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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`General Electric Company,
`Petitioner,
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`United Technologies Corporation,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016-01289
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Board’s Scheduling Order dated
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`December 27, 2016 (Paper 8), Petitioner General Electric Company (“Petitioner”)
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`respectfully submits this Request for Oral Argument. The Board has currently
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`scheduled the oral hearing in IPR2016-01289 for September 18, 2017. Petitioner
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`specifies the following issues to be argued:
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` Whether claims 1-14 of U.S. Patent No. 7,060,360 are unpatentable under
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`pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious based on U.S. Patent No. 5,677,060
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`(“Terentieva”) (GE-1005) in view of U.S. Patent No. 6,387,456 (“Eaton
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`456”) (GE-1006).
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` Whether claims 1-14 of U.S. Patent No. 7,060,360 are unpatentable under
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`pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious based on U.S. Patent No. 5,677,060
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`(“Terentieva”) (GE-1005) in view of J.D. Webster et al., Oxidation
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`Protection Coatings for C/SiC Based on Yttrium Silicate (“Webster”) (GE-
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`1025), Yoshikazu Suzuki et al., Improvement in Mechanical Properties of
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`Powder-Processed MoSi2 by the Addition of Sc2O3 and Y2O3 (“Suzuki”)
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`(GE-1024), and the Admitted Prior Art in the 360 Patent.
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` Any issues identified in Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument;
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` Any issues raised in Motions to Exclude or Motions for Observations on
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`Cross Examination; and
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` Any other issues the Board deems necessary for issuing a final written
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`Petitioner also requests permission to use a computer, projector and screen to
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`display possible demonstratives and exhibits.
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`Dated: August 17, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Anish R. Desai / a
`Anish R. Desai (Reg.No. 73,760)
`Brian E. Ferguson (Reg. No. 36,801)
`Megan H. Wantland (Reg. No. 64,423)
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`1300 Eye Street NW, Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005
`T: 202-682-7000
`E: GE.WGM.Service@weil.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on August 17, 2017, the foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT was served via
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`electronic mail, upon the following:
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`W. Karl Renner
`Timothy W. Riffe
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`AXF-PTAB@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
`Riffe@fr.com
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`/Timothy J. Andersen/ a
`Timothy J. Andersen
`Case Manager
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`1300 Eye Street NW, Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005
`T: 202-682-7075
`timothy.andersen@weil.com
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