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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`C.R. BARD, INC.
`
`Petitioner
`
`V.
`
`MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
`Patent Owner
`
`Patent No. 8,631,935
`Filing Date: June 30, 2009
`Issue Date: January 21, 2014
`
`Title: CATHETER TRAY, PACKAGING SYSTEM, INSTRUCTION INSERT,
`AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
`
`Inter Partes Review No.: IPR201 5—005l3
`Petition Filed: December 30 2014
`
`

`
`IPR Case No.: IPR2015-00513
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`Attorney Docket No.: MDLN—0 1 7/0 1 US
`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
`
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, the patent owner, Medline Industries, Inc.
`
`(“Patent Owner”), hereby submits the following mandatory notices in response to
`
`the Petition for Inter Partes Review of United States Patent No. 8,631,935
`
`(“Petition”) filed on December 30, 2014:
`
`1.
`
`Real Party-In-Interest under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8gbgg1 1.
`
`Medline Industries, Inc. is the patent owner and the real party—in-interest in
`
`this proceeding.
`
`2.
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`Related Matters under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8gbgg2g.
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`The following judicial or administrative matters may affect or be affected by
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`a decision in this proceeding:
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,631,935 (“‘935 Patent”) was asserted in a patent litigation
`
`in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (“Litigation”). The
`
`Litigation, which was filed by the Patent Owner on May 16, 2014,
`
`is styled as
`
`Medline Industries, Inc. v. C.R. Bard, Inc., Case No. 1:14-cV-03618. Claims 1-4,
`
`7-8, 10-23, 25, 27-28, and 30-34 of the ‘935 Patent were asserted in the Litigation.
`
`The present Petition requests review of claims 7-8, 21-23, 25, 27-28, and 30-34 of
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`the ‘935 Patent.
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`

`
`IPR Case No.: IPR20l5—005l3
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`Attorney Docket No.: MDLN—0 1 7/0 1 US
`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
`
`Patent Owner also asserted related U.S. Patent Nos. 8,678,190 (“’l9O
`
`Patent”), and 8,448,786 (“786 Patent”) in the Litigation.
`
`In addition to this Petition, Petitioner has filed a petition for inter partes
`
`review of the ‘786 Patent, the ‘190 patent, and a second petition for inter partes
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`review of the ‘935 Patent on December 30, 2014. These petitions are pending and
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`have been assigned the following case numbers by the Patent Trial and Appeal
`
`Board: IPR20l5—O0509 and IPR2015-00514, and IPR2015—0051 1, respectively.
`
`Additionally, Patent Owner owns several other U.S. patents and pending
`
`applications that claim priority to, provide a priority claim for or share a common
`
`priority application with the ‘935 Patent. In accordance with the guidance set forth
`
`in 77 Fed. Reg. 157, pp. 48617, 48629 (August 14, 2012), the table below lists
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`these commonly owned patents / applications that may be considered as “related
`
`matters” under 37 C.F.R. 42.8.
`
`Application Serial No. T
`13/153,265"
`7
`
`“““““““
`
`“
`
`8
`A
`§Pending 7
`
`Status
`
`7””
`
`13/353,300
`
`L 12/647,515
`
`13/374,509
`
`13/860,902
`
`1
`
`Pending
`
`Pending
`
`Pending
`
`Pending
`
`

`
`IPR Case No.: IPR20l5—005l3
`
`Attorney Docket No.: MDLN—017/01US
`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
`
`Application Serial No.
`
`Patent No.
`
`Status
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`12/846,675
`
`13/155,026
`
`8,746,452
`
`l8,448,786
`
`Patented
`
`Patented
`
`IPR2015—509
`
`13/155,053
`
`8,678,190
`
`Patented
`
`14/165,044
`
`14/265,909
`
`14/265,920
`
`IPR2015-00514
`
`Pending
`
`Pending
`
`Pending
`
`3.
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`Lead and Back—UQ Counsel u11der 37 C.F.R. § 42.8gbgg3g.
`
`The Patent Owner designates the following lead and back—up counsel.
`
`LEAD COUNSEL
`
`BACK—UP COUNSEL
`
`Christopher C. Campbell (Reg. No. 37,291)
`ccampbell@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
`
`[John R. Mills (Reg. No. 56,414)
`jmills@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
`
`Cooley LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania AVe., NW, Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (703) 456-8133
`LFax: (202) 842-7899
`
`Cooley LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania AVe., NW, Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (703)456-8171
`Fax: (202) 842-7899
`
`

`
`IPR Case No.2 lPR20l5—005l3
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`Attorney Docket No.: MDLN-0 1 7/0 l US
`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`4.
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`Service Information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8gbgg4g.
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`Please address all correspondence to the lead counsel and the back—up
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`counsel as shown above. The Patent Owner consents to electronic service by e-
`
`mail at the e—mail addresses provided above, which include both individual e—mail
`
`addresses and a general docketing e—mail address.
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`DATE:
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`l k E9 5 §
`
`COOLEY LLP
`
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`
`By:
`
`Tel: (703) 456-8567
`Fax: (202) 842-7899
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`COOLEY LLP
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`Respectfully submitted,
`
`
`»
`
`Reg. No. 37,291
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`

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`IPR Case No.: IPR20l5-00513
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`Attorney Docket No.: MDLN—0 1 7/0 lUS
`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6 that a complete copy of:
`
`0 Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8; and
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`0
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`this Certificate of Service
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`are being served electronically (as consented to by the Petitioner), on the 20th day
`of January, 2015, the same day as the filing of the aboVe—identified documents in
`the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), upon:
`
`Richard F. Giunta
`
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Avenue
`
`Boston, MA 02210-2206
`RGuinta—PTAB@wolfgreenfie1d.com
`
`Jason M. Honeyman
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Avenue
`
`Boston, MA 022 l 0—2206
`JHoneyman—PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
`
`Christopher C. Campbell
`
`113314098 vl

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