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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.,
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`GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-013761
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`Patent 6,197,696 B1
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`Before JUSTIN T. ARBES, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`1 GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.’s motion for joinder in IPR2017-00921 was granted.
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`IPR2016-01376, IPR2017-00921
`Patent 6,197,696 B1
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and in accordance with the Board’s
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`Scheduling Order dated January 18, 2017 (Paper 12), Petitioner Taiwan
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`Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (“TSMC”) respectfully submits
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`this Request for Oral Argument. The Board has currently scheduled the oral
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`argument in IPR2016-01376, IPR2016-01377, IPR2016-01378, and IPR2016-
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`01379 for September 12, 2017. Paper 12 at 6.
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`TSMC specifies the following issues to be argued during oral argument:
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` Whether claims 10–15 of U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696 are entitled to the
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`benefit of priority of Japanese Patent Application No. H10-079371;
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` Whether the effective prior-art date of Grill under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 102(e) is the filing date of its provisional parent application, U.S.
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`Application Ser. No. 60/071,628;
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` Whether claims 10–15 of U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696 are unpatentable
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`under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Grill in view of
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`Aoyama;
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` Whether claims 10 and 12 of U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696 are
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`unpatentable under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Grill in
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`view of Aoyama and Wetzel;
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` Any issues identified in Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Hearing;
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` Any issues raised in either party’s Motions to Exclude; and
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` Any other issues the Board deems necessary for issuing a final written
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`decision.
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`Petitioner requests 60 minutes of argument time for the proposed hearing of
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`consolidated IPR2016-01376, IPR2016-01377, IPR2016-01378, and IPR2016-
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`01379. To the extent the Board schedules the hearing to last longer than 120
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`minutes, Petitioner requests half the length of the hearing be allocated to Petitioner
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`to address these issues.
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`Finally, Petitioner requests that ten spaces be reserved at the oral hearing to
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`accommodate its counsel and corporate representatives. Petitioner also requests
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`that two attorneys at Petitioner’s counsel’s table be allowed to use computers at the
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`hearing (in addition to the counsel making the argument using his or her computer
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`to show the demonstratives), to avoid the need for the parties to bring entire paper
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`copies of the record into the hearing room and to facilitate efficient answering of
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`panel questions.
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`Dated: August 15, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Darren M. Jiron/
`Darren M. Jiron
`Reg. No. 45,777
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`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), this is to certify that I caused to be served a
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`true and correct copy of the PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL
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`ARGUMENT by electronic mail, this 15th day of August, 2017, on counsel of
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`record for the Patent Owner as follows:
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`Andrew N. Thomases
`andrew.thomases@ropesgray.com
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`J. Steven Baughman
`sbaughman@paulweiss.com
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`Jordan M. Rossen
`jordan.rossen@ropesgray.com
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`James L. Davis, Jr.
`james.l.davis@ropesgray.com
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`IPBridgeTSMCPTABService@ropesgray.com
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`Patent Owner has agreed to electronic service.
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`A true and correct copy of the PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL
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`ARGUMENT was also served on August 15, 2017, via email directed to counsel
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`of record for Petitioner GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. at the following:
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`David Tennant
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`Shamita Etienne-Cummings
`setienne@whitecase.com
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`Allen Wang
`allen.wang@whitecase.com
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`IPR2016-01376, IPR2017-00921
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`Dated: August 15, 2017
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`wcptab@whitecase.com
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`WCGlobalFoundriesIPR1Team@whitecase.com
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`By: /Lauren K. Young/
`Lauren K. Young
`Litigation Legal Assistant
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
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