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`By: R. Danny Huntington, Lead Counsel
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`Sharon E. Crane, Ph.D., Backup Counsel
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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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`SEQUENOM, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
`THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
`Patent Owner.
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Patent Owner, The Board of Trustees of the
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`Notices in response to the Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No.
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`1. Real Party-In-Interest
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), Patent Owner Stanford identifies
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`the real parties-in-interest as follows.
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`The Assignee for U.S. Patent No. 8,195,145 is:
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`The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
`1705 El Camino Real
`Palo Alto, California 94306-1106.
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`In addition, the following company is a licensee of U.S. Patent No.
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`8,195,415:
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`Verinata Health, Inc.
`800 Saginaw Drive
`Redwood City, California 94063.
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`Verinata Health, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illumina, Inc.:
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`Illumina, Inc.
`5200 Illumina Way
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`The U.S. Government also has certain rights as reflected in the confirmatory
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`National Institutes of Health
`U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
`Division of Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources
`6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 310, MSC 7980
`Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7980.
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`2. Related Matters
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), Patent Owner Stanford identifies
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`the following related proceedings:
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,195,415 is at issue in Interference No. 105,922, currently
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,195,415 issued on June 5, 2012, from U.S. Patent
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`Application No. 12/696,509, filed on January 29, 2010, and claims benefit to: U.S.
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`Patent Application No. 12/560,708, filed on September 16, 2009, which is
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`pending; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/098,758, filed on
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`September 20, 2008, and now expired.
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`International Application No. PCT/US09/57136, filed on September 16,
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`2009, which was published as WO/2010/033578, on March 25, 2010; U.S. Patent
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`Application No. 12/560,708, filed on September 16, 2009, which is pending; U.S.
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`Patent Application No. 13/102,717, filed on May 6, 2011, which is pending; and
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 13/218,317, filed on August 25, 2011, which is
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 13/102,717, filed on May 6, 2011, and U.S.
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`Patent Application No. 13/452,083, filed on April 20, 2012, and issued as U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,296,076, also claim, or may claim, the benefit to/priority from U.S.
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`Patent Application No. 12/696,509.
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`Case IPR2013-00390, Sequenom, Inc. v. The Board of Trustees of the
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`Leland Stanford Junior University, Petition filed on June 26, 2013, and granted on
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`December 9, 2013, to review claims 1-17 of U.S. Patent No. 8,195,415.
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`3. Lead and Back-Up Counsel
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), Patent Owner Stanford identifies
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`R. Danny Huntington as lead counsel and Sharon E. Crane as back-up counsel:
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`R. Danny Huntington, Lead Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 27,903
`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`E-mail: dhuntington@rfem.com
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`Sharon E. Crane, Ph.D., Back-up Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 36,113
`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
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`4. Service Information
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4), Patent Owner Stanford identifies
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`the following service information:
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`Date: January 30, 2014
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`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
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`R. Danny Huntington, Reg. No. 27,903
`Sharon E. Crane, Ph.D., Reg. No. 36,113
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`I hereby certify that on this 30th day of January, 2014, a true and correct
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`counsel of record for Petitioner Sequenom, Inc.:
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`Peter S. Choi – Backup Counsel
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`Ph: 202-736-8000
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