A week later, the petitioner requested permission to file a motion for a new oral argument by pointing to the patent owner’s improper conduct at the first hearing. The board, however, noted that the patent owner was effectively thwarted from presenting new arguments at the hearing because its counsel was “instructed … to not ‘take a new approach’” when it restarted its oral argument. Because the issue was effectively decided at the first hearing, the board refused to allow the petitioner to file a motion for a second oral argument.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., v. Rembrandt Wireless Tech., LP, IPR201400892, Paper 44 (July 29, 2015).
