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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`KOSS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2021-00381
`Patent 10,491,982
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Case IPR2021-00381
`Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), Patent Owner, Koss Corporation, hereby
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`submits this Request for Oral Argument to present arguments on all of the
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`instituted grounds of unpatentability of claims 1-5 and 14-20 of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,491,982, along with any issues raised in the parties’ papers in this trial and the
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`Board’s institution decision, and any other issues the Board deems necessary for
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`issuing a final written decision. Patent Owner requests no more than one hour per
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`side of oral argument time. Patent Owner requests the ability to reserve a portion
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`of its total time for presenting sur-rebuttal arguments after Petitioner’s
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`presentation. See November 2019 Consolidated Trial Practice Guide at 83.
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`The Board has scheduled an Oral Argument for April 5, 2022. See Paper 16.
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`Dated: February 22, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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`/Mark G. Knedeisen/
`Mark G. Knedeisen (Reg. No. 42,747)
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-00381
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(E)(4)
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`I hereby certify that on February 22, 2022, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing to be served on the following counsel for Petitioner by electronic mail
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`to the following email addresses:
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`W. Karl Renner
`Roberto Devoto
`Seth Sproul
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Email: IPR50095-0019IP1@fr.com
`Email: PTABInbound@fr.com
`Email: axf-ptad@fr.com
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`Jennie Hartjes
`Michael Pieja
`Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan &
`Baum LLP
`200 South Wacker Drive, 22nd Floor
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Tel: 312-881-5958
`Email: jhartjes@goldmanismail.com
`Email: mpieja@goldmanismail.com
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`By:
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`/Mark G. Knedeisen/
`Mark G. Knedeisen (Reg. No. 42,747)
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`505541423.1
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