`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BLUEBIRD BIO, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SLOAN KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2023-00074
`Patent No. 8,058,061
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`IPR2023-00074
`Patent No. 8,058,061
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Board’s Scheduling Order dated April
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`24, 2023 (Paper 9), Petitioner Bluebird Bio, Inc. requests Oral Argument on issues
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`related to the patentability of challenged claims 1, 2, 5–8, 11, and 15 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,058,061 (“the ’061 patent”). Petitioner wishes to present argument on the
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`following issues:
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`• Grounds for which inter partes review was instituted for the ’061 patent
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`and any issue raised in the Board’s Institution Decision dated April 24,
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`2023 (Paper 8);
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`• Any issue addressed in Petitioner’s papers, including, but not limited
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`to, the Petition and Petitioner’s Reply Brief; and
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`• Rebuttal to Patent Owner’s presentation on all issues, including the
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`issues listed above and any issues raised in Patent Owner’s Response
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`and Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply.
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`The Board previously scheduled the Oral Hearing for January 24, 2024 for
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`this proceeding as well as IPR2023-00070. (Paper 9 at 11.) Petitioner believes the
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`parties should be allocated 90 minutes per side to present arguments in a
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`consolidated hearing for both proceedings. Petitioner requests an in-person hearing.
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`Dated: December 12, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Naveen Modi/
` Naveen Modi (Reg. No. 46,224)
` Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that I caused to be served on the counsel identified below a
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`true and correct copy of the foregoing Petitioner’s Request for Oral Argument by
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`electronic means on December 12, 2023:
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`FOR THE PATENT OWNER:
`Michael W. Glynn, Ph.D. (Reg. No. 76,729) (mglynn@foxrothschild.com)
`Fox Rothschild LLP
`101 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
`New York, NY 10178
`Telephone: (212) 878-7900
`Facsimile: (212) 692-0940
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`Joe Chen, Ph.D. (Reg. No. 70,066) (joechen@foxrothschild.com)
`Fox Rothschild LLP
`997 Lenox Drive
`Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
`Telephone: (609) 844-3024
`Facsimile: (609) 896-1469
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`Wanda French-Brown (wfrench-brown@foxrothschild.com)
`Howard S. Suh (hsuh@foxrothschild.com)
`James H. McConnell (jmcconnell@foxrothschild.com)
`Fox Rothschild LLP
`101 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
`New York, NY 10178
`Telephone: (212) 878-7900
`Facsimile: (212) 692-0940
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`Dated: December 12, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Naveen Modi/
` Naveen Modi (Reg. No. 46,224)
` Counsel for Petitioner
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