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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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`WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`SPEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2018-00082
`Patent 6,088,802
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL HEARING
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to Scheduling Order (Paper 12) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner
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`Western Digital Corporation (“Petitioner”) hereby respectfully requests oral
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`argument in the present inter partes review proceeding. Petitioner specifies the
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` Each ground of patentability upon which trial was instituted;
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` The appropriate constructions to be given to the disputed claim terms;
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` Response to any issues specified by Patent Owner in its request for oral
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`argument;
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` Response to Patent Owner’s presentation on all matters;
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` Whether Petitioner’s Motion to Exclude should be granted; and
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` Any other issue briefed or presented by the parties throughout this trial.
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`Petitioner requests 30 minutes of argument time. Petitioner proposes that
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`Petitioner present argument, Patent Owner follow with its response, and that
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`Petitioner use its remaining time for rebuttal.
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`Dated: November 30, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Brian M. Buroker/
`Brian M. Buroker (Reg. No. 39,125) (lead)
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036-5306
`Telephone: 202.955.8500
`Facsimile: 202.467.0539
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
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`Frank P. Coté (pro hac vice)
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`3161 Michelson Drive, Ste. 1200
`Irvine, CA 92612
`Telephone: 949.451.4090
`Facsimile: 949.475.4610
`fcote@gibsondunn.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Western Digital
`Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies service pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) on the Patent
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`Owner via e-mail a copy of this Petitioner’s Request for Oral Hearing on the
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`following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`Peter Lambrianakos, plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
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`Alfred R. Fabricant, afabricant@brownrudnick.com
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`Vincent J. Rubino, III, vrubino@brownrudnick.com
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`Enrique W. Iturralde, eiturralde@brownrudnick.com
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`DATED: November 30, 2018
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`By: /Brian M. Buroker/
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`Brian M. Buroker (Reg. No. 39,125)
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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