`Filed: June 15, 2022
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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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`ELASTIC N.V., OHIO FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY,
`and PREGIS LLC
`Petitioners,
`v.
`GUADA TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2021-008751
`Patent No. 7,231,379
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`1 Ohio Farmers Insurance Company and Pregis LLC, who filed a petition in
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`IPR2022-00217, have been joined as petitioners in this proceeding.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioners hereby provide this Request for
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`Oral Argument regarding the unpatentability of claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,231,379 on the instituted grounds, and issues briefed with respect thereto.
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`As noted in the Petitioner reply, the Patent Owner response merely repeats
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`the same preliminary response arguments already considered by the Board when
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`deciding to grant institution. E.g., Paper 10, 1. In addition, Patent Owner elected
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`not to file a surreply in response to the Petitioner reply. In view of this, Petitioners
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`believe Patent Owner has essentially abandoned any defense of the ’379 patent and
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`the Board should now enter adverse judgment. If the Board does not enter adverse
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`judgment, Petitioners request oral argument only to the extent the Board may find
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`it necessary or helpful.
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`Should the Board proceed with oral argument, Petitioners collectively
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`designate the undersigned to present at the oral hearing for all of the joined
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`Petitioners in a consolidated argument and request a hearing length of 30 minutes
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`per side. The Oral Argument is scheduled to be held July 26, 2022, pursuant to the
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`Scheduling Order (Paper No. 8).
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`Date: June 15, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Matthew A. Argenti /
`Matthew A. Argenti, Lead Counsel
`Reg. No. 61,836
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that the foregoing Petitioner’s Request for Oral Argument was served
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`on this 15th day of June 2022, on the Patent Owner at the following electronic
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`service addresses:
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`Sanjay Pant
`Gautham Bodepudi
`PRA LAW
`spant@pralawllc.com
`gbodepudi@outlook.com
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`Date: June 15, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Matthew A. Argenti /
`Matthew A. Argenti, Lead Counsel
`Reg. No. 61,836
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