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`Favor, Jamel
`PTAB Hearings; BFLANIGEN@sternekessler.com
`Swift, Erica; Cunningham, Larena; Gerukos, Sylvia; Favor, Jamel; Easton, Gregory;
`OPARTINGTON@sternekessler.com; Emily.Whelan@wilmerhale.com; Deric.Geng@wilmerhale.com; Bobo, Pat
`RE: IPR2023-00480 and -00481 // Petitioner"s LEAP Practitioner Request for Oral Hearing Participation and
`Verification Form
`Thursday, June 6, 2024 8:12:04 AM
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`IPR2023-00481 Olga Partington LEAP Request.pdf
`IPR2023-00480 Olga Partington LEAP Request.pdf
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`Greetings,
`
`Petitioner’s request that Olga A. Partington be permitted to participate in the
`oral hearing as a LEAP practitioner is granted. Petitioner is granted an
`additional fifteen minutes of argument time during the oral hearing, and
`reminded that the LEAP practitioner is required to have a meaningful and
`substantive opportunity to argue. For guidance regarding LEAP, please visit
`the USPTO website: www.uspto.gov/leap.
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`Sincerely,
`
`PTAB Hearings
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`From: Bill Flanigen <BFLANIGEN@sternekessler.com>
`Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 1:28 PM
`To: PTAB Hearings <PTABHearings@USPTO.GOV>
`Cc: Eldora L. Ellison <EELLISON@sternekessler.com>; Olga A. Partington
`<OPARTINGTON@sternekessler.com>; JC Rozendaal <JCROZENDAAL@sternekessler.com>; Christina
`Dashe <CDashe@sternekessler.com>; Prati Khanduri <PKHANDURI@sternekessler.com>; Tyler Liu
`<TLIU@sternekessler.com>; Madeleine Bond <MBond@sternekessler.com>; PTAB Account
`<PTAB@sternekessler.com>; 'Emily.Whelan@wilmerhale.com'; 'Deric.Geng@wilmerhale.com';
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`'david.mlaver@wilmerhale.com'; 'mary.pheng@wilmerhale.com';
`'asher.mcguffin@wilmerhale.com'; 'scott.bertulli@wilmerhale.com';
`'WHMerckMavencladIPRs@wilmerhale.com'
`Subject: IPR2023-00480 and -00481 // Petitioner's LEAP Practitioner Request for Oral Hearing
`Participation and Verification Form
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`RE: Petitioner’s LEAP Practitioner Request for Oral Hearing Participation and Verification
`Form
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`IPR2023-00480 // U.S. Patent No. 7,713,947
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`IPR2023-00481 // U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
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`Your Honors,
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`Petitioner is writing to submit a LEAP participation request for the Oral Hearing scheduled on
`Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in inter partes review nos. IPR2023-00480 of U.S. Patent No. 7,713,947 and
`IPR2023-00481 of U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903.
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`Olga A. Partington (Reg. No. 65,326) qualifies under the LEAP eligibility requirements. Petitioner
`intends to have Dr. Partington argue a portion of the hearing. Petitioner has attached the required
`LEAP Request for Oral Hearing Participation and Practitioner Verification Forms certifying her
`eligibility. Petitioner also requests an additional 15 minutes of time to accommodate these
`arguments.
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`Should any additional information be required, please let us know.
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`Best regards,
`
`Bill Flanigen
`(on behalf of Eldora L. Ellison and Olga A. Partington)
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` Bill Flanigen (he/him)
`Manager, PTO Litigation Team
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1101 K Street, NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
`Email: bflanigen@sternekessler.com
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`PTO/SB/455 (11-21)
`United States Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`LEAP PRACTITIONER VERIFICATION FORM AND REQUEST FOR ORAL
`HEARING PARTICIPATION
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`On behalf of
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` requests to participate in the oral hearing in
` on its scheduled date, as noted below.
`Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, , certify that I
`am eligible to participate in the Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP)
`program. I have three or fewer substantive oral hearing arguments before federal
`tribunals, including PTAB.
`I certify/verify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
`America that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Hearing Information
`Requesting Party:
`Appeal/Case/Control Number:
`Hearing Date (mm/dd/yyyy):
`LEAP Practitioner Contact Information
`LEAP Practitioner Name:
`Firm Name:
`Street Address 1:
`Street Address 2:
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`Country:
`Email:
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`Date:
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