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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`META PLATFORMS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`THALES VISIONIX, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 7,725,253
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`Case No. IPR2022-01308
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`JOINT REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Joint Request for Oral Argument
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`IPR2022-01308
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner and Patent Owner respectfully
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`jointly request oral argument to address the following issues:
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`The patentability challenge to U.S. Patent No. 7,725,253 for the reasons
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`addressed in the Petition and subsequent briefing;
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`Petitioner’s and Patent Owner’s forthcoming motions to exclude; and
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`Any additional issues on which the Board seeks information or clarification.
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`The parties jointly request that oral argument be heard in person. Petitioner
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`requests that oral argument take place at the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional
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`Office in San Jose, CA, while Patent Owner requests that oral argument take place
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`at the USPTO’s headquarters in Alexandria, VA.
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`The parties jointly request that oral argument for this IPR2022-01308 be
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`combined with oral argument for the two related proceedings of IPR2022-01304 and
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`IPR2022-01305, and that each party be allowed a total of 90 minutes per side for
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`the consolidated oral argument.
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`The Board has scheduled oral argument for IPR2022-01304, IPR2022-01305,
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`and IPR2022-01308 (the three of which address two patents related to each other)
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`for the same day as IPR2022-01294, and all four of these IPRs involve the same
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`parties. The parties have discussed and agree that, given the more limited time
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`requested for IPR2022-01294 relative to IPR2022-01304/IPR2022-01305/IPR2022-
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`Joint Request for Oral Argument
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`IPR2022-01308
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`01308, it may be most efficient for the Board to hold oral argument on IPR2022-
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`01294 before oral argument on IPR2022-01304/IPR2022-01305/IPR2022-01308.
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`The parties each request the ability to use audio-visual equipment, including
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`the use of a computer, projector, document camera, and screen.1 The parties further
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`request that the attorneys at counsel’s table be allowed to use computers.
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`Date: October 27, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/W. Todd Baker/
`W. Todd Baker (No. 45,265)
`todd.baker@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20004
`Telephone: (202) 389-5000
`Facsimile: (202) 389-5200
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`Ellisen Shelton Turner (No. 54,503)
`ellisen.turner@kirkland.com
`Joshua Popik Glucoft (No. 67,696)
`josh.glucoft@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`2049 Century Park East,
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Telephone: (310) 552-4200
`Facsimile: (310) 552-5900
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`Akshay S. Deoras (pro hac vice)
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`If this request for oral argument is granted, the parties will direct their request
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`akshay.deoras@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 California Street
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Telephone: (415) 439-1400
`Facsimile: (415) 439-1500
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`Yimeng Dou (No. 69,770)
`yimeng.dou@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 South Flower Street, Suite 3700
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 680-8400
`Facsimile: (213) 680-8500
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`/Meredith Martin Addy/
`Meredith Martin Addy (Reg. No. 37,883)
`ADDYHART P.C.
`10 Glenlake Parkway
`Suite 130
`Atlanta, GA 30328
`312.320.4200
`312.264.2547 (fax)
`meredith@addyhart.com
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`Robert P. Hart (Reg. No. 35,184)
`Gregory B. Gulliver (Reg. No. 44,138)
`Brandon C. Helms (Reg. No. 61,742)
`ADDYHART P.C.
`401 N. Michigan Avenue
`Suite 1200-1
`Chicago, IL 60611
`Thales-Meta-IPRs@addyhart.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner Thales Visionix
`Inc.
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`David M. Krinsky (Reg. No. 72,339)
`D. Shayon Ghosh (Reg. No. 75,865)
`Arthur J. Argall III (Reg. No. 73,005)
`Adam D. Harber (pro hac vice)
`Melissa B. Collins (pro hac vice)
`WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
`680 Maine Avenue SW
`Washington, DC 20024
`T: (202) 434-5000
`F: (202) 434-5029
`Gentex-IPR@wc.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner Thales Visionix
`Inc. and Real-Party-in-Interest Gentex Corp.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing document was
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`served on October 27, 2023 via electronic mail directed to counsel of record for the
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`Patent Owner at the following:
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`Thales-Meta-IPRs@addyhart.com
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`Gentex-IPR@wc.com
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`/W. Todd Baker/
`W. Todd Baker (No. 45,265)
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