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`October l9. Zllll
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`Examiner:
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`CAMPELL. Bruce R.
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`DECLARATTGN BF FAUSTTNUS YEBQAH PHD. UNDER 37 C.F.R.
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`L Faustirrus Yclacah, declare as follows:
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`2.
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`l am a Canadian citizen.
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`l arn the Director of KABS l_aboratories, lne., a company that offers a broad range of
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`pretluct
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`tleveloprnent services to the lbio—pl1arrnace‘utical
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`industry worlclwide. The services
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`offered include strategic planning, pre—clir1ical clevelopinent, analytical
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`testing,
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`ferrnulation
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`(leveloprnent, nranirfacturirig ef mototypes and clinical supplies, (listribution. of clinical supplies
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`to clinical sites, and chernistry, rnarlufacturing and controls (TCMC) aspects of regulatory affaii‘s.
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`I am also the Founcler and Principal Consulmnt ofPDlVlC Plranna Consulting.
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`l ol)i:ainerl my Plr.D., concen‘trating on proteirl and carl)ol1yil.rate cliernistry, and my
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`M_E§c., concentrating on food chemistry, froni lVlcCsill University in Montreal, Quebec.
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`l was a
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`post-electoral fellow at the Biotechnology Research lr1stitnte oftl:1c National Rescarcli Council in
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`Canacla.
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`l have authored twenty five papers. inany of which concern rnass spectrornetry and
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`extraction of biomolecules, and l arn an inventor of one US. patent and six patent applications.
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`i
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`am a. Faculty Lecturer at McGill University in the Departrnent of Food Science, and I
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`as a
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`Jounial l{eviewer' for the Jazmizal r;:fF00z.z’ Conzp0sz'ti(m and Anz.zi_;v.g*is, the Jozzrrzal (.5f.4grz'i;:'z1Itui‘e
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`and Fem?! fihenzisnjjir, and the .Jtiw'm:z:’ of Efl‘l«’l'i"()i”tfi'l€i'£Z‘<ZZ
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`2"oxz‘c0i0g_,ii>.
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`l also serve as a Grant
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`Reviewer for the National Science and l?.ngineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). My
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`Curriculum Vitae is enclosed as Appendix A.
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`l ain consideretl an expert
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`in the area. of inass spectrornetry and extraction of
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`bioniolecules.
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`6.
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`l was engageil. by counsel l’or Neptune Technologies and Bioressources, lnc. (“Neptune”)
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`of Quebec, Canada to analyze the Corrected Request for Reexarnination {US 95,/ll(ll,,774} filed
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`by Alger Biornarine ASA (“Ake ”}.
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`1 am being Ltoniperlsated at my customary hourly rate for my
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`time spent on developiiig, forming, and eXpi‘essing the facts and opinions in this declaration.
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`l
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`have no personal interest in the ultirnate outcome. of the reexa.niination proceedings involving
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`Patent 8,{33(l,348 (“the ‘348 patent”).
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`7.
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`Specifically,
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`l was asked to review the lfieclaration of Thornas Guhdersen, which was
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`tiled in support of the Request for Reemniiiiation filed by
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`and the
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`eclaration of Earl L
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`White, Ph.l).., which was submitted by Neptune in the prosecution of the ‘.348 patent, and to
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`opine on the Validity of the results provided therein. Further, l was aslted to express an opinion
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`on quantitati.ve aspects of the data discussed herein.
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`Guntlersen Presents Eneoni
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`late and Unreliable Bate
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`8.
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`l have read and reviewed the Declaration of Thomas Gundersen suhrnitted by Alzer. and
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`it is my opinion that it suffers from considerable technical deficiencies and errors which render
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`its conclusions completely unreliable.
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`l surnrnarize these deficiencies and errors below.
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`Gafmicrserz Preserzis Cieariy Errorzeous [Edict
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`9.
