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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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`SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
`Petitioner
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`BOT M8, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2020-01288
`U.S. Patent No. 7,664,988
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to the Board’s February 16, 2021, Scheduling Order (Paper 12),
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`Petitioner respectfully requests oral argument for the trial currently scheduled on
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`November 10, 2021. If the Board is conducting in-person hearings, Petitioner further
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`requests that the hearing take place in Alexandria, Virginia.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Petitioner respectfully proposes 45 minutes of
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`time per side and specifies the following issues, without intent to waive consideration
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`of any issue not requested, to be argued for this proceeding:
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`1. Whether Claims 1-9 are unpatentable under § 103(a) over Japanese
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`Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. JP 2000-35888 to Sugiyama
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`(“Sugiyama”) in view of International Publication No. WO 2004/004855 to Gatto, et
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`al. (“Gatto”);
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`2. Whether Claims 1-9 are unpatentable under § 103(a) over U.S. Patent
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`Publication No. 2004/0054952 to Morrow (“Morrow”) in view of U.S. Patent
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`Publication No. 2003/0064771 to Morrow (“Morrow ’771”);
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`3. Whether Claims 2 and 7 are unpatentable under § 103(a) over Sugiyama
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`in view of Gatto, in further view of U.S. Patent No. 5,844,776 to Yamaguchi
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`(“Yamaguchi”);
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`4. Whether Claims 2 and 7 are unpatentable under § 103(a) over Morrow in
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`view of Morrow ’771, in further view of Yamaguchi;
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`5. Whether Claim 8 is unpatentable under § 103(a) over Sugiyama in view
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`of Gatto and Yamaguchi, in further view of International Publication No. WO 00/73904
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`to Proudler (“Proudler”);
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`6. Whether Claim 8 is unpatentable under § 103(a) over Morrow in view of
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`Morrow ’771 and Yamaguchi, in further view of Proudler;
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`7. Whether Claim 10 is unpatentable under § 103(a) over Sugiyama in view
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`of Gatto, in further view of U.S. Patent Publication No. 2003/0135350 to Cheston
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`(“Cheston”);
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`8. Whether Claim 10 is unpatentable under § 103(a) over Morrow in view
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`of Morrow ’771, in further view of Cheston;
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`Any claim constructions raised in the Petition or Petitioner Reply, the
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`Patent Owner Preliminary Response, Patent Owner Response, or the Patent Owner Sur-
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`Reply, or the Board’s Institution Decision;
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`10. Any issues specified in the Patent Owner Response and Patent Owner Sur-
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`Reply;
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`11. Any issues specified in the Petitioner Reply;
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`12. Response to any issues specified by Patent Owner in its request for oral
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`argument; and
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`13. Any issues otherwise raised by the Board.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` BY: /s/ Eric A. Buresh
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`Eric A. Buresh, Reg. No. 50,394
`Jason R. Mudd, Reg. No. 57,700
`Callie Pendergrass, Reg. No. 63,949
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`COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER
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`Dated: October 1, 2021
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON PATENT OWNER
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on October 1,
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`2021, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Petitioner’s Request for Oral
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`Argument were served by electronic mail on Patent Owner’s lead and backup
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`counsel at the following email addresses:
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`James Hannah: jhannah@kramerlevin.com
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`Jonathan S. Caplan: jcaplan@kramerlevin.com
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`Jeffrey H. Price: jprice@kramerlevin.com
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`Aaron M. Frankel: afrankel@kramerlevin.com
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`svdocketing@kramerlevin.com
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`BY: /s/ Eric A. Buresh
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`Eric A. Buresh, Reg. No. 50,394
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`COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER
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