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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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`THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (USPS)
`AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
`AS REPRESENTED BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
`Petitioner,
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`RETURN MAIL, INC.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2014-00116
`Patent 6,826,548
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`CBM2014-00116
`Patent 6,826,548
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`Pursuant to the Board’s Scheduling Order (Paper 12) issued on October 16,
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`2014, Patent Owner Return Mail, Inc. respectfully requests oral argument for the trial,
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`currently scheduled on May 12, 2015. Patent Owner requests the ability to use a
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`computer, projector, and screen to display possible demonstratives and exhibits.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70, Patent Owner specifies the following issues to
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`I. Whether claims 39-44 of U.S. Patent No. 6,826,548 would have been
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`unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
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`II. Whether claims 39-44 of the ‘548 patent would have been anticipated by the
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`1997 ACS reference under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
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`III. Reply to any arguments raised in Petitioner’s Reply.
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`IV. Respond to any issues specified by Petitioner in its request for oral argument or
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`V. Present rebuttal to Petitioner’s presentation on all matters.
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`/Douglas H. Elliott/
`Douglas H. Elliott (Reg. No. 32,982)
`delliott@elliottiplaw.com
`Eric M. Adams (Reg. No. 56,290)
`eric@elliottiplaw.com
`THE ELLIOTT LAW FIRM, PLLC
`6750 West Loop South, Suite 920
`Bellaire, Texas 77401
`(832) 485-3508
`(832) 485-3511 fax
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CBM2014-00116
`Patent 6,826,548
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`CBM2014-00116
`Patent 6,826,548
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing Patent Owner Return Mail, Inc.’s
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`Request for Oral Argument was served on April 6, 2015, by FEDERAL EXPRESS
`standard overnight shipping to the following attorneys of record for Petitioner as well
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`Lionel Lavenue
`Erika Arner
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
`Two Freedom Square
`11955 Freedom Drive
`Reston, VA 20190
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`Elizabeth Ferrill
`Joshua Goldberg
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20001
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`USPS-RMI-CBM@finnegan.com
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`/Douglas H. Elliott/
`Douglas H. Elliott
`Registration No. 32,982
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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