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`My review of the Gundersen Declaration leads rne to conclude that it contains incomplete
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`and unreliable tlata. Gundersen erroneously presents data as distinct when it is merely an exact
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`in my epihieii, there is clear error in tlie Guiiderseri Deelaratieh
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`and, whether reflective ef a sloppy study marred by negligence er a fraudulent study submitted
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`with deceitful iiite.rrt, one eaimet rely on this data at all.
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`Spe.eiiieally, referring to Appendix B {if the Guhderseii Declaration, the ehremamgrahis
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`lalieied “Sample P308-8”’ and “Sample i’3i)8~9” are identical
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`Gundersen Deelaratien,
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`Appendix 8, pp.
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`ll8—l9’). Similarly, the ehremategrams laltreled “Sample l)3()8—l0,”" “Sample
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`P3i)8—l if’ and “Sarnpie P‘308—i2” are identtieai (see Gunderseii i}eeiaratien, Appendix B, pipe 19-
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`2e).
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`Guiiderseii provided Table l, which states that “Sample P30S~8,” “Sample P3OS~9,”
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`“Sample i’3(i8—l(i,” “Sample P3(38~ll,” and “Sample P‘308—i2” are distirietly tiii'i’ererrt samples
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`{see page 3 of the repert appended te the Gundersen Deeiaratieti}. Belew, i i'epi'0duee, in part,
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`Table l {eiiipliasis added, iiete the “i‘viarl<;irrg of Sample” Column):
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`Fractieii
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`Temperature
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`E.superha Fraetitm Ba 7% degr 5 min
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`min
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`E.saperha Fraetieh lib net heated
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`Ehsuperha Fraetien {Eh 76} degr 5
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`P3i)8~l2
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`Esuperha Fraetieh HE) 125 degr i5
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`i have alae attached the incomplete and urireliabie ($h,‘(OiIia1'0gT(aD'iS as eriumerated aheve
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`as a series ef figui'es to make this point clear {see Figures l-5). By reviewing Figures 1 and 2
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`side by side (eh pages it-i~l5 ef this i:3CCiEl1'a‘{ZiO1‘l),, it is apparent tliat the reteiitioii times, areas
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`under the curve, and sample idehtiiieatien infermatien are exactly the same. Fer eetiveriieiiee, i
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`have magnified the hottehi peak of each ef the elimiiiatograms labeled “Saihple l’3i)8w8” aiitl
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`“Sample l’308—9” and displayed them in Figures l and 2. The bettem eliremategrams hath have
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`areas under the eurve ef l24384 and retention times Qf 3.758 miiiates.
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`lt is my epihieh that it
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`would he impossible for two distinct samples te pmvide the exact same data. Even if “Sample
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`l’3l)8~8” and “Sample P2308-9”’ were merely repeats of eaeh other, which they are pug; according
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`to Gtinderseifs Table 1 (above), the data would have at least some deesiiatizyn. The unreliability
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`of this data is l’urthei' miclerseered. by the facet that the same sample l:L‘l,€Illl’l3,{$19tl.i,()l1 number appears
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`en the ehremategrams laheled “Sample l’3(lS—8"’ and “Sample l’3(lS—9"’ and displayed in Figures
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`l ahd. 2 (mi pages l5—l6 of this Deelaraltitm). Beth el'n'emategrarns have the fellewing sample
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`identifier: “MSl)l 826.
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`lil(?====825.'7.826_7 (C:\l.)1»‘~il3~‘\Al§lZl‘{ Blt:ll\/lARll\li\l’308\AE3 l l(l929‘\AB
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`lltl929\AB ll092I9 2{}ll-09-29 ll)-35—22\(l{}r-lmlltl-()lD) ES.” By providing the exa.et same data
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`twiee yet i'eferring to the data as erigihatiiig from two different experimental samples, Guiiclerseh
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`himself firmly demonstrates that his data is net ereclihle. "l‘his is summarizecl belew:
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`Masking at sample
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`“llsuperlaa, Fraction Ila '70 degr 5
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`The ehrematograms labeled “Sample l’3G8—l(l,” “Sample l’3Q8—ll.,”’ and “Sample l’3{}8~
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`l2” alse present ideiitieal data fer allegedly distinct samples and tlierefkne provide fiirthei'
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`iiieemplete and um‘elia'hle data. By eviewing Figui‘es 3, 4, and 5 (en pages l 6-l8 ef this
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`Deelaratieh) side by sidet it is apparent that the retehtien times, areas under the curve, and
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`sample identification ihfermatien are exactly the
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`Fer cenvenienee, l have magnified the
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`hettem peak of each til’ the el.n'ep'iategrams labeled “Sample l)3llS~lt},” “Samiple P398-l l ,” and
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`“Sample l33{l8~l2” and displayed them in Figtires 3, 4,, and 5. The hettem ehremategrams of all
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`three have areas und.er the curve of 5l%82l.8 and retention times {if 3.770 minutes.
