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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR2019-01026
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`Patent 6,993,049
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`PATENT OWNER REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Patent Owner Uniloc 2017 LLC hereby requests oral argument in
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`accordance with 37 C.F.R. §42.70 and pursuant to the Scheduling Order (Paper
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`8) entered December 4, 2019. Patent Owner proposes no more than thirty (30)
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`minutes per side. Under the unusual circumstances caused by the pandemic, Patent
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`Owner requests that a videoconference be held in this matter so that the parties may
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`participate remotely. Should the current restrictions due to COVID-19 be lifted by
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`September 10, 2020, the scheduled date for oral argument, Patent Owner requests
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`that oral argument be held at the Dallas, Texas, USPTO Regional Office.
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`Issues to be argued include:
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`Any issues pertaining to the grounds on which this IPR was instituted.
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`This may include, for example, the level of ordinary skill in the art, claim
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`construction, the absence of elements in the prior art, and reasons/motivations to
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`combine references.
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`Any issues specified in the Petition.
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`Any issues specified in Patent Owner’s Response.
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`Any issues specified in Petitioner’s Reply.
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`Any issues specified in Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply.
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`Any issues otherwise raised by the Board.
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`Date: July 16, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Brett A. Mangrum/
`Ryan Loveless
`Reg. No. 51,970
`Brett A. Mangrum
`Reg. No. 64,783
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that an electronic
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`copy of the foregoing was served to Petitioner’s counsel via the PTAB E2E system
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`and to the following email addresses identified in the Petition’s consent to
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`electronic service:
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`Lead Counsel:
`Andrew M. Mason, Reg. No. 64,034
`andrew.mason@klarquist.com
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`Backup Counsel:
`Todd M. Siegel, Reg. No. 73,232
`Joseph T. Jakubek, Reg. No. 34,190
`John M. Lunsford, Reg. No. 67,185
`todd.siegel@klarquist.com
`joseph.jakubek@klarquist.com
`john.lunsford@klarquist.com
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`Date: July 16, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Brett A. Mangrum
`Brett A. Mangrum
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