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`IPR2017-01668
`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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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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`FACEBOOK, INC., WHATSAPP INC.,
`Petitioners
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`UNILOC USA, INC., UNILOC LUXEMBOURG, S.A.
`Patent Owners
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`Case IPR2017-01668
`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`Atty Docket No. FABO-070/01US
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`In a joint scheduling order, the Board tentatively scheduled an oral hearing
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`for IPR2017-01667 and IPR2017-01668 on August 30, 2018. (Paper 9.) Pursuant
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`to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioners (Facebook and WhatsApp Inc.) request a
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`consolidated oral hearing on all grounds of unpatentability raised in IPR2017-
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`01667 and IPR2017-01668. Petitioners also request oral hearing on any issues
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`raised by Patent Owner in its Request for Oral Hearing, any procedural or
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`evidentiary issues raised by the parties, and any additional issues or questions
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`raised by the Board or the parties before or during the oral argument.
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`Petitioners request fifteen minutes of time to address these issues. To the
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`extent the Board schedules the hearing to last more than thirty minutes, however,
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`Petitioners request that they be given half the length of the hearing to address these
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`issues.
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`Petitioners further request that they be permitted to speak first at oral
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`argument as the parties bearing the burden of showing the unpatentability of the
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`challenged claims, and that they be permitted to reserve time for rebuttal following
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`Patent Owner’s allotted argument time.
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`Petitioners request that the oral hearing in this proceeding be held in the
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`Texas Regional Office in Dallas, Texas, as indicated in the joint scheduling order
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`(Paper 9), to the extent practicable including the capacity of the hearing room.
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`Petitioners request that a total of seven spaces be reserved at the oral hearing for
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`Petitioners, to accommodate counsel for each of the Petitioners and their corporate
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`representatives.
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`Petitioners also request that two attorneys at Petitioners’ counsel’s table be
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`allowed to use computers at the hearing (in addition to the counsel making the
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`argument using his or her computer to show the demonstratives) because
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`arguments will be presented by two different Petitioners and to avoid the need for
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`the parties to bring entire paper copies of the record into the hearing room and to
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`facilitate efficient answering of panel questions.
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`Petitioners further request the use of audio-visual equipment suitable to
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`display papers of record and demonstrative exhibits, including a computer-
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`connectable projector, an ELMO, and a screen. Petitioners further request the
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`services of a court reporter to transcribe the proceeding.
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`Dated: July 26, 2018
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`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (650) 843-5001
`Fax: (650) 849-7400
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`By:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Heidi L. Keefe/
`Heidi L. Keefe
`Reg. No. 40,673
`Counsel for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, that a complete copy of the
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`attached PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING, and related
`documents, are being served on the 26th day of July, 2018, by electronic mail on
`counsel of record for the Patent Owner as follows:
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`Brett Mangrum
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`James Etheridge
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
`Jeffrey Huang
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
`ETHERIDGE LAW GROUP
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`Sean D. Burdick
`sean.burdick@unilocusa.com
`UNILOC USA, INC.
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`DATED: JULY 26, 2018
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`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Docketing
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
`Suite 700
`Washington, D.C. 20004
`Tel: (650) 843-5001
`Fax: (650) 849-7400
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`/ Heidi L. Keefe /
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