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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE
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`PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`NUVASIVE, INC.
`Petitioner
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`WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00206
`Patent 8,251,997
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`PATENT OWNER NOTICE OF RELATED MATTERS
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
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`Case IPR2013-00206
`U.S. Patent No. 8,251,997
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`The following judicial and/or administrative proceedings could affect, or be
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`affected by, a decision in this proceeding:
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`The ‘997 patent is the subject of a litigation in the North District of Indiana filed on
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`August 17, 2012, and entitled Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. v. Nuvasive, Inc., Case
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`No. 3:12-CV-438-JD-CAN (N.D. Ind.). The litigation was subsequently transferred to the
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`Southern District of California, and is now entitled Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. v.
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`Nuvasive, Inc., Case No. 3:12-cv-02738-CAB (MDD) (S.D. Cal.).
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`The ‘997 patent is a is a continuation application of Serial No. 10/371,757, now
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,066,705; which is a continuation application of Serial No. 08/480,461,
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`now U.S. Patent No. 7,491,205; which is a divisional application of Serial No.
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`08/394,836, now U.S. Patent No. 5,772,661 (“’661 patent”). The ‘661 patent was the
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`subject of a litigation in the Southern District of California, entitled Medtronic Sofamor
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`Danek USA, Inc., et al., v. Nuvasive, Inc., Case No. 08 CV 1512 MMA (MDD) (S.D.
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`Cal.). Subsequent to the filing of the litigation based thereon, the ‘661 patent was the
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`subject of Reissue Serial No. 12/655,178, which is now abandoned.
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