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`Paper No. 24
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`Entered: April 6, 2016
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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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`OWENS CORNING,
`Petitioner,
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`FAST FELT CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00650
`Patent 8,137,757 B2
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`Before JO-ANNE M. KOKOSKI, KRISTINA M. KALAN, and
`BRIAN P. MURPHY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KOKOSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Patent Owner and Petitioner each requested oral hearing pursuant to
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70. Papers 22, 23. The requests for oral hearing are granted.
`Each party will have 30 minutes of total time to present arguments.
`Petitioner bears the ultimate burden of proof that the patent claims at issue in
`this review are unpatentable. Therefore, Petitioner will proceed first to
`present its case with regard to the challenged claims on which basis we
`instituted trial. Thereafter, Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s
`arguments. Petitioner may reserve rebuttal time to respond to arguments
`presented by Patent Owner.
`Oral argument shall commence at 1:00 pm EDT on May 11, 2016.
`The hearing will be open to the public for in-person attendance on the ninth
`floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA.
`In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served
`basis.
`The Board will provide a court reporter, and the transcript shall
`constitute the official record of the hearing. Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b),
`demonstrative exhibits, if any, must be served no later than five business
`days before the hearing. The parties are directed to St. Jude Medical,
`Cardiology Division, Inc. v. The Board of Regents of the University of
`Michigan, Case IPR2013-00041 (PTAB Jan. 27, 2014) (Paper 65), for
`guidance regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits. See
`also CBS Interactive Inc. v. Helferich Patent Licensing, LLC, Case
`IPR2013-00033 (PTAB Oct. 23, 2013) (Paper 118) (The Board has
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`discretion to limit the parties’ demonstratives to pages in the record should
`there be no easy resolution to objections over demonstratives.).
`Any issue regarding demonstrative exhibits should be resolved at least
`two business days prior to the hearing by way of a joint telephone
`conference with the Board. The parties are responsible for requesting such a
`conference sufficiently in advance of the hearing to accommodate this
`requirement. Any objection to demonstrative exhibits that is not timely
`presented will be considered waived. Demonstratives should be filed at the
`Board no later than two days before the hearing. A hard copy of the
`demonstratives should be provided to the court reporter at the hearing.
`Questions regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be
`directed to the Board at 571-272-9797. Requests for audio-visual equipment
`are to be made no later than 5 days in advance of the hearing date. The
`request is to be sent directly to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not
`received timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the
`hearing. The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly
`and specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
`reporter’s transcript.
`The parties also should note that at least one member of the panel will
`be attending the hearing electronically from a remote location, and that if a
`demonstrative is not filed or otherwise made fully available or visible to the
`judge presiding over the hearing remotely, that demonstrative will not be
`considered. If the parties have questions as to whether demonstrative
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`exhibits would be sufficiently visible to all of the judges, the parties are
`invited to contact the Board at 571-272-9797. Documents presented on the
`Elmo projector are not visible to remote judges, so please plan accordingly.
`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present in person
`at the oral hearing. However, any counsel of record may present the party’s
`argument. If either party anticipates that its lead counsel will not be
`attending the oral argument, the parties should initiate a joint telephone
`conference with the Board no later than two business days prior to the oral
`hearing to discuss the matter.
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`PETITIONER:
`Nenad Pejic
`Mark McDougall
`CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD, LLP
`npejic@calfee.com
`mmcdougall@calfee.com
`ipupdate@calfee.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`James D. Petruzzi
`THE PETRUZZI LAW FIRM
`Jpetruzzi@MasonPetruzzi.com
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`Jennifer Yancy
`YANCY IP LAW, PLLC
`jyancy@yancyip.com
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