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`Entered: February 3, 2014
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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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`AKER MARINE AS
`Petitioner
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`NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGIES
`AND BIORESOURCES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00003
`Patent 8,278,351 B2
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, and
`SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Motion to Limit Petition
`37 C.F.R. § 42.71
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`On January 30, 2014, the parties filed a motion (Paper 18) to limit the claims
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`challenged in this proceeding, pursuant to a settlement agreement. Id. at 2. The
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`Petition presents challenges as to claims 1-94 of the ’351 patent (Paper 6 at 3), and
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`the motion limits the challenged claims to claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 19, 20,
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`21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46, removing
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`claims 7, 8, 10, 11, 14–18, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37–41, and 47–94 from the proceeding
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`(Paper 18 at 2).
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`As noted by the parties in the motion, this proceeding is still in its
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`preliminary stages, and a decision has not been made yet whether to institute trial.
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`Id. at 4. In addition, limiting the proceeding facilitates the Board’s goal of
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`resolving these inter partes reviews in a just, speedy and inexpensive manner. 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.1(b).
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDERED, that the parties Motion to Limit is GRANTED; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED, that the Petition in this proceeding is limited to
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`claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 35,
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`36, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46.
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`Patent 8,278,351 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`J. Mitchell Jones
`Casimir Jones SC
`jmjones@casimirjones.com
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`Amanda Hollis
`Kirkland & Ellis
`amanda.hollis@kirkland.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Stephen L. Altieri
`Cooley LLP
`saltieri@cooley.com
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`J. Dean Farmer
`Cooley LLP
`dfarmer@cooley.com
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