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`lt is my
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`epihieh that it would he impossible lei‘ three distinct samples to pmvide the exact same data.
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`Even if “Sample P3(l8~l0,” “Sample P3ll8—ll," and “Sample P3tl8—l2"’ were merely repeats et‘
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`eaeh ether, which they are _ng_3_t according to Guhderseifs Table l (al;ieve), the data would have at
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`least‘ some deviazioiz. The ameliahility of this data is further underscored by the appearance Of
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`the same sample i.dentilieatieh huml;ier en the Clll‘0Tl’l3;t()_g*,1'£il'TlS labeled “Sample P308—ll},”
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`“Sample l’308—ll,” and “Sample l’308-l2” and displayed in Figures 3-5.
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`All
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`three
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`ehromategrams
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`carry the
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`follewing sample
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`220G€3—lf‘>6Gl D) ES.” As with the samples discussed in Paragraph l2 ahove, hy providing the
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`exact same data three times yet i”eferring to it as three different experiinental samples, Guridersen
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`estahlishes that his data is not credible, This is s1irnrnai‘i:aed below:
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`l note that l lirnited my review in this section to data. presented in Apperidix A ef the
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`Giindei'sen Declaration, as the data presented in Appendix B of the Cluridersen Deelaratien is so
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`poorly eproduced that l cannot discern most of the alleged peaks that are presented. For
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`example, i earmnt see any data on the chrornatograms labeled “p308~4” to “p3(38~7” and can only
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`make out faint images on the remainder of the figures presented in Appendix B ef the Gundersen
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`Declaration.
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`Ga‘mierserz Results are Highly Variable cznd Rafleczive of(1 Rusheci EXp8rifi’l€i2f.
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`15.
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`Besides the incomplete and iinreliahle data pt“6Sf31’llTt)c‘.l.,
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`there is a pu:a:.2:liiig complete
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`ahsenee of data in the Gnnderseri Declaration for‘ the ethyl acetate extract ME. .wper/Ba l<i'ill lipid
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`samples ( Gnndersen Deelaratinn ‘E 5). The fact that no data was generated for these
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`experimental sainples suggests that the experiment was not conducted carefully (see (Iluridersen
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`Declaration, Appeiidix B, pp.
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`ll§—l7 for ehrornatograms labeled “Sainple P3084-‘lv,” “Sainple
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`P3l}8~5,” and “Sample P3(38~6”).
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`in fact, Gundersen himself states that the experiment “_s_ii§g_it_lgl_;
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`have been 1‘t."£')Calt3Cl but there was not enonvh time for this” {see Gundersen Declaration fit 5;
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`emphasis added). Fiirtiiei', on page 2 of llxhihit 2 of the Gundersen Declaration, Gundersen
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`states that “the analysis of the samples took place between
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`September and 4 October Ztlll.”
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`Therefore, all within the span of just five business days, the data was acquired, the data was
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`analyzed, a report was generated, and a declaration regarding analysis of the data was written. A
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`cornplicated expei*itnental analysis such
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`this wenld require. far more tirne if it were conducted,
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`properly. These facts suggest a rushed experiment and data analysis.‘
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`Tim Gz,mde2rserz Data Sz,g,f,?'ers' Front the jleféstnoifv ii}ffZcr:‘.';
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`lti.
