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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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`RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD. and RANBAXY INC.,
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`ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00410
`Patent 8,362,085 B2
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`Before JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, ZHENYU YANG, and
`TINA E. HULSE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HULSE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2015-00410
`Patent 8,362,085 B2
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`The Board has reviewed Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response
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`(Paper 16) and seeks additional briefing from Petitioner on whether
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`Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a real party-in-interest that should
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`have been identified in the Petition pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(2).
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`Petitioner is authorized to submit evidence, but not testimony, as part of the
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`brief. The brief, exclusive of any exhibits and the caption, shall not exceed
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`ten pages. No further briefing is authorized at this time.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that no later than ten business days after entry of this
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`Order, Petitioner is authorized to file a brief not exceeding ten pages,
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`exclusive of exhibits and the caption, as authorized by this Order. The brief
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`shall respond to the issue of whether Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a
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`real party-in-interest, as raised in the Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to submit
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`evidence, but not testimony, with its brief;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that no further briefing is authorized at this
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`IPR2015-00410
`Patent 8,362,085 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`John Bateman
`jbateman@kenyon.com
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`Karen Shen
`kshen@kenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter Armenio
`peterarmenio@quinnemanuel.com
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`Evangeline Shih
`evangelineshih@quinnemanuel.com
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