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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Cyanotech Corporation
`Petitioner
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`The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2013-00401
`Case:
`Patent No.: 5,527,533
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`PATENT OWNER’S OPPOSITION TO PETITIONER'S
`MOTION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
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`Patent Owner hereby responds to Petitioner’s Motion to Submit
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`Supplemental Information (Paper No. 60). As noted during the call authorizing
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`Petitioners to file the motion, Patent Owner did not object to the three paragraphs
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`from Dr. Kaushal's report being submitted for the panel's review.
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`Patent Owner did, however, object to Petitioner characterizing the
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`statements. Petitioner was authorized to submit the three paragraphs without
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`characterization, but ignored that requirement, prompting Patent Owner to seek
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`this response. The improper portion of Petitioner's brief includes from the first full
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`paragraph of page 2 to the start of the final paragraph on page 3, and is precisely
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`the sort of characterization that was not to be included.
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`Petitioner claims Dr. Kaushal's declaration contradicts his testimony in this
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`IPR. That is simply not true, as is evident from reading the paragraphs. The key
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`language is "xerophthalmia or vitamin A deficiency," a nutritional deficiency, on
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`the one hand and "the vast majority of retinal conditions" on the other. (CYAN
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`Ex. 1082 at ¶ 179). The statement must be read in context.
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`Two paragraphs earlier, in a portion Petitioner initially did not submit, Dr.
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`Kaushal states: "No health supplement or drugs support all aspects of 'eye health'."
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`(CYAN Ex. 1082 at ¶ 177) He then discussed a number of specific diseases,
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`Petitioner asks the board to interpret "the vast majority" to mean "every
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`single one, without exception, including vitamin A deficiency." Dr. Kaushal never
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`said any such thing, and Petitioners attempted impeachment falls flat.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`s/Mark D. Schuman
`Mark D. Schuman (Lead Counsel)
`Registration No. 31,197
`CARLSON CASPERS
`225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Telephone: (612) 436-9600
`Facsimile: (612) 436-9650
`mschuman@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner The Board of
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on August 4,
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`Petitioner's Motion to Submit Supplemental Information was served via electronic
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`mail upon the following:
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`Joseph A. Rhoa (Lead Counsel)
`Registration No. 37,515
`NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C.
`901 North Glebe Road, 11th Floor
`Arlington, VA 22203-1808
`Telephone: (703) 816-4043
`Email: jar@nixonvan.com
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`George E. Darby (Back-up Counsel)
`PARADISE PATENT SERVICES, INC.
`95 – 1045 Alakaina St.
`Mililani, HI 96789
`Telephone: (808) 626-1300
`Email: cyan@teleport-asia.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner Cyanotech Corporation, including
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