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`is not only conventienal but also necessary, when conducting niass spectrernetry
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`experiments, to run selvent—only (a,z’k/a “hlanlc” or “negative”? controls at the begiiniiiig of an
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`€‘f§(’\,€‘l.”lTYl13Ilt and between runs which invelve different ex ,eriniental s ecies. Gundersen does not
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`nevitle these crucial centrels.
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`"l‘hese omitted controls are crucial because they correct fer a technical difficulty in
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`spectren'ietry known as the “tnen'ior'y e_tl’ect” or “carryover et‘t‘eet.”2 For instance, (.‘.()l'l'lEll’Ttl,lll3.l,ll.
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`species froin a preceding experirnental run sl<:ews the subsequent preliles.
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`This deficiency of the Gundersen Declaration is anzgziified because Gundersen ernpleys
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`ninltiple reaction inonitoring (l\/llihvi), a highly sensitive technique used te detect very small
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`qttamz'tié:s 0fsigm2!.3 As the detectieh is very sensitive, any cress»centarnination of species may
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`completely hlnr actual data. Therefore, the failure et‘ Gundersen to run selvent—enly c.ontrols, in
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`a very sensitive niass spectronietry rnethotl, casts significant doubt upon the data presented in the
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`Declaratien.
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`l9.
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`Gtindersen“'s failure to contrel and cerrect fer the rneinoiy effect, in my epinion, prohahly
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`resulted in ineerrect conclusions regarding the idetltilicatien of species. One cannot, tll(§t‘£’[f(lt'i¥,
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`exclude with any confidence that signals froin the positive er reference standards were net
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`carried~ever to sequential sample runs, which would result in false positive data, For instance, in
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`the data presented in the chroniategrarns ell’ “Saniple l’3()8—l5” and “Sample l’3l38—l6” (sanie
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`experiniental cenditions, see Gunclersen Declaratien, Appendix B, p. 22) there are considerable
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`dittereiices in the peak intensities ohservecl where ene would expect essentially siniilar
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`respectfully noted that some of the samples did not arrive in the laboratory Where the Gundeisen Declaration
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`expetinients Were unl"1ertal<e‘n until September
`20} l. This would leave a inaxirnuin of three business days to
`generate data, analyze data, ‘write a report,
`Write a declaration i‘egai'diti analysis oi’ these samples.
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`”Dt3l(‘)1‘ll’ll1’lEi,lli)l] of Cai't"yo've:r and COT.\lal]1ln€tlZl0'll
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`Article 42., Appendix B.
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`for Mass Spectremetty--Based
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`3 See, e. Elliott .91 all, CU;-‘l‘C11’t Trends in Quantitative lJ1“0lC(31’1'1lCS. J:
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`Spectrum,
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`intensities. However, in the fornier, the peak intensity is in the. tens of thousands, while in the
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`latter,
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`the
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`eale intensit“ is
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`in the low hundreds
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`the bottom
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`chroniatograrns of both). Given this highly dirninished intensity, I cannot reasonably exclude the
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`possibility that the higher signals bled into the suhsequent ru.n’s results Via the memory effect. A
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`solVent—only control, which Gundersen failed to run, would have excluded the rnemory effect.
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`20.
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`Further, another potential manifestation of the “rnernory effect” is seen in the highly
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`variable retention tirnes presented in the Gunrlersen Declaration for what is alleged to he the
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`same compound. For instance, selecting a random pair of chronratograrns, the hottorn traces of
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`“Sample P308-l” and “Sarnple P‘308~7.” are purported to he the same chemical species, yet have
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`disparate retention times of —/l.l8l and 3.747 rninutes, respectively. This is a retention time
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`deviation of close to 26 seconds. The.refore, in one run (“Saniple P3(lS«—l”) the same compound
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`is about ll % slower than in another {“Saniple P308-7”).
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`ln my opinion, this should not he.
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`Because of Gundersen’s failure to run the solvent control, I cannot exclude the. memory ellect.
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`in fact, these data are also indicative of two dit‘feren.t chemical species incorrectly labeled by
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`Gundersen as the same chemical species.
