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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APOTEX CORP.,
`Petitioner
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`ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2013-00428
`U.S. Patent No. 8,268,299 B2
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`ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.’S LIST OF ANTICIPATED PROPOSED
`MOTIONS
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`Pursuant to 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,765–66 (Aug. 14, 2012), in advance of
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`the initial conference call with the Board scheduled for Monday, February 3, at
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`2:00 p.m. EST, Patent Owner Alcon Research, Ltd. (“Alcon”) submits the
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`following list of motions that Alcon has filed or currently is considering filing in
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`this matter.
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`A. Contingent Motion To Amend Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.121
`Alcon may file a contingent motion to amend one or more of the challenged
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`claims of the ’941 patent. Any such motion would respond to the grounds of
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`Attorney Docket No.
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`unpatentability alleged in this trial and would not seek to enlarge the scope of the
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`claims of the patent or to introduce new subject matter. In addition, while Alcon
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`has not yet determined whether it will file a motion to amend, Alcon would like to
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`discuss whether the claim listing required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(b) would be
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`counted against the 15-page limit for a motion, or whether the claim listing may be
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`submitted as an attachment to the motion. If the claim listing is counted against
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`the 15-page limit, Alcon requests that the page limit be increased from 15 to 25
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`pages.
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`B. Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Adam L. Perlman
`Alcon has filed a motion requesting pro hac vice admission of Adam L.
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`Perlman. The motion is currently pending; no opposition has been filed.
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`Dated: January 30, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Stanley E. Fisher/
`Stanley E. Fisher
`Reg. No. 55,820
`Phone: 202-434-5289
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`Correspondence Address:
`Williams & Connolly LLP
`725 Twelfth Street NW
`Washington, D.C. 20005
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing “ALCON RESEARCH,
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`LTD.’S LIST OF ANTICIPATED PROPOSED MOTIONS” was served on
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`January 30, 2014, by filing this document through the Patent Review Processing
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`System as well as delivering a copy via electronic mail upon the following
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`attorneys of record for the Petitioner:
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`Eldora L. Ellison (Reg. No. 39,967)
`Ralph W. Powers, III (Reg. No. 63,504)
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600 (telephone)
`(202) 371-2540 (facsimile)
`eellison-PTAB@skgf.com
`tpowers-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Stanley E. Fisher/
`Stanley E. Fisher
`Reg. No. 55,820
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`Dated: January 30, 2014
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