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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION, APPLE INC., and ERICSSON INC.
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`Petitioner
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR2019-00973
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 7,075,917
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`PATENT OWNER REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`1 Apple Inc., who filed a petition in IPR2020-00224, has been joined as a petitioner
`in this proceeding. Ericsson Inc., who filed a petition in IPR2020- 00315, has been
`joined as a petitioner in this proceeding.
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`IPR2019-00973
`U.S. Patent 7,075,917
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`Patent Owner Uniloc 2017 LLC hereby requests oral argument in
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`accordance with 37 C.F.R. §42.70 and pursuant to the Scheduling Order (Paper
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`8) entered November 19, 2019. Patent Owner proposes no more than thirty (30)
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`minutes per side. Under the unusual circumstances caused by the pandemic, Patent
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`Owner requests that a videoconference be held in this matter so that the parties may
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`participate remotely. Should the current restrictions due to COVID-19 be lifted by
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`August 20, 2020, the scheduled date for oral argument, Patent Owner requests that
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`oral argument be held at the Dallas, Texas, USPTO Regional Office.
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`Issues to be argued include:
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`Any issues pertaining to the grounds on which this IPR was instituted.
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`This may include, for example, the level of ordinary skill in the art, claim
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`construction, the absence of elements in the prior art, and reasons/motivations to
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`combine references.
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`Any issues specified in the Petition.
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`Any issues specified in Patent Owner’s Response.
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`Any issues specified in Petitioner’s Reply.
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`Any issues specified in Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply.
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`Any issues otherwise raised by the Board.
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`IPR2019-00973
`U.S. Patent 7,075,917
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`Date: July 9, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Brett A. Mangrum/
`Brett A. Mangrum; Reg. No. 64,783
`Attorney 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 that an electronic
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`copy of the foregoing was served, along with any accompanying exhibits filed, via
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`the PTAB E2E system, to Petitioner’s counsel at the following addresses identified
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`in the Petitioner’s consent to electronic service:
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`andrew.mason@klarquist.com
`joseph.jakubek@klarquist.com
`todd.siegel@klarquist.com
`john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
`jennifer.bailey@eriseip.com
`Adam.Seitz@eriseip.com
`PTAB@eriseip.com
`andrew.lowes.ipr@haynesboone.com
`clint.wilkins.ipr@haynesboone.com
`angela.oliver.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Date: July 9, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Brett Mangrum/
`Ryan Loveless
`Reg. No. 51,970
`Brett A. Mangrum
`Reg. No. 64,783
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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