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`The Gzmdersen [lard Sz{ffei".s‘ Firm: Poor Resolztttion.
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`2l.
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`Gundersen also presents experirnental data peaks that are not the
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`and clearly
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`defined speaks that are rellective of clean chroniatog;raphy. On the contrary, the peaks show a
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`poor resolution that suggests that multiple species may be present.
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`22.
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`For instance, the experimental runs labeled “Sainple P3€l8~l
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`,” “iéainple l’3l)8~2,” “Sample
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`P3Q8—3,°’ “Sample l?‘308—l4,"’ and “Sarnple P3{}8~l6” are particularly broad and asyininetrical,
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`which is indicative of a population of unknown species in a “peak” as opposed to a single
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`species.
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`ln contrast, a single species is expected to give a sharp peak in the. form of a tight
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`Gaussi.a,n-sliaped curve.
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`23.
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`ln suinrnary, it is my opinion that the Gundersen l3e.claration suffers trom a nuniher of
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`deficiencies, including incorrect and unrelia'ble data, rushed execution, and experirnental errors
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`which render its conclusions cornpletely unreliable and not credible. As an expert l cannot give
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`the results presented in the Gundersen declaration any weight.
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`The ‘White Declaration at Ma’ 31 2911 hresents Sound Raw Data and a Reasonable
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`Dverall Canelnsion.
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`l have also read the Declaration of Earl L. White,
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`l’h.D.
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`that was snhinitted in the
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`prosecution of the ‘348 patent on May 3 l, 201 l and I have heen asked to provide an independent
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`evaluation of the correctness of its conclusions.
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`l_1nlil<e the (Snndersen Declaration, the White
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`Declaration provides data that is ezrpeiimentally sound and has a reliable conclusion.
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`25.
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`i understand Dr. White’s conclusion to he that it
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`his “opinion that the Deatidoin Oil
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`Fi'actiens received and tested hy {him} do not contain ?I.v‘$ [ph.ostpholipids] which have attached
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`to them DHA and DHA, EPA and El’./%‘i, DHA and EPA, or l3l’A and DHA, at the detection limits
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`described [LC/’l‘vl'.§_§ and MS/MS l'€(.‘.l1l'll(}l,1f.’.Sit” Theret‘ore, Dr. White could not tied any species
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`that could. he definitively identified as those disclosed and claimed in the ‘348 patent. This is a
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`reasonable eorielusioii based on the experimental data.
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`26.
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`Some cornrnentary on the White Declaration of lvlay 31, Ztlltl
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`is helpful
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`for
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`understanding it.
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`27.
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`First, it is my expert opinion that the raw data collected by Dr. White is correct and does
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`not suf"er from the many flaws seen in Gundersenls data.
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`28.
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`Second, Dr. White’s Declaration of May 3l, Ztllll does have a couple of minor
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`itzrerpretazive errors that do _r_rg_3_§; affecct the Validity of the raw data or the overall conclusion (Le.
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`that Dr. Wliite could not, within the limits of detection,
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`find any species that could he
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`definitively identified as those diselose.d and claimed in the ‘348 patent).
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`29.
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`A first minor error lies in Figure ll} of the Declaration of Dr. White of May 3l, Ztlltl.
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`ions such that Dr. White could not identify species that might have been those disclosed and
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`claimed in the ‘348 patent. Dr. White included Figures 9 and ll ih si.tppci't of this conclusion.
