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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`KAWASAKI RAIL CAR, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`SCOTT BLAIR,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00117
`Patent 6,700,602
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`PATENT OWNER SCOTT BLAIR’S REQUEST FOR ORAL
`ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.70(a), Patent Owner requests oral argument currently scheduled
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`for January 26, 2018 at 11 am. Patent Owner requests lead counsel, Jennifer Meredith, be brought
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`in via teleconference and Mr. Dariush Keyhani, who is admitted pro hac vice, will attend in person.
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`The issues to be addressed at oral argument are requested to include:
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`(1) Issues in Ground C on claims 1-4 and 6 of the ‘602 patent as unpatentable under 35
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`U.S.C. §103 over Namikawa, Sasao, Amano and Maekawa;
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`(2) Issues addressed in Petitioner’s Response;
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`(3) Issues raised in the Motion for observation of reply witness Mr. Lowell Malo; and
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`(4) Rebuttal to Petitioner’s presentation and Papers.
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`Patent Owner requests 60 minutes and anticipates using demonstrative exhibits served five
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`business days before the oral argument in electronic form.
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`Patent Owner also requests availability of:
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`(1) A video projector with a VGA-type interface; and
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`(2) Access to the audio system (if applicable).
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/Jennifer Meredith/
`Jennifer Meredith
`Reg. No. 47,790
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Dated: December 19, 2017
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on December 19, 2017, a complete and entire copy of the within
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`Request for oral argument was emailed to the Petitioner by serving at the following addresses:
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`sheilamortazavi@andrewskurthkenyon.com
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`zaedbillah@andrewskurthkenyon.com
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`arminghiam@andrewskurthkenyon.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Jennifer Meredith
`Jennifer Meredith
`Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC
`205 Main Street
`East Aurora, NY 14052
`Telephone: (646) 546-5253
`Facsimile: (212) 202-3819
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