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`PAPER NO. 28
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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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`RIMFROST AS
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`AKER BIOMARINE ANTARCTIC AS
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR2018-01730
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,072,752
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`PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R § 42.70, the Scheduling Order and follow up Order
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`dated March 12, 2019 (Paper 8) and June 4, 2019 (Paper 11), respectively,
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`Petitioner Rimfrost AS respectfully requests oral argument in connection with
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`IPR2018-01730, currently scheduled for Monday, December 9, 2019 at 1:00 PM
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`CST in the Texas Regional Office, Terminal Annex Federal Building, 207 S.
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`Houston Street, Dallas, Texas 75202. Petitioner requests sixty (60) minutes in
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`which to present its arguments regarding its Petition (Paper 2) and its Opposition to
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`Patent Owner’s Motion to Amend (Paper 12). Petitioner also requests that the
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`court reporter be present in the hearing room.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R § 42.70 and without intending to waive any
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`issue not specifically identified, Petitioner specifies the following issues to be
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`That the claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,072,752 are not patentable over
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`the applied art on the grounds presented in the Petition as summarized in Table I
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`TABLE I
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`Reference(s)
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`Basis
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`Catchpole
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`35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
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`35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
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`35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
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`Claims
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`1, 5-6, 11
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`4, 7, 12-13
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`35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
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`1-3, 5-6, 11
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`14-16, 20
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`17-19
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`Catchpole and
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`Catchpole and
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`Catchpole, Enzymotec,
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`That Patent Owner’s (“PO’s”) Motion to Amend the Claims (“MTA”)
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`(Paper 12) be denied as the proposed substitute claims are not patentable over the
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`applied art on the grounds presented in the Petition, Petitioner’s Opposition to
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`PO’s MTA (Paper 19) and Petitioner’s Sur-Reply to PO’s Reply to Petitioner’s
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`Opposition to PO’s MTA (Paper TBD) and as summarized in Table II below.
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`(The proposed substitute claim is followed by the claim, in italics, it
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`amends/substitutes.)
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`Basis
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`Amended Claims
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`Catchpole, NKO
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`Catchpole, Enzymotec,
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`That a POSITA would have been motivated to combine the applied
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`Any issues raised by Patent Owner in its Request for Oral Argument.
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`Rebuttal to Patent Owner’s oral argument and presentation on all
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`Any objections to evidence, and any motions to exclude and
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`Any other issues that the Board deems necessary for issuing a final
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`written decision.
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`Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board make available audio-visual
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`equipment, including a projector to be connected to a laptop and an ELMO, to
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`display demonstrative exhibits and documents of record.
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`Dated: November 12, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Michael I. Chakansky/
`Michael I. Chakansky (Reg. No. 31,600)
`Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
`6 Campus Drive
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`Parsippany, N.J. 07054
`mchakansky@hbiplaw.com
`Tel: 973.331.1700
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`First Back-Up Counsel for
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this the 12th day of November, 2019, the foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT was served in its entirety
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`on the following counsel of record by electronic service by email at the email
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`addresses as set forth below in accordance with the consent set forth in Patent
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`Owner’s Mandatory Notices Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 (Paper No. 4).
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`David A. Casimir
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`J. Mitchell Jones
`CASIMIR JONES S.C.
`2275 Deming Way, Suite 310
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`Michael I. Chakansky (Reg. No. 31,600)
`Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
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`mchakansky@hbiplaw.com
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