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`However, it appears that because Dr. White did not detect characteristic product ions that are
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`needed to definitively identit‘y the fatty acids attached to the pll0Spl'l0li,}:3i(lS at the rnolecular
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`weights of 82.6 and 852. he included, for corhpariscn, Figure it), “from a previous Beaudoin oil,”
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`as a “representative MS/l\2lS spectrarh for a [’pl}0Spll3.'ti(lylCll0li1'lf::l with a molecular ion at m/z
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`White Deelaratiorr of May 31, 2611, Figure it) legend and *3 121. This figure shows
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`what a species at the weight of a phosplioiiplti of EEiP./~‘i.r"El?"A woutlci look like if it could he
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`tragriiehted sueh that proctuet iohs eoulti be detected. This explains why Dr. White separated this
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`t"igutr'e trom the others in ‘El E2 of the White Declaration, which states: “lVlS/'lViS spectra for a
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`representative Beaudoih Oil Fractiorr sample are shown in Fi tires 4-9. and il l. Fig‘ur‘e 10
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`(errrpliasis adtiedi}. This, to me,
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`a clear irrclieatiori that Dr. Wl‘rite did not intend to present
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`Figure lit
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`part of the. expei'irtiehtal set upon which he was opihihg ih May, 2311. This is
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`hoistered hy a statement in the tigttre legend of Figutr'e M), in which it is stated that the ariaiyzed
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`sample is “from a previous Beautioiii oil.”
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`in feet, Dr. White also iiiehtdect the date of the
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`experiment in the upper left corners of each of the spectra irieludteci lh the figure set. Figure 10 of
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`the White Declaration of May 31, 2011 has the iabei “09Dee07” irrt’tiea.tirrg that it is trorri a
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`December, 2009 experirheht while all of the either figures {L9, is 1) have date labels ot7Api'ii or
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`May, Zfii ii, iritiieatirig that they are from the experitherits commissioned for prosecution of the
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`‘348 patent.
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`39,
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`1 have reviewetl an experimental report ti'oh'i the 2009 extraertiori (Appemlix B) arid
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`conclude that, heeause of the experimehtai errors in reprochteirig Beaudoirr, the 2909 samples o
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`Figure l0 are rig: “Beaudoiri oil.” Those Dr. ‘vVhite’s staterrieht that Figure l0 is “from a previous
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`Beatttftolh oil” is errorieotts. As dteser'iheci in the experirheritai report, the procedure removed the
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`Water trorh the oil arid did riot ’<t.Cl,Cqll.i:iif3.ly heat. Therefore it wettlti he expected that the oil of
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`Figure l0 shows enough m/z 826 species to allow protiitet ieh deteetiori (See Appendix D).
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`31.
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`Speeificaliy, E note that the 2009 extraction did go; replicate Beattdoin because a series of
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`changes to the Beattdoin protoeoi were iriad ’f31‘iCI1'€ly made {see Appeittiix D):
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`“
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`hi the aeetorie extraetioh (“step l”), extensive evapora.tioh of the solvent and water was
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`1.tYtCi6Y‘i.&i{e1‘E,
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`in contrast
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`to what was described in Beattdoin.
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`Specifically,
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`the
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`e\:perirhehter* “[e.]Vapoi"ate[d]
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`the aeetoheg” “lsleparatiedj
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`the fat froth the water by
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`deearitatlori after addition of 1 vohtme of aeetorieg” "‘[i']eeoVer[ed the} olig” and
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`“ieivaporated. under Vaeuurri.”
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`in contrast, Beautioiri’s extraction ihehtdes anti; rotary
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`evaporation to reniove acetone and leaves ltl.0% moisture and Volatiles (Beautloih l,
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`Table 13]). Such water content causes hydrolysis of the phospholipid upon heating.4
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`5*
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`liwrther, the experiinenterjiiilecl to heat tile arrezione e.:ttra(:t at I25°'Cfor 15 mi:/zz»::‘es, in
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`eontradistinction f1”tJ1’11 the step taught by Beaodoin. Heat was not applied at all to
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`Fraeti on l,
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`E The experimenter aiidei'tool< an ethanol evaporation to yield Fraetiori ll as in Beaudoin
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`(“step 2”} but did not hair Fmctioii 1! at 125"’C'ji)r 15 ininzzzes.
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`lnstead, Fractions l and
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`it were merged to create a lifaction not taught by Beaadoin: a fraction having niaeh less
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`water
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`than the Beaiidcin fractions.
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`This non~Beandoin oil was then treated hy
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`“[elVaporat[ing} tinder Vacnurrf’ antl “lhleatfingl at l.’/15 “CL”
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`As Beandoin does not teach the experimental teatures ennrneraterl above, the 2009 exzperirnent
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`did not eor'r'ectiy replicate the lfieaucloin extractioii and thus resulted in an oil that is not BGa'U.(.lOil‘l
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`oil.
