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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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`HTC AMERICA, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VIRGINIA INNOVATION SCIENCES, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00870
`Patent No. 7,899,492
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`PETITIONER’S NOTICE REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Patent No. 7,899,492
`IPR2017-00870
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Board’s Scheduling Order dated
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`September 13, 2017 (Paper No. 12) and the parties’ Notice of Joint Stipulation to
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`Modify Schedule (Paper No. 17), Petitioner HTC America, Inc. submits that the
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`issues have been fully briefed and oral argument is not necessary.1 If, however, the
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`Board finds that oral argument would be helpful in deciding any issue raised in this
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`proceeding, Petitioner requests participation in the oral argument to the same
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`extent as Patent Owner.
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`Dated: May 9, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: / Joseph E. Palys/
` Joseph E. Palys
` Reg. No. 46,508
` Counsel for Petitioner
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`1 Moreover, as Petitioner noted in its Reply (Paper No. 26), the Federal Circuit
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`recently found the claims of the patent-at-issue invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in
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`Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc. v. HTC Corp., No. 2017-1482, 2018
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`WL 1737020 (Fed. Cir. April 11, 2018) (non-precedential).
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Patent No. 7,899,492
`IPR2017-00870
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`I hereby certify that on May 9, 2018, I caused a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing Petitioner’s Notice Regarding Oral Argument to be served by electronic
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`means, as agreed by the parties, upon Counsel for Patent Owner at the following
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`addresses of record:
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`Timothy Devlin - tdevlin@devlinlawfirm.com
`James Lennon - jlennon@devlinlawfirm.com
`ab@devlinlawfirm.com
`mmcclain@devlinlawfirm.com
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`Dated: May 9, 2018
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`By: / Joseph E. Palys/
`Joseph E. Palys (Reg. No. 46,508)
`Counsel for Petitioner
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