`Filed: March 11, 2020
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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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`MODERNA THERAPEUTICS, INC.,
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`ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00554
`Patent No. 8,058,069
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Patent Owner hereby provides this Request
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`for Oral Argument regarding the unpatentability of claims 1-22 of U.S. Patent No.
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`8,058,069 on the instituted grounds, and issues briefed with respect thereto.
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`Patent Owner requests 45 minutes per side of oral argument. The Oral
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`Argument is scheduled to be held April 22, 2020 pursuant to the Scheduling Order.
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`Date: March 11, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Michael T. Rosato, Lead Counsel
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that the foregoing Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument was
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`served on March 11, 2020, on the Petitioner at the electronic service addresses of
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`the Petitioner as follows:
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`Michael Fleming
`C. Maclain Wells
`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`mfleming@irell.com
`mwells@irell.com
`ModernaIPR@irell.com
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`Date: March 11, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Michael T. Rosato /
`Michael T. Rosato, Lead Counsel
`Reg. No. 52,182
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