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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, EDWARDS
`LIFESCIENCES LLC, AND EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES AG
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00060
`Patent 8,992,608
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`Before the Honorable NEIL T. POWELL, JAMES A. TARTAL, and
`ROBERT L. KINDER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Patent Owner Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. hereby respectfully submits
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`this Request for Oral Argument pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) on those issues
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`for which the Board has granted inter partes review, including:
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`1. Whether Petitioner has carried its burden of showing that claims 1-4
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`of U.S. Patent No. 8,992,608 (the “‘608 patent”) are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 103 over Spenser and Elliot;
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`2. Whether Petitioner has carried its burden of showing that claims 1-4
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`of the ‘608 patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Spenser and
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`Thornton;
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`3. Whether Petitioner has carried its burden of showing that claims 1-4
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`of the ‘608 patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Spenser and Cook;
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`and
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`4. Whether Petitioner has carried its burden of establishing admissibility
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`of the Declaration of Nigel P. Buller, M.D. (Ex. 1007) and Reply Declaration of
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`Nigel P. Buller, M.D. (Ex. 1045).
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`Oral argument is currently scheduled for December 19, 2017. Patent Owner
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`respectfully requests one hour for its argument regarding this proceeding.
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`Further, Patent Owner respectfully requests the ability to use audio/visual
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`equipment at oral argument, including an Elmo, projector, and screen to display
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`demonstratives and exhibits.
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`Dated: November 3, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted
`/Jennifer A. Sklenar /
`Jennifer A. Sklenar (Reg. No. 40,205)
`Wallace Wu (Reg. No. 45,380)
`ARNOLD & PORTER
`KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`777 S. Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844
`Tel:
`(213) 243-4000
`Fax:
`(213) 243-4199
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner Boston
`Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S
`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 was
`served on November 3, 2017 to the following Counsel for Petitioner via e-mail:
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`Gregory S. Cordrey (Reg. No. 44,089)
`Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, LLP
`3 Park Plaza, Suite 1100
`Irvine, CA 926214
`Email: gcordrey@jmbm.com
`Telephone: 949-623-7200
`Facsimile: 949-623-7201
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`Brian Egan (Reg. No. 54,866)
`Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP
`1201 North Market Street
`P.O. Box 1347
`Wilmington, DE 19899-1347
`Email: began@MNAT.com
`Telephone: 302-351-9454
`Facsimile: 302-498-6216
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`Catherine Nyarardy (Reg. No. 42,042)
`Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
`Garrison, LLP
`1285 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10019
`Email: cnyarardy@paulweiss.com
`Telephone: 212-373-3532
`Facsimile: 212-492-0532
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`Attorneys for Petitioners Edwards LifeSciences Corporation, Edwards Lifesciences
`LLC, and Edwards Lifesciences AG
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`/Jennifer A. Sklenar /
`Jennifer A. Sklenar (Reg. No. 40,205)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`777 S. Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844
`Tel:
`(213) 243-4000
`Fax: (213) 243-4199
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