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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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`MEDTRONIC, INC., AND MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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`Petitioner,
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`TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2020-01344
`U.S. Patent No. RE 46,116
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70, Petitioner hereby respectfully requests oral
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`argument. The Scheduling Order (Paper 10) set one day, November 18, 2021, for
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`oral argument. Petitioner respectfully requests a total of five hours for a one-day
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`hearing to be evenly split per side to address: (1) the consolidated conception and
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`reduction to practice issues for the patents challenged in IPR2020-01341,
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`and -01343; and (2) the instituted grounds of invalidity in all four instituted IPRs in
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`IPR2020-01341, -01342, -01343, and -01344.
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`Issues to be argued in this IPR:
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`1. Whether claims 52 and 53 are rendered obvious by U.S. Patent No.
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`5,439,445 (“Kontos”) in view of U.S. Patent No. 7,604,612
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`(“Ressemann”) and/or the knowledge of a POSITA;
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`2. Whether claims 25-40, 42, and 44-48 are rendered obvious by Kontos
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`in view of Ressemann, New Method to Increase a Backup Support of
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`a 6 French Guiding Coronary Catheter, Catheterization and
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`Cardiovascular Interventions 63: 452-456 (2004) (“Takahashi”),
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`and/or the knowledge of a POSITA;
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`3. Whether claim 45 is rendered obvious by Kontos in view of
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`Ressemann, Takahashi, U.S. Publication Application No.
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`2005/0015073 (“Kataishi”), and/or the knowledge of a POSITA;
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`4. Whether claims 25-55 are rendered obvious by U.S. Publication
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`Application No. 2017/0260219 (“Root”) and the knowledge of a
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`POSITA;
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`5. Whether claims 45-46 are rendered obvious by Kontos in view of
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`Ressemann, Takahashi, Root, and/or the knowledge of a POSITA;
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`6.
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`Any issues raised by the parties in any filings contemporaneous with
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`or subsequent to this Request.
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`Furthermore, in view of the USPTO’s update on oral hearings scheduled to
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`take place at USPTO offices on or after Friday, March 13, 2020, Petitioner intends
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`to participate via remote video and/or telephone. Petitioner requests the ability to
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`use audio/visual equipment to display demonstratives and exhibits at the oral
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`hearing, to the extent available at the time of the hearing.
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`If the Board decides to hold an in-person hearing, Petitioner requests that
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`three spaces be reserved for counsel at counsel’s table and three additional spaces
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`be reserved in the hearing room to accommodate additional counsel and corporate
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`representatives. Petitioner also requests that the attorneys at Petitioner’s counsel
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`table be allowed to use computers.
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`Dated: September 28, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Cyrus A. Morton/
`Cyrus A. Morton
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`Reg. No. 44,954
`Robins Kaplan LLP
`2800 LaSalle Plaza
`800 LaSalle Avenue
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on
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`September 28, 2021, a copy of PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL
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`ARGUMENT was served in its entirety by electronic mail on Patent Owner’s
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`counsel at the following addresses indicated in Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices:
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`J. Derek Vandenburgh, Reg. No. 32,179
`dvandenburgh@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Dennis C. Bremer, Reg. No. 40,528
`dbremer@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Joseph W. Winkels
`jwinkels@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Peter M. Kohlhepp
`pkohlhepp@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Tara C. Norgard (pro hac vice pending)
`tnorgard@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Alexander S. Rinn (pro hac vice pending)
`pkohlhepp@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Megan E. Christner, Reg. No. 78,979
`mchristner@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Shelleaha L. Jonas
`sjonas@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Dated: September 28, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Cyrus A. Morton/
`Cyrus A. Morton
`Reg. No. 44,954
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