab Samuel
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Reg. No. 57,905
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`Danielle Mihalkanin
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: May 2, 2017
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