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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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`MPH TECHNOLOGIES OY,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00820
`Patent 7,937,581
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`PATENT OWNER MPH TECHNOLOGIES OY’S
`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Board’s September 27, 2019
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`Scheduling Order (Paper 11), MPH Technologies Oy (“Patent Owner”)
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`respectfully requests oral argument, as currently scheduled for June 25, 2020.
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`Reservation Of Time: Patent Owner requests an opportunity to reserve sur-
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`rebuttal time to respond to rebuttal arguments by Petitioner, and an opportunity to
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`provide a closing statement. Compare, e.g., Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd.
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`et al. v. VirnetX, Inc., IPR2015-01046/01047, Paper 60, 2 (PTAB June 2, 2016)
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`(“Both parties may reserve some of their argument time for rebuttal, and Patent
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`Owner will be afforded an opportunity to provide a closing statement along with
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`any rebuttal.”).
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`Issues For Argument: Without waiving any issue not specifically identified,
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`Patent Owner specifies at least the following issues it may discuss at argument:
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` Issues related to the instituted grounds, including, for example, claim
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`construction, anticipation, obviousness, motivation to combine, and
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`reasonable expectation of success;
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` The timeliness of the arguments raised in the proceedings;
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` Any other relevant issues raised in papers filed in this proceeding, including
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`issues raised in papers yet to be filed; and
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` Any other issues that the Board deems necessary for issuing a Final Written
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`Decision, including any questions, rebuttals, or arguments that may arise
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`during the oral argument.
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`The Board’s advance guidance is respectfully solicited as to any questions
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`the Board specifically wishes to be addressed.
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`Time For Argument: Patent Owner respectfully requests 45 minutes of total
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`argument time per side. Patent Owner believes that this is a sufficient amount of
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`time to discuss all issues in dispute in this case.
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`Equipment: Patent Owner requests the ability to use a computer, projector,
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`and screen to display possible demonstratives and exhibits.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James T. Carmichael/
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`James T. Carmichael, Reg. No. 45,306
`CARMICHAEL IP, PLLC
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`Date: May 13, 2020
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the following documents were served
`by electronic service, on the date signed below:
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`PATENT OWNER MPH TECHNOLOGIES OY’S
`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`The names and address of the parties being served are as follows:
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`Michael D. Specht
`Daniel S. Block
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`Timothy L. Tang
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`mspecht-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`dblock-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`ttang-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`PTAB@sternekessler.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Jason Linger/
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`Date: May 13, 2020
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