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`NIMALKA R. WICKRAMASEKERA (SBN: 268518)
`nwickramasekera@winston.com
`DAVID P. DALKE (SBN: 218161)
`ddalke@winston.com
`LEV TSUKERMAN (SBN: 319184)
`ltsukerman@winston.com
`WILLIAM M. WARDLAW (SBN: 328555)
`wwardlaw@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`333 S. Grand Avenue
`Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543
`Telephone: (213) 615-1700
`Facsimile:
`(213) 615-1750
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`GEORGE C. LOMBARDI (pro hac vice)
`glombardi@winston.com
`BRIAN J. NISBET (pro hac vice)
`bnisbet@winston.com
`SARANYA RAGHAVAN (pro hac vice)
`sraghavan@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`35 West Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 60601-9703
`Telephone: (312) 558-5600
`Facsimile: (312) 558-5700
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC. AND ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`Case No. 3:18-CV-00347-CAB-MDD
`NUVASIVE, INC., a Delaware
`corporation,
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`DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE PURSUANT
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`TO 35 U.S.C. § 282
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`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
`v.
`Courtroom: 15A
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`Trial Date: December 8, 2021
`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`Delaware corporation and
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`ALPHATEC SPINE, INC., a
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`California corporation
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`Defendants.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 282, Defendants Alphatec Holdings, Inc. and Alphatec
`Spine, Inc. (collectively, “Alphatec”) hereby identify certain patents, publications, and
`documents to be relied upon as showing, inter alia, anticipation, obviousness, or state
`of the art relating to the asserted patents.
`Alphatec affirmatively states that it has already provided notice to Plaintiff of the
`identity of certain patents, publications, and documents within the ambit of § 282
`through the pleadings and correspondence in this case and, more particularly, through
`Alphatec’s expert witness reports and testimony, Alphatec’s prior responses to
`interrogatories, and Alphatec’s invalidity contentions. Alphatec expressly incorporates
`herein by reference all of the patents, publications, and documents of persons within the
`ambit of §282 previously cited in these pleadings and correspondence. The listing of
`identified patents, publications, and documents is provided pursuant to the statutory
`provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 282. Nothing in this notice should be construed to limit
`Alphatec’s contentions regarding why any prior art was conceived, published, or
`reduced to practice, or the manner in which any prior art satisfies any requirement of
`35 U.S.C. §§ 102, 103. In addition, listing these patents, publications, and documents
`should not be construed as a representation that Alphatec will use every one of the
`references in its presentation of evidence at trial. No implications therefore should be
`taken that reliance upon these materials is necessary to Alphatec’s defenses.
`Alphatec reserves the right to amend and/or supplement this notice.
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`I.
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`ASSERTED PATENTS
`Named Inventor(s)
`Patent No. Country Date Issued
`7,819,801
`USA
`October 26, 2010 Patrick Miles
`Scot Martinelli
`Eric Finley
`James Gharib
`Allen Farquhar
`Norbert Kaula
`Jeffrey Blewett
`Goretti Medeiros (legal
`representative)
`Patrick Miles
`Scot Martinelli
`Eric Finley
`James Gharib
`Allen Farquhar
`Norbert Kaula
`Jeffrey Blewett
`Goretti Medeiros (legal
`representative)
`Patrick Miles
`Scot Martinelli
`Eric Finley
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`9,974,531
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`USA
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`May 22, 2018
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`8,439,832
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`USA
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`May 14, 2013
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`II.
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`SECTION 282 PERSONS
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`Inventors of patents or authors of publications that are included in the following
`sections, as well as the following persons:
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`Person(s) with Knowledge
`Dr. Barton Sachs
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`Dr. Charles Branch
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`Addresses
`837 Bridgetown Pass
`Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
`Department of Neurological Surgery
`Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
`Medical Center Boulevard
`Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1029
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`III. SECTION 282 PATENTS, PUBLICATIONS, DOCUMENTATION OF
`PRIOR INVENTION / USE / OFFER FOR SALE
`Author
`Priority
`Issue Date /
`Date
`Publication
`Date
`September
`20, 2005
`January 16,
`2001
`1988
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`June 26,
`2002
`October 28,
`1998
`1988
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`DTX
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`DTX-
`0524
`DTX-
`0555
`DTX-
`0515
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`Title
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,945,933 Branch
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,174,311 Branch
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`Friedman
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`W.A. Friedman and S.L.
