`Filed: Mar. 13, 2020
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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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`GRÜNENTHAL GMBH,
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`PGR2019-00028
`U.S. Patent No. 10,052,338
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), the July 30, 2019 Scheduling Orders
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`(PGR2019-00026 Paper 7; PGR2019-00027 Paper 7), and the September 25, 2019
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`Revised Scheduling Order (PGR2019-00028 Paper 10), Petitioner Grünenthal
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`GmbH (“Grünenthal”) hereby requests oral argument for the hearings currently
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`scheduled for April 24, 2020 in PGR2019-00026, -00027, and -00028. Grünenthal
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`respectfully requests that the oral arguments for these three proceedings be heard at
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`the same time and requests a total of ninety minutes per side of oral argument time
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`on the following issues:
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`(1) The grounds on which the subject trials were instituted;
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`(2) Any pending motions; and
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`(3) Any other matters raised by Patent Owner or the Board.
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`Grünenthal requests the ability to use audio-visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including the use of a projector and screen for PowerPoint
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`display. In accordance with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg.
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`48756, 48768 (Aug. 14, 2012), Grünenthal will contact a Board Trial Division
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`paralegal to discuss this request.
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`Dated: March 13, 2020
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`By: /Daniel J. Minion/
`Daniel J. Minion (Reg. No. 53,329)
`VENABLE LLP
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
`Tel: 212-218-2538
`Fax: 212-218-2200
`dminion@venable.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that copies of Petitioner’s Request for Oral
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`Argument were served on March 13, 2020 as follows:
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`VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
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`Brent A. Johnson (Reg. No. 51,851)
`Maschoff Brennan
`100 Spectrum Center Dr.
`Ste. 1200
`Irvine, CA 92618
`Tel: 949-202-1900
`Fax: 949-453-1104
`bjohnson@mabr.com
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`R. Parrish Freeman (Reg. No. 42,556)
`Maschoff Brennan
`1389 Center Drive, Suite 300
`Park City, UT 84098
`Tel: 435-252-1360
`pfreeman@mabr.com
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`Dated: March 13, 2020
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`By: /Daniel J. Minion/
` Daniel J. Minion
` Reg. No. 53,329
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