`U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696
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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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`TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. and
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2016-013761
`Patent Number 6,197,696
`Before JUSTIN T. ARBES, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`1 GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc., who filed Petition IPR2017-00921, has been joined as
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Scheduling Order
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`IPR2016-01376
`U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696
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`issued on January 18, 2017, Patent Owner Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (“Patent
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`Owner”) respectfully requests the opportunity to present oral argument on
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`the instituted grounds of unpatentability for claims 13 and 15 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,197,696 under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) and associated issues.
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`The Scheduling Order provides a common date, September 12, 2017,
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`for each of the four separate proceedings before the Panel: IPR2016-01376,
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`IPR2016-01377, IPR2016-01378, and IPR2016-01379. To address the
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`disputed issues across all four proceedings, Patent Owner respectfully
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`proposes forty-five (45) minutes of total argument time for Patent Owner
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`and forty-five (45) minutes of total argument time for Petitioners in
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`connection with the foregoing issues and proceedings. These proceedings
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`share certain disputed claims and prior art references.
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`Respectfully submitted by:
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` /James L. Davis, Jr./
`Andrew N. Thomases (lead
`counsel) - Reg. No. 40,841
`ROPES & GRAY, LLP
`1900 University Ave., 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`(650) 617-4000/F: 617-235-9492
`andrew.thomases@ropesgray.com
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`J. Steven Baughman
`Reg. No. 47,414
`Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
`Garrison LLP
`2001 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20006-1047
`P: 202-223-7340/F: 202-403-3740
`sbaughman@paulweiss.com
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`Attorneys For Patent Owner
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`IPR2016-01376
`U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696
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`Dated: August 15, 2017
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`Jordan M. Rossen
`Reg. No. 74,064
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Washington D.C. 20006-6807
`P: 202-508-4759/F: 617-235-9492
`jordan.rossen@ropesgray.com
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`James L. Davis, Jr.
`Reg. No. 57,325
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue, 6th
`Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
`P: 650-617-4794/F: 617-235-9492
`james.l.davis@ropesgray.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER’S
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`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT was served by filing this document
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`through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTAB E2E, as well as providing
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`a courtesy copy via e-mail to the following attorneys of record for the
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`Petitioner listed below:
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`Petitioner TSMC’s Counsel of Record:
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`Darren M. Jiron, Darren.jiron@finnegan.com
`E. Robert Yoches, bob.yoches@finnegan.com
`J. Preston Long, j.preston.long@finnegan.com
`Joshua L. Goldberg, Joshua.Goldberg@finnegan.com
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`ATTN: Patent Administration, Two Freedom Square, 11955 Freedom Drive,
`Reston, VA 20190-5675
`Petitioner GlobalFoundries’s Counsel of Record:
`Christopher Carroll, christopher.carroll@whitecase.com
`75 State St, Boston, MA 02109-1814
`Shamita Etienne-Cummings, setienne@whitecase.com
`701 Thirteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20005-3807
`WHITE & CASE, LLP
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`Dated: August 15, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
`By:
`/Crena Pacheco/
`Name: Crena Pacheco
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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