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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`AMPHENOL CORP.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PPC BROADBAND, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2022-00718
`Patent 10,965,063 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`The Board tentatively scheduled oral arguments for four related proceedings
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`(IPR2022-00718, IPR2022-00719, IPR2022-00720, IPR2022-00721 (collectively,
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`the “Related Proceedings”)) for July 20, 2023. Paper 16. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.70(a), Patent Owner requests oral argument on the instituted ground(s) of
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`unpatentability, Patent Owner’s identification of allegedly improper new
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`arguments and evidence (Paper 25) in Petitioner’s Reply,1 any motions to exclude
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`evidence, if any are filed by DUE DATE 5, and any other issues that may affect the
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`Board’s determination in this proceeding. Patent Owner also requests oral
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`argument on any issues raised by Petitioner in its Request for Oral Argument.
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`Given the overlap in parties, counsel, and issues in the Related
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`Proceedings, Patent Owner and Petitioner request a consolidated oral argument
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`for the Related Proceedings.
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`Patent Owner requests that it and Petitioner each be allotted 120 minutes
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`of argument time given that there are four Related Proceedings, with different
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`evidence presented in at least one of the proceedings (IPR2022-00721) and to
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`allow sufficient time to address Petitioner’s allegedly improper reply arguments
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`1 The Board indicated during the May 2, 2023 hearing on Patent Owner’s request
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`for leave to file a motion to strike that this issue could be addressed at the oral
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`argument. EX2043 52:5-10.
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`and evidence. To the extent the Board schedules the oral argument to last less
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`than or more than 240 minutes of argument time, Patent Owner requests that it
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`be allotted half the length of the oral argument.
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`Patent Owner requests that the oral argument be held in-person at
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`USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, VA. If the Board decides to hold an in-
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`person hearing,2 Patent Owner asks that two spaces be reserved for counsel at
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`counsel’s table, and that three additional spaces be reserved in the hearing
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`room to accommodate additional counsel and corporate representatives. Patent
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`Owner also requests that two attorneys at Patent Owner’s counsel’s table be
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`allowed to use computers.
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`2 Petitioner indicated during a meet-and-confer that it would request that the oral
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`argument be held virtually by videoconference. Patent Owner acknowledges that
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`the Scheduling Order states that “PTAB will only conduct an in-person hearing
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`when requested by all parties.” Paper 12 at 6.
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`Date: June 13, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Denis J. Sullivan /
`Denis J. Sullivan (Reg. No. 47,980)
` (Reg. No. 75,357)
`BARCLAY DAMON, LLP
`Email: dsullivan@barclaydamon.com
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`Cory C. Bell (Reg. No. 75,096)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT, & DUNNER LLP
`Email: cory.bell@finnegan.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`PPC Broadband, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S
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`REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT was served pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.6(e) via electronic mail on June 13, 2023, on the following:
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`S. Giri Pathmanaban (giri.pathmanaban@lw.com)
`Jonathan M. Strang (jonathan.strang@lw.com)
`Richard G. Frenkel (rick.frenkel@lw.com)
`Richard A. Lowry (richard.lowry@lw.com)
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
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`/Denis J. Sullivan /
`Denis J. Sullivan (Reg. No. 47,980)
`Naresh K. Kannan (Reg. No. 71,730)
`Genevieve M. Halpenny, Ph.D
`(Reg. No. 75,357)
`BARCLAY DAMON, LLP
`Email: dsullivan@barclaydamon.com
`Email: nkannan@barclaydamon.com
`Email: ghalpenny@barclaydamon.com
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`Cory C. Bell (Reg. No. 75,096)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT, & DUNNER LLP
`Email: cory.bell@finnegan.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`PPC Broadband, Inc.
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