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`Entered: December 28, 2023
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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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`META PLATFORMS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ANGEL TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2023-00058
`U.S. Patent No. 9,959,291
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`JOINT REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`IPR2023-00058 (USP 9,959,291)
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` Joint Request for Oral Argument
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Board’s Scheduling Order dated
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`May 11, 2023 (Paper 17), Petitioner Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Patent
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`Owner Angel Technologies Group LLC (“Patent Owner”) (collectively, “the
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`Parties”) respectfully request oral argument on issues related to the patentability of
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`the challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,959,291 on the instituted grounds set
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`forth in the Board’s Institution Decision (Paper 16), and on any issues specified in
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`any motions to exclude, or any other pending motions or briefing filed.
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`A request for oral argument in the related IPR proceedings (IPR2023-00057,
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`-00059, -00060) is being filed concurrently with this request. Petitioner and Patent
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`Owner have conferred regarding their requests to the Board, and they have reached
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`agreement regarding their requests for oral argument in this proceeding and the
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`related IPR proceedings.
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`The Parties respectfully request that the Board provide 90 minutes for each
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`side to present arguments in a single hearing covering this proceeding and the related
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`IPR proceedings. The Parties also respectfully request that the hearing, scheduled
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`for February 13, 2024, be conducted in person at USPTO Headquarters in
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`Alexandria, Virginia.
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`If oral argument will be held in person in a hearing room, the Parties request
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`permission to use a computer, projector, and screen to display demonstratives and
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`exhibits. The Parties also request that the attorneys at each counsel table be allowed
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`to use computers.
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`Petitioner expects five people to attend for Petitioner, if the argument is
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`conducted in person and the Board can accommodate this number of attendees for
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`Petitioner. Patent Owner expects five people to attend for Patent Owner, if the
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`argument is conducted in person and the Board can accommodate this number of
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Lisa K. Nguyen /
`Lisa K. Nguyen (Reg. No. 58,018)
`lisa.nguyen@allenovery.com
`Allen & Overy LLP
`550 High Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94301
`Telephone: 650-388-1724
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`Counsel for Petitioner
`Meta Platforms, Inc.
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` Scott W. Hejny /
`Scott W. Hejny (Reg. No. 45,882)
`shejny@mckoolsmith.com
`McKool Smith, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: 214-978-4000
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`Counsel for Patent Owner Angel
`Technologies Group LLC
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`attendees for Patent Owner.
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`Dated: December 28, 2023
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of JOINT REQUEST
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`FOR ORAL ARGUMENT was served via electronic email on Patent Owner’s
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`counsel of record listed below, pursuant to its Mandatory Notices, on December 28,
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`2023:
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`Scott W. Hejny
`Reg. No. 45,882
`McKool Smith, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
`Facsimile: (214) 978-4044
`shejny@mckoolsmith.com
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`Eliza Beeney
`(pro hac vice)
`McKool Smith, P.C.
`One Manhattan West
`395 9th Avenue, 50th Floor
`New York, NY 10001
`Telephone: (212) 402-9818
`ebeeney@mckoolsmith.com
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`Elizabeth Bernard
`Reg. No. 51,465
`Arvind Jairam
`Reg. No. 62,759
`McKool Smith, P.C.
`1999 K St. NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20006
`Telephone: (202) 370-8300
`EBernard@mckoolsmith.com
`ajairam@mckoolsmith.com
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`Kaylee Hoffner
`(pro hac vice)
`McKool Smith, P.C.
`600 Travis Street, Suite 7000
`Houston, TX 77002
`Telephone: (713) 485-7320
`khoffner@mckoolsmith.com
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`By: / Lisa K. Nguyen /
`Lisa K. Nguyen (Reg. No. 58,018)
`lisa.nguyen@allenovery.com
`Allen & Overy LLP
`550 High Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94301
`Telephone: (650) 388-1724
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`Counsel for Petitioner
`Meta Platforms, Inc.
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