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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
`PAUL D. TRIPODI II (SBN 162380)
`ptripodi@wsgr.com
`WENDY L. DEVINE (SBN 246337)
`wdevine@wsgr.com
`NATALIE J. MORGAN (SBN 211143)
`nmorgan@wsgr.com
`633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1550
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: 323-210-2900
`Fax: 866-974-7329
`Hilgers Graben PLLC
`MICHAEL T. HILGERS (Pro Hac Vice)
`mhilgers@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`Telephone: 402-218-2106
`Fax: 402-413-1880
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`NUVASIVE, INC., a Delaware
`Case No. 18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
`corporation,
`NUVASIVE, INC.’S NOTICE
`REGARDING IPR FINAL
` Plaintiff,
`WRITTEN DECISIONS FOR
`U.S. PATENT NOS. 8,187,334
`v.
`AND 8,361,156
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
` Defendants.
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`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
`Magistrate Judge: J. Dembin
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`NUVASIVE’S NOTICE
`REGARDING IPR FINAL
`WRITTEN DECISIONS FOR ’334
`AND ’156 PATENTS
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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
`PAUL D. TRIPODI II (SBN 162380)
`ptripodi@wsgr.com
`WENDY L. DEVINE (SBN 246337)
`wdevine@wsgr.com
`NATALIE J. MORGAN (SBN 211143)
`nmorgan@wsgr.com
`633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1550
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: 323-210-2900
`Fax: 866-974-7329
`Hilgers Graben PLLC
`MICHAEL T. HILGERS (Pro Hac Vice)
`mhilgers@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`Telephone: 402-218-2106
`Fax: 402-413-1880
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`NUVASIVE, INC., a Delaware
`Case No. 18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
`corporation,
`NUVASIVE, INC.’S NOTICE
`REGARDING IPR FINAL
` Plaintiff,
`WRITTEN DECISIONS FOR
`U.S. PATENT NOS. 8,187,334
`v.
`AND 8,361,156
`
`))))))))))))))
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
` Defendants.
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`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
`Magistrate Judge: J. Dembin
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`NUVASIVE’S NOTICE
`REGARDING IPR FINAL
`WRITTEN DECISIONS FOR ’334
`AND ’156 PATENTS
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`Pursuant to the Court’s May 12, 2020 Status Conference (Doc. No. 286),
`Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc. (“NuVasive”) hereby submits this Notice Regarding Final
`Written Decisions For Defendants Alphatec Holdings, Inc.’s and Alphatec Spine,
`Inc.’s (“Alphatec”) IPR Petitions relating to NuVasive’s asserted U.S. Patent Nos.
`8,361,156 (“the ’156 patent”) and 8,187,334 (“the ’334 patent”).
`On July 8, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) issued final
`written decisions, summarized below, regarding Alphatec’s IPR petitions:
`Case No.
`Patent No.
`Decision
`ALL CHALLENGED CLAIMS VALID
`8,361,156
`IPR2019-
` Petitioner did not show by a preponderance
`00362
`of the evidence that the challenged claims
`(Exh. A)
`are unpatentable (pp. 3, 25-61; 62-66; and
`72)
` Petitioner also did not establish that
`NuVasive is estopped from taking any
`specific position in the IPR proceeding (p.
`11)
` Claim construction:
`o “longitudinal length” means “the
`implant’s longer dimension
`‘extending from a proximal end of
`said proximal wall to a distal end
`of the distal wall’ and ‘is greater
`than said [implant’s] maximum
`lateral width.”” (p. 18)
`o “proximate” means “near” (p. 19)
`o “proximate to said medial plane”
`means “near or approximately at
`the midpoint of the longitudinal
`length” (p. 19)
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`Challenged
`claims: 1-3, 5,
`9, 10, 12-21,
`23, 24 and 27
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`IPR2019-
`00361
`(Exh. B)
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`IPR2019-
`00546
`(Exh. C)
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`8,187,334
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`8,187,334
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`Challenged
`claims: 16
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`CLAIM 18 VALID; CLAIMS 6-9 INVALID
` Patent Owner “collaterally estopped” by
`“issue preclusion” from prior proceeding in
`IPR2013-507 finding invalidity of claim 1
`for purposes of determining patentability of
`dependent claims 6-9 and 18 (p. 27)
` Petitioner has shown by a preponderance of
`the evidence that challenged dependent
`claims 6-9 are unpatentable (pp. 34-45; 81)
` Petitioner has not shown by a
`preponderance of the evidence that
`challenged claim 18 is unpatentable (pp. 45-
`64; 81)
` Claim construction: no express claim
`constructions for any terms (p. 19)
`ALL CHALLENGED CLAIMS VALID
` Petitioner has not shown by a preponderance
`of the evidence that claim 16 is unpatentable
`(pp. 33; 57-58).
` Claim construction: no express claim
`constructions for any terms (pp. 18-19)
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`Challenged
`claims: 6-9, and
`18
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`REGARDING IPR FINAL
`WRITTEN DECISIONS FOR ’334
`AND ’156 PATENTS
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`NuVasive has attached copies of the PTAB’s final written decisions hereto
`as Exhibits A, B, and C. NuVasive is prepared to provide its recommendations for
`further proceedings in connection with this action during the Court’s upcoming
`telephonic status conference scheduled for July 23, 2020 (Doc. No. 286).
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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI,
`P.C.
`By: /s/ Paul D. Tripodi II
`Paul D. Tripodi II (SBN162380)
`Wendy L. Devine (SBN 246337)
`Natalie J. Morgan (SBN 211143)
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`HILGERS GRABEN PLLC
`Michael T. Hilgers, pro hac vice
`Attorneys for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.
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`Dated: July 15, 2020
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`TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
`document has been served on this date to all current and/or opposing counsel of
`record, if any to date, who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via
`the Court’s CM/ECF system per Civ.L.R. 5.4(d). Any other counsel of record will
`be served by electronic mail, facsimile and/or overnight delivery.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the Laws of the United States of
`America that the above is true and correct. Executed this 15 day of July 2020, at
`Los Angeles, California.
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`By: /s/ Hilda Vecino
`Hilda Vecino
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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