Case 1:12-cv-01110-GMS Document 45 Filed 10/07/14 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 2238
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`JOINT STATUS REPORT
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`Pursuant to D.I. 62 in Civil Action No. 12-1109, D.I. 45 in 12-1107, and D.I. 43 in 12-
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`1110, Plaintiff Bonutti Skeletal Innovations, Inc. (“Bonutti Skeletal”) and Defendants
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`ConforMIS, Inc. (“ConforMIS”), Zimmer Holdings, Inc. and Zimmer, Inc. (“Zimmer”), and
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`C.A. No. 12-1107-GMS
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`C.A. No. 12-1109-GMS
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`C.A. No. 12-1110-GMS
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL
`INNOVATIONS LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
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`ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. and
`ZIMMER, INC.
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` Defendants.
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL
`INNOVATIONS LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
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`CONFORMIS, INC.,
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` Defendant.
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL
`INNOVATIONS LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
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`WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. and
`WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY,
`INC.
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` Defendants.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`JOINT STATUS REPORT
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`Pursuant to D.I. 62 in Civil Action No. 12-1109, D.I. 45 in 12-1107, and D.I. 43 in 12-
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`1110, Plaintiff Bonutti Skeletal Innovations, Inc. (“Bonutti Skeletal”) and Defendants
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`ConforMIS, Inc. (“ConforMIS”), Zimmer Holdings, Inc. and Zimmer, Inc. (“Zimmer”), and
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`C.A. No. 12-1107-GMS
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`C.A. No. 12-1109-GMS
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`C.A. No. 12-1110-GMS
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL
`INNOVATIONS LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
`v.
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`ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. and
`ZIMMER, INC.
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` Defendants.
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL
`INNOVATIONS LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
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`CONFORMIS, INC.,
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` Defendant.
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL
`INNOVATIONS LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
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`WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. and
`WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY,
`INC.
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` Defendants.
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`Wright Medical Group, Inc. and Wright Medical Technology, Inc. (“Wright Medical”) provide
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`the following status update.
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`On April 7, 2014, the Court stayed the above-captioned cases in view of inter partes
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`review (“IPR”) petitions filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) for several of
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`the asserted patents. (D.I. 62, 12-1109; D.I. 45, 12-1107; D.I. 43, 12-1110.) The PTAB has
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`instituted four IPR proceedings relating to U.S. Patent Nos. 7,806,896 (the “’896 patent”) and
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`7,837,736 (the “’736 patent”); terminated three proceedings relating to U.S. Patent Nos.
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`7,749,229 (the “’229 patent”), 6,702,821 (the “’821 patent”), and 8,133,229 (the “’3229 patent”);
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`and declined to institute any proceedings relating to U.S. Patent No. 7,959,635 (the “’635
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`patent”). The PTAB’s decisions on whether to institute two pending IPR petitions relating to the
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`’896 patent and ’736 patent are expected on or before December 12, 2014.
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`Thus, in total, six IPR proceedings relating to two patents are pending before PTAB and
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`are in the following posture:
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`Wright Medical
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`Wright Medical’s IPR (No. IPR2014-00354) concerning certain claims of the “’896
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`patent has been joined with Smith & Nephew’s IPR (No. IPR2013-00629). The patent owner,
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`Bonutti Skeletal Innovations, LLC (“Bonutti”), disclaimed claim 40, and the validity of claim 1
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`remains pending under Smith & Nephew’s case number. Oral argument in IPR2013-00629 is
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`scheduled for 1:00 p.m. E.T. on October 27, 2014. Absent an extension for good cause shown
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`(of up to six months, 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11); 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(c)), the PTAB’s deadline for
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`rendering a decision concerning the validity of claim 1 is February 28, 2015. See 35 U.S.C. §
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`316(a)(11).
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`Zimmer
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`Zimmer filed with the PTAB three petitions seeking IPR of three patents Bonutti has
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`asserted against Zimmer and others. The patents in question—the ’896 patent, the ’736 patent,
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`and the ’635 patent—are all directed to knee implants. Zimmer has filed a total of five IPR
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`petitions related to these patents, two of which were filed after the Court’s stay order. As
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`discussed below, four of those petitions relating to the ’896 patent and ’736 patents remain
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`pending before the PTAB, while the PTAB has declined to institute IPR proceedings on the ’635
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`patent.
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`With respect to the ’896 patent, Zimmer sought review of claims 40-47 in IPR No.
