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`Paper 94
`Date: October 6, 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 BIOMARINE AS and
`ENZYMOTEC LTD. and ENZYMOTEC USA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGIES AND BIORESSOURCES INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-000031
`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
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Patent Owner, Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc., and
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`Petitioners, Aker BioMarine AS, and Enzymotec Ltd. and Enzymotec USA,
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`Inc., requested oral hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70. Papers 88 and
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`1 Case IPR2014-00556 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`IPR2014-00003
`Patent 8,278,351 B2
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`91. The requests are granted. Oral arguments will commence at 10:00 AM
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`Eastern Time on Friday, October 31, 2014, on the ninth floor of Madison
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`Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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`Petitioners and Patent Owner will each have sixty (60) minutes of
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`total time to present arguments. Petitioners bear the ultimate burden of
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`proof that Patent Owner’s claims at issue in this review are unpatentable.
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`Petitioners will, therefore, open the hearing by presenting their case
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`regarding the challenged claims and grounds for which the Board instituted
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`trial. Patent Owner will then respond to Petitioners’ arguments. Petitioners
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`may reserve time to respond to arguments presented by Patent Owner.
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`The hearing will be open to the public for in-person attendance that
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`will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. The Board will
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`provide a court reporter, and the transcript shall constitute the official record
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`of the hearing.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served at
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`least five business days before the hearing. The Board requests that such
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`exhibits be filed at the Board at least five business days before the hearing.
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`The parties must file any objections to the demonstratives with the Board at
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`least two business days before the hearing. Any objection to demonstrative
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`exhibits that is not timely presented will be considered waived. The
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`objections should identify with particularity which demonstratives are
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`subject to objection, and include a short (one sentence or less) statement of
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`the reason for each objection. No argument or further explanation is
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`permitted. The Board will consider the objections and schedule a
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`conference if deemed necessary. Otherwise, the Board will reserve ruling on
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`the objections until after the oral argument. The parties are directed to
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`Patent 8,278,351 B2
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`St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. v. The Board of Regents of the
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`University of Michigan, IPR2013-00041 (PTAB January 27, 2014) (Paper
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`65), for guidance regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative
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`exhibits.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present in person
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`at the oral hearing. Any counsel of record, however, may present the party’s
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`argument. If either party anticipates that its lead counsel will not be
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`attending the oral argument, the parties should initiate a joint telephone
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`conference with the Board no later than two business days prior to the oral
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`hearing to discuss the matter.
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`Any special requests for audio visual equipment should be directed to
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`Trials@uspto.gov.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that oral arguments in this proceeding shall take place
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`beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time on Friday, October 31, 2014, on the
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`ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties are authorized to file
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`objections to demonstrative exhibits no later than two business days before
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`the hearing.
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`IPR2014-00003
`Patent 8,278,351 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Amanda Hollis
`amanda.hollis@kirkland.com
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` For PATENT OWNER:
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`Dean Farmer
`dfarmer@cooley.com
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