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`_______________________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`US ENDODONTICS, LLC,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`GOLD STANDARD INSTRUMENTS, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`_______________________________
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`Case No. IPR2015-00632
`U.S. Patent No. 8,727,773 B2
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`_______________________________
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`PETITIONER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
`(37 C.F.R. § 42.8)
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`Petitioner US Endodontics, LLC (“Petitioner”) hereby submits these updated mandatory
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`notices relating to this Inter Partes Review, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, to reflect the addition
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`of Abhishek Bapna as back-up counsel. The updated mandatory notices are set forth below.
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`A. Real Parties-in-Interest
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`Petitioner US Endodontics, LLC; Petitioner's two owners, Charles Goodis (“Dr. Goodis”)
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`and Bobby Bennett; and Edge Endo, LLC and Guidance Endodontics, LLC, both owned by Dr.
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`Goodis, are the real parties-in-interest.
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`B. Related Matters
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,727,773 (“the ’773 patent”) is currently being asserted against
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`Petitioner by licensee Dentsply International, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Tulsa Dental
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`Products LLC (d/b/a Tulsa Dental Specialties) in pending litigation filed on June 24, 2014 in the
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`U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, No. 14-CV-196 (JRG). Patent Owner
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`Gold Standard Instruments, LLC (“Patent Owner”) has also filed four patent applications that
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`claim priority to the '773 patent and so may be affected by a decision in this proceeding:
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`14/522,013 (filed October 23, 2014); and 14/722,309, 14/722,390, and 14/722, 840 (all filed May
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`27, 2015). The '773 patent is also the subject of another petition for inter partes review filed by
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`Petitioner, IPR2015-01476, which challenges claims 1, 4, 5, 8-10, and 12. On October 26, 2015,
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`the Board denied institution of that proceeding.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,876,991, which claims priority to the ’773 patent, is the subject of a
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`petition for post-grant review filed by Petitioner, PGR2015-00019, which challenges claims 12-
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`16 of that patent. That petition is pending.
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`Petitioner is not aware of any other pending administrative matter that would affect, or be
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`affected by, a decision in this proceeding.
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`C. Counsel and Service Information
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`Lead Counsel:
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`Jeffrey S. Ginsberg (Reg. No. 36,148)
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`Backup Counsel:
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`Abhishek Bapna (Reg. No. 64,049)
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`Electronic Service:
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`jginsberg@pbwt.com
`abapna@pbwt.com
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`Post and Delivery:
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`Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
`Abhishek Bapna
`Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
`1133 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036-6710
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`Telephone: (212) 336-2630
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`Facsimile: (212) 336-1270
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`Dated: November 10, 2015
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`/Jeffrey S. Ginsberg/
`Jeffrey S. Ginsberg (Reg. No. 36,148)
`Lead counsel for Petitioner US Endodontics, LLC
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`Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
`1133 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036-6710
`Telephone: (212) 336-2630
`Facsimile: (212) 336-1270
`E-mail: jginsberg@pbwt.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on November 10, 2015, the
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`foregoing Petitioner’s Updated Mandatory Notices was served via electronic mail upon the
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`following counsel of record for the Patent Owner:
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`Joseph A. Hynds
`(jhynds@rothwellfigg.com)
`R. Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer
`(ebrenner@rothwellfigg.corn)
`Steven Lieberman
`(slieberman@rothwellfigg.com)
`Jason M. Nolan
`(jnolan@rothwellfigg.com)
`Derek F. Dahlgren
`(ddahlgren@rothwellfigg.com)
`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
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`/Jeffrey S. Ginsberg/
`Jeffrey S. Ginsberg (Reg. No. 36,148)
`Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
`1133 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036-6710
`Tel.: (212) 336-2630
`Fax: (212) 336-1270
`E-mail: jginsberg@pbwt.com