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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` APPLE INC.,
` Petitioner,
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` v.
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` ZENTIAN LTD.,
` Patent Owner.
` ____________________
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` Case IPR2023-00037
` Patent No. 10,971,140
` ____________________
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` PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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` IPR2023-00037
` PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
` Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Board’s June 12, 2023
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` Scheduling Order (Paper 11), Patent Owner respectfully requests an oral
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` argument on the issues raised in the Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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` Patent 10,971,140, Patent Owner’s Response, Petitioner’s Reply to Patent
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` Owner’s Response, and Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply to the Petitioner’s Reply.
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` Per the Board’s Scheduling Order (Paper 11), oral argument is currently
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` scheduled for March 13, 2024.
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` The parties have conferred and jointly request an in-person oral
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` argument in the San Jose, California USPTO Regional Office. In addition,
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` Patent Owner respectfully requests that the argument for IPR2023-00037 be
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` set on the same day as the arguments for IPR2023-00033 and that the
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` arguments across all five related IPRs be limited two consecutive days.
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` Patent Owner does not, however, request or agree to reducing the time
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` allocated to any argument or to consolidating arguments.
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` The issues to be argued in IPR2023-00037 are:
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` ● Whether the claims of U.S. Patent 10,971,140 are unpatentable under
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` any instituted ground of unpatentability;
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` ● Any issues identified in Petitioners’ Request for Oral Argument;
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` ● Rebuttal to Petitioners’ presentation on all matters;
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` ● Any other issues raised in papers filed in this proceeding, including
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` issues raised in papers yet to be filed, such as Motions to Exclude; and
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` ● Any other outstanding motions and pleadings, and other issues that
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` the Board deems necessary for issuing a Final Written Decision.
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` Additionally, Patent Owner requests the ability to use audio visual
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` equipment to display possible demonstratives and exhibits, including the use
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` of a computer, projector and screen.
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` Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ Kayvan Noroozi
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` Kayvan Noroozi, Admitted Pro Hac Vice
` Peter C. Knops, Reg. No. 37,659
` peter@noroozipc.com
` N OROOZI PC
` 11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2170
` Los Angeles, CA 90025
` Tel.: 310-975-7074
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` Date: January 19, 2024
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` Counsel for Patent Owner
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` CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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` The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing Patent Owner’s
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` Request for Oral Argument was served electronically via e-mail on
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` January 19, 2024, on the following counsel of record for Petitioner:
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` Adam P. Seitz
` Adam.Seitz@eriseip.com
` PTAB@eriseip.com
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` Jennifer C. Bailey
` Jennifer.Bailey@eriseip.com
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` Adam M. Sandwell
` Adam.Sandwell@eriseip.com
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` Erise IP, P.A.
` 7015 College Blvd., Ste. 700
` Overland Park, Kansas 66211
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` Christina Canino
` Christina.Canino@eriseip.com
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` Erise IP, P.A.
` 5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 1340
` Greenwood Village, CO 80111
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` Date: January 19, 2024
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` /s/ Peter C. Knops
` Peter C. Knops
` Counsel for Patent Owner
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