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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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`SUPERCELL OY,
`Petitioner
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`GREE, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case: PGR2018-00047
`U.S. Patent No. 9,770,659
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`PGR2018-00047
`Patent No. 9,770,659
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), the Scheduling Order of September 18,
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`2019 (Paper No. 18) and the Board’s Order of March 29, 2019 (Paper No. 28),
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`Patent Owner Gree, Inc. respectfully submits this Request for Oral Argument. As
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`set forth in the Order (Paper No. 28), the Board has rescheduled oral argument for
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`June 21, 2019. Paper No. 28 at 2.
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`Patent Owner specifies the following issues to be argued:
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`a. Whether the challenged claims are directed to an abstract idea under
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`Alice step one;
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`b. Whether the challenged claims recite a sufficient inventive concept
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`under Alice step two;
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`c. Whether the challenged claims have sufficient written description and
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`are definite;
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`e.
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`Any issues identified in Petitioner’s Request for Oral Argument;
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`Rebuttal to Petitioner’s presentation on all matters;
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`Any other issues raised in papers filed in this proceeding, including
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`issues raised in papers yet to be filed or filed concurrently; and
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`Any other outstanding motions and pleadings, and other issues that
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`the Board deems necessary for issuing a Final Written Decision.
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`Patent Owner further requests permission to use audio/visual equipment at
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`the oral argument, including a projector and screen for displaying demonstratives
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`PGR2018-00047
`Patent No. 9,770,659
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`and/or exhibits. Patent Owner requests sixty (60) minutes to present its arguments
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`at a consolidated hearing in PGR2018-00029 and -00047.
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`Dated: April 22, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ John C. Alemanni
`John C. Alemanni (Reg. No. 47,384)
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Lead Counsel:
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`Backup Counsel
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`John C. Alemanni
`Reg. No. 47,384
`42088 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400
`Raleigh, NC 27609
`Office: 919-420-1724
`Fax: 919-420-1800
`Email:jalemanni@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Backup Counsel
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`Scott E. Kolassa
`Reg. No. 55,337
`1080 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Office: 650-324-6349
`Fax: 650-326-2422
`Email: skolassa@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Andrew Rinehart
`Reg. No. 75,537
`1001 West Fourth Street
`Winston-Salem, NC 27101-2400
`Telephone: 336-607-7312
`Fax: 336-607-7500
`Email:
`arinehart@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Backup Counsel
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`Steven D. Moore
`Two Embarcadero Center
`Suite 1900 San Francisco, CA 94111
`Office: 415-273-4741
`Fax: 415-651-8510
`Email:
`smoore@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`PGR2018-00047
`Patent No. 9,770,659
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of Patent Owner’s Request
`for Oral Argument has been served electronically via email upon the following:
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`Jennifer R. Bush
`Michael J. Sacksteder
`Fenwick & West LLP
`jbush@fenwick.com
`msacksteder@fenwick.com
`JBush-PTAB@fenwick.com
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`Dated: April 22, 2019
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`By: /s/ John C. Alemanni
`John C. Alemanni (Reg. No. 47,384)
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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