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`IPR2014-00321. On June 2, 2014, the PTAB instituted review of all but one of those eight
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`claims, claim 43. Subsequently, Bonutti formally disclaimed claims 40, 41, and 44-47 pursuant
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`to 37 C.F.R. § 1.321(a), leaving claim 42 in the pending IPR. Zimmer’s reply in support of its
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`IPR petition is due on October 31, 2014. Absent an extension for good cause shown (of up to six
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`months, 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11); 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(c)), the PTAB’s deadline for rendering a
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`decision in IPR2014-00321 is June 2, 2015. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11). On June 30, 2014,
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`Zimmer filed IPR No. IPR2014-01080, challenging claim 43 of the ’896 patent, along with a
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`motion, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b), seeking to join IPR2014-01080 with IPR2014-00321.
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`IPR2014-01080 is pending but has not yet been instituted and no scheduling order has been
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`entered.
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`With respect to the ’736 patent, Zimmer sought review of claims 15-28 and 31-36, in IPR
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`No. IPR2014-00191. On June 2, 2014, the PTAB instituted review of all but three of those 20
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`claims, claims 23-25. Subsequently, Bonutti formally disclaimed claims 15-20 and 26-28
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`pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.321(a), leaving claims 21, 22, and 31-36 in the IPR, which remains
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`pending. On October 11, 2014, Zimmer plans to take the deposition of Bonutti’s declarant, Dr.
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`Scott D. Schoifet. Zimmer’s reply in support of its IPR petition is due on October 31, 2014.
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`Absent an extension for good cause shown (of up to six months, 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11); 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.100(c)), the PTAB’s deadline for rendering a decision in IPR2014-00321 is June 2,
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`2015. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11). On June 30, 2014, Zimmer filed IPR No. IPR2014-01078,
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`challenging claims 23-25 of the ’736 patent, along with a motion, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.122(b), seeking to join IPR2014-01078 with IPR2014-00191. IPR2014-01078 is pending but
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`has not yet been instituted and no scheduling order has been entered.
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`With respect to the ’635 patent, Zimmer sought review of claims 1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16,
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`and 30-39 in IPR No. IPR2014-00311. On June 4, 2014, the PTAB denied review on all claims.
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`No claim from the ’635 patent remains subject to IPR.
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`Should the Court have any questions about the foregoing, counsel are available at the
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`Court’s convenience.
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`MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT &
`TUNNELL LLP
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`By: /s/ Jack B. Blumenfeld
`Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
`1201 North Market Street
`P.O. Box 1347
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 658-9200
`jblumenfeld@mnat.com
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`Ken Liebman
`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
`2200 Wells Fargo Center
`90 South 7th Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
` (612) 766-7000
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`Daniel M. Lechleiter
`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
`300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2700
`Indianapolis, IN 46204
`(317) 237-0300
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`Attorneys for Defendants Zimmer Holdings,
`Inc. and Zimmer, Inc.
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`POTTER ANDERSON &
`CORROON LLP
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`By: /s/ Philip A. Rovner
`Philip A. Rovner (#3215)
`Jonathan A. Choa (#5319)
`Hercules Plaza
`P.O. Box 951
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 984-6000
`provner@potteranderson.com
`jchoa@potteranderson.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Bonutti Skeletal
`Innovations LLC
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`John M. Desmarais
`Paul A. Bondor
`Alex Henriques
`Dustin F. Guzior
`DESMARAIS LLP
`230 Park Avenue
`New York, NY 10169
` (212) 351-3400
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`Anthony J. Fitzpatrick
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`100 High Street, Suite 2400
`Boston, MA 02110-1724
`(857) 488-4200
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`Samuel W. Apicelli
`Jeffrey S. Pollack
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`30 South 17th Street
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`(215) 979-1000
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`Michael A. Albert
`James J. Foster
`WOLF GREENFIELD
`600 Atlantic Avenue
`Boston MA 02210-2206
`(617) 646-8000
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`Attorneys for Defendants Wright Medical
`Group, Inc. and Wright Medical Technology
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`DUANE MORRIS LLP
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`By: /s/ Gary W. Lipkin
`Gary W. Lipkin (#4044)
`222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1600
`Wilmington, DE 19801-1659
` (302) 657-4920
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`YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT &
`TAYLOR, LLP
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`By: /s/ Melanie K. Sharp
`Melanie K. Sharp (#2501)
`Samantha G. Wilson (#5816)
`Rodney Square
`1000 North King Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`P.O. Box 391
`Wilmington, DE 19899-0391
`(302) 571-6681
`msharp@ycst.com
`swilson@ycst.com
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`Charles E. Lipsey
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`Two Freedom Square
`Reston, VA 20190
`(571) 203-2700
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`Howard W. Levine
`Sanya Sukduang
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
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`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`(202) 408-4000
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`Alissa K. Lipton
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
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`Two Seaport Lane
`Boston, MA 02210-2001
`(617) 646-1600
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`Attorneys for Defendant ConforMIS, Inc.
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