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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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`APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2021-01342
`Patent No. 6,968,248
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`Submitted Electronically via PTAB E2E
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`IPR2021-01342
`Patent No. 6,968,248
`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(10), and the Board’s
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`February 10, 2022 Scheduling Order (Paper 18), Patent Owner respectfully
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`requests oral argument in this proceeding. Under the Scheduling Order, oral
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`argument is currently scheduled for November 15, 2022.
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`Request for Oral Argument
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`Patent Owner requests (without any intent to waive considerations of any
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`issue not requested) to address the following issues at the oral hearing:
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`Petitioner’s assertion that claims 1-22 are unpatentable under 35
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`U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Schulze in view of Gupta;
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`Claim interpretations and any other subsidiary issues relevant to the
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`issue above;
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`Any motions to exclude evidence filed by Patent Owner or Petitioner;
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`Any issues specified by Petitioner in its request for oral argument or
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`raised by Petitioner during oral argument;
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`Any other issues the Board deems necessary for issuing a final written
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`decision.
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board schedule an in-person
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`hearing for this proceeding. Patent Owner also respectfully requests that the Board
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`make available an easel for presentation of demonstratives during the hearing.
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`Patent Owner will provide Petitioner and the Board with an electronic binder
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`IPR2021-01342
`Patent No. 6,968,248
`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
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`containing the demonstrative exhibits.
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`Patent Owner requests that the Board grant each side 45 minutes of oral
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`argument. Patent Owner requests the ability to reserve a portion of its total time
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`for presenting rebuttal arguments after Petitioner’s presentation.
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`This Request is timely, being filed on September 20, 2022. (See Paper 18 at
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`Date: September 20, 2022
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Timothy Devlin /
`Timothy Devlin
`Registration No. 41,706
`Alex Chan
`Registration No. 52,713
`DEVLIN LAW FIRM LLC
`1526 Gilpin Avenue
`Wilmington, DE 19806
`Telephone: (302) 449-9010
`Facsimile: (302) 353-4251
`tdevlin@devlinlawfirm.com
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 6,968,248
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served
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`electronically via electronic mail on September 20, 2022 on the following counsel
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`of record for Petitioner:
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`Eric A. Krause (Reg. No. 62,329)
`ekrause@axinn.com
`Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
`560 Mission Street
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`Phone: 415-490-1491
`Fax: 415-490-2001
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`Counsel for Applied Materials, Inc.
`BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Pan C. Lee (admitted pro hac vice)
`plee@axinn.com
`Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
`560 Mission Street
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`Phone: 415-490-1488
`Fax: 415-490-2001
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`Jeannine Yoo Sano (admitted pro hac vice)
`jsano@axinn.com
`Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
`560 Mission Street
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`Phone: 415-490-1490
`Fax: 415-490-2001
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`Don Zhe Nan Wang (admitted pro hac vice)
`dwang@axinn.com
`Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
`560 Mission Street
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`Phone: 415-490-1499
`Fax: 415-490-2001
`Additional email for service: applied-ocean@axinn.com
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`/s/ Timothy Devlin
` Timothy Devlin
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