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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.
`Petitioner,
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`PAPST LICENSING GMBH & CO. KG
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-01842
`Patent 9,189,437
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`PETITIONER APPLE INC.’S
`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Board’s April 27, 2017 Scheduling
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`Order (Paper 11) and the Notice of Stipulation to Move Due Dates (Paper 13),
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. respectfully requests oral argument, which is currently
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`scheduled for January 16, 2018, on the issues raised in the Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,189,437 (“the ’437 patent”), Patent Owner’s
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`Preliminary Response, Patent Owner’s Response, Petitioner’s Reply to Patent
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`Owner’s Response, Patent Owner’s Motion for Observations on Cross Examination
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`and Petitioner’s Response to Patent Owner’s Motion for Observations. The issues to
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`be argued are: 1) whether claims 1, 4–6, 9–12, 14, 15, 30, and 34 of the ’437 patent
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`are obvious over the combination of Pucci, Kepley, and Schmidt; 2) whether claim
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`16 of the ’437 patent is obvious over the combination of Pucci, Kepley, Schmidt,
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`and Shinosky; 3) whether claims 13 and 18 of the ’437 patent are obvious over the
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`combination of Pucci, Kepley, Schmidt, and Campbell; 4) whether claim 32 of the
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`’437 patent is obvious over the combination of Pucci, Kepley, Schmidt, and Wilson;
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`5) whether claim 43 of the ’437 patent is obvious over the combination of Pucci and
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`Schmidt; and 6) whether claim 45 of the ’437 patent is obvious over the
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`combination of Pucci, Schmidt, and Campbell.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Lori A. Gordon/
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`Lori A. Gordon, Reg. No. 50,633
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: December 5, 2017
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT was served electronically via e-mail on
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`December 5, 2017, in its entirety on the following:
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`Gregory S. Donahue (Lead Counsel)
`Minghui Yang (Back-up Counsel)
`Michael R. Fleming (Back-up Counsel)
`Anthony L. Meola (Back-up Counsel)
`Jason A Murphy (Back-up Counsel)
`Victor J. Baranowski (Back-up Counsel)
`Arlen L. Olsen (Back-up Counsel)
`gdonahue@dpelaw.com
`myang@dpelaw.com
`docketing@dpelaw.com
`mfleming@irell.com
`ameola@iplawusa.com
`jmurphy@iplawusa.com
`vbaranowski@iplawusa.com
`aolsen@iplawusa.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Lori A. Gordon/
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`Lori A. Gordon, Reg. No. 50,633
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: December 5, 2017
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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