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`I understand that it was oil from this incorrectly~eXecnted, krill oil extraction that was sent to
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`Dr: White lei" mass spectrcinetrie analysis. Dr. White Cll£l1‘£lClT€l‘lLZ€(l
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`this non—Beaurloin oil in
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`2009 and included Figure ltl froin this analysis in his Declaration of May 3 ll , Zilll l.
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`32.
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`For cornpleteness, l also note that there is a slight mathematical error in l’igntr'e l0, as Dr.
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`White presentetl it in his Declaration otlwiay 3l, Ztll l. While his point was to simply show how
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`a (leteetahle ion tragnienrtatioii locks, Di: White mistakenly ill(l6llll,i‘if::‘Ci, the two product ion peaks
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`at m/z 524 and 542 as C205 (EPA) and Cl8:(), respectively. See White Declaration of May 3 l,
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`Ztll 3, Figure ll}, My review of this figure shows that these two species cannot result 't’rcin the
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`fraginentation of a peak at m/z 826. On the contrary, this fragmentation pattern is reflective of a
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`species bearing two EPA molecules. The lragrnent at m/z 524 represents a neutral loss of the
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`free acid of lit’/»\ front the parent phospholipiil {m/z 826), and the tragrneiit at I73/E 542 represents
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`at neutral loss of a ketene form of EFA from the parent phospholipicl. However, as the 2009
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`experiment was an incorrect repreduction ot‘Beandtoin,, in that water was removed and heat was,
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`for the most part, not used, this species s',’mzi:’rZ contain nieastirahle levels of a phospholipitl with
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`4 Seer, e. Herman and Groves “The influence of Free Fatty Acid Foiniation on the pH of Phospholipi<l~Stahili;fecl
`Triglyceride lirnulsions” Piztzrmaceuzicaf Rrzsearc/2 lU(5,}: '.7'.74~7'.7'6 (1993), Appendix E.
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`EPA aiitl EPA. This n‘iiSl:‘dl{C., being in a. figure that does not eveii retleet Biittuilflillfi has no
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`hearing on Dr. Whites conclusions.
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`33.
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`Therefore, it is my opinion that Figure it) is a failed attempt at previdiirig a COl”HpEiTElti'%’€*
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`exaniple between the extract predtucetl in Beaudoin and the eaiiipasitieii of the ‘348 patent. This
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`figiire, in my opinion, has no hearing an the Conclusions of Dr. White’s stutly and therefore i
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`View the May 31,, 2011 White Declaration as experiirientally sound. despite it.
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`34.
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`A seeoricl minor error lies in Taliies l and 2 of Dr. Wliite’s Declaration of May 31, 203 l;
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`particularly in Dr. White’s iclentiticatiehs of the petetitiai fatty acids that eeiilti represent
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`differeiit m/72 signals.
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`it
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`appareiit that Dr. White made his calculations witheiit the kiiewletlge
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`that ll-grill tie not possess fatty acids shorter than C145 As the m/z Values of the cempesitieri of
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`the ‘348 patent are i.:nanil'>igu0iis, this has he hearing on Dr. White’s overall corichisien as it does
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`net at all alter the sounrliiess efthe raw experirneiitai data. that he generated.
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`Canirnents on
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`antifieatian at" ‘White and Giinrierseii Data
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`35.
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`l have re.viewe.<l hath the Guiitiersen and White raw data and have been asked to express
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`an epiriieri en quantitative a,spects 0f“E§}8i:}:1c
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`The Beam:£oi.r2 Oi!" C0nmin,§‘, i§fI.4nv,
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`(1 De fv1'z’m°mz’s' iaimozmt (:f.the PIz(2.rpii0/’ipiris' Carry.i7ng
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`Two qfEP/i and DHA
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`36.
