`U.S. Patent No. 9,633,373
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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.,
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`Petitioner,
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`FIRSTFACE CO., LTD.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00613
`Case IPR2019-01011
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70, Patent Owner respectfully requests oral
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`argument in IPR2019-00612, IPR2019-00613, and IPR2019-00614.1 Oral argument
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`for all three proceedings is currently scheduled for May 5, 2020.
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`The Parties have met and conferred and jointly request that IPR2019-00612
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`be heard first. The Parties further jointly request that IPR2019-00613 and IPR2019-
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`00614 be heard and argued as a combined hearing due to the substantial overlap of
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`issues in these two proceedings. The Parties jointly request that each side be granted
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`one (1) hour for argument in IPR2019-00612. The Parties further jointly request that
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`each side be granted one (1) hour for argument in the combined hearing for IPR2019-
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`00613 and IPR2019-00614.
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`Pursuant to the USPTO’s notice regarding PTAB oral hearings occurring after
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`March 13, 2020, Patent Owner intends to participate via remote video and/or
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`telephonically.
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`Patent Owner requests oral argument on the following issues:
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` any issues related to the Board’s Institution Decision and the instituted
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`grounds;
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`1 IPR2019-01011 was joined with IPR2019-00613 as the lead proceeding.
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`IPR2019-01012 was joined with IPR2019-00614 as the lead proceeding.
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` whether Petitioner has met its burden of proof that the Challenged Claims are
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`unpatentable over the cited art references in the instituted grounds;
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` any issues raised in Petitioner’s request for oral argument;
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` any issues raised in Petitioner’s Motion to Exclude, if filed;
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` rebuttal to any issues raised in Petitioner’s oral argument or rebuttal;
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` rebuttal to Petitioner’s presentation on all matters, including those listed
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`above; and
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` any additional issues for which the Board seeks clarification.
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`Dated: March 24, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Barry J. Bumgardner/
`Barry J. Bumgardner
`Registration No. 38,397
`NELSON BUMGARDNER
`ALBRITTON P.C.
`3131 W. 7th Street, Suite 300
`Fort Worth, Texas 76107
`Telephone: (817) 377-3494
`Email: barry@nbafirm.com
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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 Petitioner’s counsel by electronic mail.
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`Scott A. McKeown, scott.mckeown@ropesgray.com
`Gabrielle E. Higgins, gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
`Christopher M. Bonny, christopher.bonny@ropesgray.com
`Victor Cheung, victor.cheung@ropesgray.com
`Ropes-Firstface-IPR-Service@ropesgray.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Barry J. Bumgardner/
`Barry J. Bumgardner
`Registration No. 38,397
`NELSON BUMGARDNER
`ALBRITTON P.C.
`3131 W. 7th Street, Suite 300
`Fort Worth, Texas 76107
`Telephone: (817) 377-3494
`Email: barry@nbafirm.com
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`Dated: March 24, 2020
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