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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT & BMW
`OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC,
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`PAICE LLC & THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.
`Patent Owners
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`Inter Partes Review No.: IPR2020-01299
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,630,761
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Petitioners’ Request for Oral Argument, IPR2020-01299
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,630,761
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`Pursuant to the Board’s Scheduling Order dated January 15, 2021 (Paper
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`11), Petitioners Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft & BMW of North
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`America, LLC (“BMW”) respectfully request oral argument in the above-identified
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`proceeding, currently scheduled for October 19, 2021.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), and without waiving the right to raise any
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`additional issues not listed below, BMW requests an oral hearing on the following
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`issues:
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`1. Any issues raised in BMW’s Petition and Reply, including whether
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`claims 1-12 of U.S. Patent No. 8,630,761 are unpatentable over one or more of
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`Grounds 1-3;
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`2. Any issues raised in the Board’s Institution Decision (Paper 10);
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`3. Any issues raised by Patent Owners Paice LLC and The Abell
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`Foundation, Inc. (“Paice”) in these proceedings, including the Patent Owner
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`Response and Patent Owner Sur-Reply in this proceeding;
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`4. Any other issues raised by BMW, Paice, or the Board during these
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`proceedings;
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`5. Any Motions to Exclude Evidence filed by BMW or Paice;
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`6. Any other motions or filings pending before this Board;
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`7. Any additional issues raised by Paice in its Request for Oral Argument;
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`8. Any additional issues raised by this Board or Paice at oral argument.
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`BMW requests that each side have 60 minutes for oral argument.
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`Dated: September 1, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jeffrey D. Sanok/
`Jeffrey D. Sanok (Reg. No. 32,169)
`Vincent J. Galluzzo (Reg. No. 67,830)
`Crowell & Moring LLP
`1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20004-2595
`Tel.: (202) 624-2500
`Fax.: (202) 628-8844
`jsanok@crowell.com
`vgalluzzo@crowell.com
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`Scott L. Bittman (Reg. No. 55,007)
`Jacob Z. Zambrzycki (pro hac vice)
`Crowell & Moring LLP
`590 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
`New York, NY 10022-2544
`Telephone No.: (212) 223-4000
`Facsimile No.: (212) 223-4134
`sbittman@crowell.com
`jzambrzycki@crowell.com
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`Counsel for Petitioners
`Bayerische Motoren Werke
`Aktiengesellschaft and BMW of North
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`Petitioners’ Request for Oral Argument, IPR2020-01299
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,630,761
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`Certificate of Service
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4), I certify that the foregoing Petitioners’
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`Request for Oral Argument was served on September 1, 2021 via electronic mail on
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`the following counsel of record for Patent Owners:
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`Ruffin B. Cordell
`Indranil Mukerji
`Brian J. Livedalen
`Timothy W. Riffe
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`IPR36351-0017IP1@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`Dated: September 1, 2021
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`/Jeffrey D. Sanok/
`Jeffrey D. Sanok
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