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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,
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`ETHICON LLC,
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`Case IPR2019-00880
`Patent 7,490,749
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Proceeding No. IPR2019-00880
`Attorney Docket No. 11030-0052IP1
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Board’s Scheduling Order (Paper 8),
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`Petitioner submits this Request for Oral Argument on July 9, 2020 to address all of
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`the instituted grounds of unpatentability regarding the challenged claims of U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,490,749. Petitioner requests 30 minutes for each side to present
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`arguments (60 minutes total).
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`Specifically, Petitioner requests (without waiving consideration of any issue
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`not listed below) to address the following issues:
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`1. Whether claims 1 and 3 are anticipated and/or rendered obvious by
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`Shelton II;
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`2. Whether claims 1 and 3 are anticipated and/or rendered obvious by
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`Swayze;
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`3. Whether claims 1 and 3 are anticipated by Shelton I;
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`Rebuttal to Patent Owner’s presentation on all matters; and
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`Any additional issues on which the Board seeks clarification.
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`To the extent the Board decides to conduct the hearing in-person, Petitioner
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`requests to use video equipment to display exhibits, including the use of a
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`projector/screen for a PowerPoint display or the like.
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`Dated: May 22, 2020
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`(Control No. IPR2019-00880)
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`Proceeding No. IPR2019-00880
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Kenneth Wayne Darby Jr./
`Steven R. Katz, Reg. No. 43,706
`Joshua A. Griswold, Reg. No. 46,310
`Kenneth W. Darby, Jr., Reg. No. 65,068
`John C. Phillips, Reg. No. 35,322
`Ryan P. O’Connor, Reg. No. 60,254
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on May 22,
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`2020, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for Oral Argument was
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`provided via email, to the Patent Owner by serving the email correspondence
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`addresses of record as follows:
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`Anish R. Desai
`Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser
`Adrian Percer
`Christopher T. Marando
`Christopher M. Pepe
`Kathryn M. Kantha
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
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`Ethicon.IPR.Service@weil.com
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`Email:
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`/Christine Rogers/
`Christine Rogers
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(650) 839-5092
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