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`The eoiielusieii of the White Declaration, that Dr. White could not find any species of
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`phespholipids carrying two of EPA and DHA Within the detectiori
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`limits of the experiinerit
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`conciueted, is sound. The species detectecl at m/z Values at 826 and 852 represeiit amounts in a
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`range en the order of only (ll ta 2. % of the ;)hr).s;:9i2r)ii';2ids Q)" the 0116
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`i understand that
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`phosphelipids represent aheut 409/?) of the total lipids in krill eiil and therefore, the raw data of
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`Tables l arid 2 efttie White i:§©Cl£i1”Ei'E’.‘iGIl shows that the atneurit of phespiielipids carryitig two ef
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`tag. Winther er ./,zZ., Elucidation of Phosphatiidylclioline Composition in Krill Oil Extra<;:te<i from ,Eupimzzsia
`See,
`.rz/perba LzTpz'iz’s 46 (if):
`(2.0l Ll), Apgieiitiix F.
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`This is based on the rev» ' data presented in Tables 1 and 2 of the White Declaration efl\/lay 31, 2011.
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`7 See, Winther at 511., Elucidation oi‘ Phosphatidylcholiiie Ceniposition in Krill Oil Extracted from Ezyzpizamia
`superrba Lipids 46 (1): 25-36, page 29 (Agspenrlix F, an Ahei‘ paper that stated: “the PtclClio content (if the undilutecl
`hrill oil was determined to he 34 i 5% (W/W)"); See (rim Beaudein I, Table 14; ‘348 patent, Column 15, lines 3235.
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`EPA and DHA the total Beaurioin oii is only about 9.05 to l.l%. This is a tie minimis amount
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`ofphospholipids carrying two ot‘E.PA or DE-ISA.
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`3'7.
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`Uiifortariately, clue to the rnyriad experirhental errors of the Guhtierseri Declaration,
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`l
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`cannot quantity its data. Given this,
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`it
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`my opinion that even if there is any of the
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`phospliolipids carrying two of EPA or DEA, it is likely a very sinall arnount. Speeitieally, it is
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`noted that (Iluntlersen needed to turn to l_.,C-l\’lRlVt detection to allegedly find the species. LC»
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`l\/ERM is a taiidein rnass speetrornetrie technique that is sevens] 0m’ez"s of iizrzgnitafre more
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`sensz'tive than standard, t_,ti3—MS or LC~l‘\/lS‘”‘.8 LC—l‘vlRt\/it is usually used when the detection and
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`quantification of extremely low or trace levels of analyte is desired.
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`38.
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`Having established that there is, at rnost, a tie mzinimzls amount of phospholipids carrying
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`two of il3l’A or DEA in Beaadoin,
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`l have also ascertained What percentage of inzrzcz
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`i"e,g'ardZess of l'dz£’i'£fi'fj? of the fatzjv at:-ta’ citzains, in the Beauclein phospholipid
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`sample is intact, Based on Tables l and 2 of the White Declaration ofl‘v’lay 31, 2011, and the
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`fact that a Cl-4./Cl 4 phospholipitl is the lowest intact molecular weight species possible in lorill, l
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`ealeulate this Value to he at about 35% of the }:)h0S‘pl10lilpitlS.9 Therefore, only about l5‘?/2; of the
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`total Beandoin oil, regardless of the identity of the fatty acid chains, is intact.
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`8 ,See Elliott ei c:.7., “Current Trends in Quantitative Proteornics.” J Mass. Speci.r.:2r;«z., 44
`Appendix C.
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`l63'.7'——l660 (2009),
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`the fact that l-trill does not
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`contain fatty acids longer than C14 and therefore, a pliospliatidylcholiiie bearing two C14 moieties would he the
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`lowest molecular weight intaet phosphatidyleholine possible. Such a
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`a molecular
`Weight of about 677' (this is tlie stun oi‘ two C14 chains, glycerol, and choline). Tlierefore, any 721/: Value of 677 or
`higher was classified as intact. The same would apply ifphosphatidylethanolaniine is considered (inolecular Weight
`cutoff would be about 635- the sum of two Clfi: chains, glycerol, and ethanolarnine).
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