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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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`K/S HIMPP,
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`Petitioner,
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`III HOLDINGS 4, LLC,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00781
`Patent 8,654,999
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`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
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`Patent Owner, III Holdings 4, LLC, hereby requests oral argument pursuant
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`to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Scheduling Order issued on July 27, 2017 in this
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`proceeding. Patent Owner requests the Board permit 60 minutes per side to address
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`all topics in this proceeding and in related proceeding IPR2017-00782, which is
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`scheduled for oral argument on the same date.
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that the oral argument be held at the
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`USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
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`Patent Owner expects that the following issues will be addressed during oral
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`argument:
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`Whether claims 1-5 and 16 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
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`Fichtl (Ex. 1003) in view of Mangold (Ex. 1007) and Bisgaard (Ex. 1006);
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`Whether claim 18 is unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Fichtl in view
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`of Mangold, Bisgaard, and Sacha (Ex. 1004);
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`Whether claims 6-9 and 17 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
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`Fichtl in view of Sacha, Mangold, and DE961 (Ex. 1009);
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`Whether claim 19 is unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Fichtl in view
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`of Mangold, Bisgaard, Sacha, and DE961; and
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`Whether Exhibits 1009, 1011, and 1012 should be excluded from this
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`proceeding pursuant to Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude.
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`Dated: March 20, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Henry A. Petri, Jr./
`Henry A. Petri Jr., Reg. No. 33,063
`James P. Murphy, Reg. No. 55,474
`Polsinelli, PC
`1000 Louisiana Street, 53rd Floor
`Houston, Texas 77002
`Tele: (713) 374-1631
`Fax: (713) 374-1601
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT was served on March 20, 2018,
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`via email directed to the following counsel of record for the Petitioner:
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`Donald R. Steinberg
`Don.Steinberg@wilmerhale.com
`Yung-Hoon Ha
`sam.ha@wilmerhale.com
`Haixia Lin
`Haixia.Lin@wilmerhale.com
`Christopher R. O’Brien
`christopher.obrien@wilmerhale.com
`Vera A Shmidt
`Vera.Shmidt@wilmerhale.com
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`/Sabrina Alaniz/
`Sabrina Alaniz
`POLSINELLI PC
`1000 Louisiana, Fifty-Third Floor
`Houston, Texas 77002
`Tele: (713) 374-1600
`Fax: (713) 374-1601
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