`Kanter, The lateral
`percutaneous approach to
`discectomy, Int’l
`Radiology in Bone and
`Joint 149 (1988)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,928,139 Koros
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`European Patent No.
`0951868
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`Büttner-
`Janz
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`October 27,
`1999
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`July 8, 1998
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`July 27,
`1999
`October 27,
`1999
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`August 17,
`1995
`November
`11, 1999
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`October 28,
`1997
`May 31,
`2001
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`January 23,
`2003
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`January 23,
`2003
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`DTX-
`0523
`DTX-
`0543
`DTX-
`0544
`DTX-
`0520
`DTX-
`0527
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`DTX-
`0526
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`DTX-
`0557
`DTX-
`0550
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,681,265 Maeda
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`[International Patent
`Publication No. WO
`01/37728
`International Patent
`Publication No. WO
`03/005887
`U.S. Patent No. 6,575,899 Foley
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`Kelleher
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`Blewett
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`October 20,
`2000
`U.S. Patent No. 6,074,343 Nathanson April 16,
`1999
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`June 10,
`2003
`June 13,
`2000
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`IV. SECTION 282 DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING STATE OF THE ART
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`In addition to those documents listed in Section III above and the documents
`listed on the face of the asserted patents, all of which may be used to establish the
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`state of the art in the relevant time period for the asserted patents, the following
`documents may also be relied upon to establish the state of the art in the relevant time
`period:
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`Document
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`DTX
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`Date for
`Identification
`DTX-0556
`May 21, 1999
`March 22, 1991 DTX-0531
`October 2, 2000 DTX-0513,
`DTX-0514
`DTX-0504
`April 29, 1993
`DTX-0563
`May 25, 2001
`November 1983 DTX-0528
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`1987
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`DTX-0575
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`DTX-0503
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`DTX-0553
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`October 20,
`1999
`September 25,
`1998
`March 22, 1996 DTX-0548
`September 27,
`DTX-0579
`2002
`April 10, 2002
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`DTX-0517
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`DTX-0561
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`November 1,
`1965
`January 9, 1948 DTX-0562
`September 3,
`DTX-0533
`1982
`1985
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`DTX-0529
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`July 8, 1998
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`DTX-0552
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,196,969 (Bester)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,192,327 (Brantigan)
`German Patent Application No. 100 48 790.4
`(Cistac)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,407,293 (Crainich)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,602,190 (Dobrovolny)
`WA Friedman, Percutaneous Discectomy: An
`Alternative to Chemonucleolysis?,
`Neurosurgery, 13:542–547 (1983)
`Friedman, et al. 1987 Article, Monitoring of
`Sensory Evoked Potentials is Highly Reliable
`and Helpful in Operating Room
`U.S. Patent No. 6,500,180 (Foley ’180)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,152,871 (Foley ’871)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,792,044 (Foley ’044)
`U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
`2003/0032966 (Foley ’966)
`U.S. Patent Application Pub. No.
`2002/0165550 (Frey)
`U.S. Patent No. 3,384,078 (Gauthier)
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`U.S. Patent No. 2,532,162 (Goss)
`U.S. Patent No. 4,545,374 to Jacobson (Oct. 8,
`1985) (Jacobson)
`Steven L. Kanter and William A. Friedman,
`Percutaneous Discectomy: An Anatomical
`Study, 16:2 Neurosurgery (1985)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,139,493 (Koros ’493)
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`September 5,
`2001
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`DTX-0516
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`September 1992 DTX-0536
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`Thomas Kossmann, et al., The use of a
`retractor system (SynFrame) for open, minimal
`invasive reconstruction of the anterior column
`of the thoracic and lumbar spine, Eur. Spine J.,
`10:396-402 (2001) (Kossmann)
`Leu et al, "Percutaneous Fusion of the Lumbar
`Spine: A Promising Technique", State of Art
`Reviews, Volume 6, No. 3, pp. 593-604
`(September 1992)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,083,154 (Liu)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,171,279 (Mathews)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,728,046 (Mayer)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,772,661 (Michelson ’661)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,159,214 (Michelson ’214)
