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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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`UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.,1
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2017-01993
`U.S. Patent No. 9,414,199
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`1 Patent Owner filed an Updated Mandatory Notice indicating that the current owner
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`of U.S. Patent No. 9,414,199 is Uniloc 2017 LLC. See Paper No. 16.
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`IPR2017-01993
`Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
`Petitioner respectfully requests oral argument in connection with IPR2017-
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`01993 for U.S. Patent No. 9,414,199 (“the ’199 Patent”). Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.70, Petitioner specifies the following issues to be argued:
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`• Grounds for which inter partes review in this proceeding was instituted
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`and any issue raised in the Board’s Institution Decision, including
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`interpretation of the claim limitation: “predicting whether the user
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`device will be at any of the one or more predetermined locations within
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`the predetermined maximum amount of time …”;
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`• Any issue addressed in Petitioner’s papers, including the Petition and
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`Petitioner’s Reply;
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`• Any issue addressed in Patent Owner’s papers, including Patent
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`Owner’s Response and Sur-Reply;
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`• Any issue raised by the Board or Patent Owner at the oral hearing;
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`• Any other issue raised in papers filed in this proceeding, including
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`issues raised in correspondence with the Board or papers yet to be filed;
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`and
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`• Any other issue that the Board deems necessary for issuing a final
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`written decision.
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`IPR2017-01993
`Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing
`The oral hearing for this proceeding and IPR2017-01993 is currently
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`scheduled for December 4, 2018. See Paper 11 (Scheduling Order) at 7. Petitioner
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`requests half of the time that the Board determines is appropriate for oral
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`argument. Petitioner believes that each side needs no more than 45 minutes, in
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`aggregate, to present arguments and respond to the Board’s questions.
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`Petitioner additionally requests that the Board’s staff provide audio-visual
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`equipment to display demonstrative exhibits, including (a) a monitor or projector
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`to be connected to a laptop, (b) an ELMO projector, and (c) a projection screen.
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`Dated: October 23, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Xin-Yi Zhou
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`Xin-Yi Zhou (Reg. No. 63,366)
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`IPR2017-01993
`Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.6(e) and §42.105 that on
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`October 23, 2018, Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing was served via email on
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`Patent Owner’s counsel at the following addresses:
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`Brett Mangrum
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`James Etheridge
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
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`Dated: October 23, 2018
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`Ryan Loveless
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`Jeffrey Huang
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Xin-Yi Zhou
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`Xin-Yi Zhou (Reg. No. 63,366)
`Counsel for Petitioner
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