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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ALTAIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`PARAGON BIOTECK, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR 2015-00011
`Patent 8,859,623 B1
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Scheduling Order (Paper 15),
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`Petitioner respectfully submits this Request for Oral Argument.
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`Petitioner requests thirty minutes of argument time, including rebuttal, and
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`specifies, without waiving any issue not specified, the following issues to be
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`argued: (1) whether claims 1-13 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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`obvious over Altaire’s Product; (2) any issue specified by Patent Owner in its
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`Request for Oral Argument; and (3) any other issue the Board deems necessary for
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`issuing a final written decision.
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`Petitioner respectfully requests the ability to use audio/visual equipment to
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`display demonstrative exhibits and evidence of record, including the use of a
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`projector and a screen for displaying documents and PowerPoint slides.
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`Dated: June 3, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Dipu A. Doshi/
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`Dipu A. Doshi
`Registration No. 60,073
`BLANK ROME LLP
`1825 Eye Street NW
`Washington DC 20006
`Tel.: 202-420-4742
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT is being served on counsel of record by filing
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`this document via electronic mail.
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`Dated: June 3, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Dipu A. Doshi/
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`Dipu A. Doshi
`Registration No. 60,073
`BLANK ROME LLP
`1825 Eye Street NW
`Washington DC 20006
`Tel: 202-420-4742
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`Counsel for Petitioner