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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`NESTLÉ USA, INC.
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`Petitioner
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`STEUBEN FOODS, INC.
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00249
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,481,468
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`REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING DATE
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`The Board had previously scheduled oral hearing in this proceeding for
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`January 14, 2019. See Paper 86, 5. In its Order dated December 18, 2018, however,
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`the Board indicated that the parties could provide a mutually agreed date for oral
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`hearing “the week of January 28 through 1 February, 2019.” See Paper 130, 5.
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`In an email submitted to the Board on January 3, 2019, Patent Owner
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`requested a conference to request briefing in this proceeding and in IPR2014-01235
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`to address the proper claim construction of the “aseptic” terms at issue under the
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`Phillips claim construction standard since the patents will expire before or while on
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`appeal to the Federal Circuit. To the extent Patent Owner’s request for briefing does
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`not impact scheduling of the oral hearing, both Patent Owner and Petitioner have
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`agreed and are available for oral hearing in this proceeding on January 30, 2019.
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`Date: January 4, 2019
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`/Thomas J. Fisher/
`Thomas J. Fisher (Reg. No. 44,681)
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies service of
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`REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING DATE on the counsel of record for the
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`Petitioner by filing this document through the PTAB E2E System as well as
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`delivering a copy via electronic mail to the following addresses:
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`Thomas H. Jenkins
`tom.jenkins@finnegan.com
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`Virginia Carron
`virginia.carron@finnegan.com
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`Tyler M. Akagi
`tyler.akagi@finnegan.com
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`Kevin D. Rodkey
`kevin.rodkey@finnegan.com
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`/Thomas J. Fisher/
`Thomas J. Fisher (Reg. No. 44,681)
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Steuben Foods, Inc.
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`Date: January 4, 2019
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