`U.S. Patent No. 8,251,997 (Michelson ’997)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,797,909 (Michelson ’909)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,860,973 (Michelson ’973)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,313,962 (Obenchain)
`U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
`2003/0086749 (Oliver)
`International Patent Publication No. WO
`00/27291 (Onimus)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,892,087 (Osypka)
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`U.S. Patent No. 4,993,862 (Pelta)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,042,582 (Ray ’582)
`U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
`2002/0022847 (Ray ’847)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,284,153 (Raymond)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,284,154 (Raymond)
`U.S. Patent No. 7,074,226 (Roehm)
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`1998
`March 17, 1992 DTX-0518
`March 18, 1996 DTX-0547
`February 27,
`DTX-0521
`1995
`July 31, 1996
`February 27,
`1995
`June 7, 1995
`October 30,
`1996
`March 1, 1993
`November 8,
`2001
`May 18, 2000
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`DTX-0592
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`DTX-0554
`DTX-0591
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`DTX-0506
`DTX-0522
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`DTX-0519
`DTX-0567
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`DTX-0559,
`DTX-0560
`DTX-0558
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`November 1,
`2001
`August 16, 1989 DTX-0540
`May 20, 1997
`DTX-0549
`August 31, 2001 DTX-0530
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`April 14, 1992
`April 14, 1992
`September 19,
`2002
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`DTX-0545
`DTX-0546
`DTX-0505
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`Rose et al, "Persistently Electrified Pedicle
`Stimulation Instruments in Spinal
`Instrumentation Technique and Protocol
`Development", SPINE, Vol. 22, No. 3 pp. 334-
`343
`U.S. Patent No. 6,059,790 (Sand)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,931,777 (Sava)
`U.S. Patent No. 7,261,688 (Smith)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,142,994 (Nov. 7, 2000)
`(Swanson)
`eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF®) 3
`(J. Allan Goodrich and Ildemaro J. Volcan,
`eds., 2d ed. 2013)
`eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF®) 4
`(J. Allan Goodrich and Ildemaro J. Volcan,
`eds., 1st ed. 2008) (“XLIF® 1st ed.”)
`IPR2013-00206, Petition
`IPR2013-00206, Declaration of Dr. Paul
`McAfee, M.D.
`IPR2013-00206, Corrected Petition
`IPR2013-00206, Paper No. NuVasive 1029,
`Declaration of Dr. Paul McAfee, M.D.
`IPR2013-00206, Paper No. NuVasive 1030,
`Declaration of Dr. Robert E. Jacobson, M.D.
`IPR2013-00208, Corrected Petition for Inter
`Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,251,997
`IPR2013-00206, Petitioner's Reply to Patent
`Owner's Response (U.S. Patent No. 8,251,997)
`IPR2013-00208, Reply to Patent Owner’s
`Response
`NuVasive, Inc. v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.,
`No. IPR2013-00206, Final Written Decision
`(P.T.A.B. July 10, 2014)
`NuVasive, Inc. v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., No.
`IPR2013-00208, Final Written
`Decision (P.T.A.B. July 10, 2014)
`Medtronic Sofamor Danek, METRx™ System
`Surgical Technique (2004)
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`1997
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`DTX-0580
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`DTX-0507
`July 16, 1998
`March 11, 1998 DTX-0538
`April 5, 2002
`DTX-0525
`May 5, 1998
`DTX-0539
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`2013
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`2008
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`DTX-0237
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`DTX-0231
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`March 22, 2013 DTX-0110
`March 21, 2013 DTX-0111
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`DTX-0112
`April 3, 2013
`March 11, 2014 DTX-0114
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`March 10, 2014 DTX-0115
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`April 3, 2013
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`DTX-0116
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`March 11, 2014 DTX-0127
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`March 11, 2014 DTX-0128
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`July 1, 2014
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`DTX-0148
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`July 10, 2014
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`DTX-0149
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`2004
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`DTX-532
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`Dated: November 8, 2021
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
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`By: /s/ Nimalka R. Wickramasekera
`NIMALKA R. WICKRAMASEKERA
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC. AND
`ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing document was filed with the Court’s CM/ECF
`system which will provide notice to all counsel deemed to have consented to electronic
`service. All other counsel of record not deemed to have consented to electronic service
`were served with a true and correct copy of the foregoing document by mail on this day.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the Laws of the United States of America that
`the above is true and correct.
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`Dated: November 8, 2021
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
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`By: /s/ Nimalka R. Wickramasekera
`NIMALKA R. WICKRAMASEKER
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