`571-272-7822
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`Paper 18
`Entered: August 7, 2015
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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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`INNOPHARMA LICENSING, INC., INNOPHARMA LICENSING LLC,
`INNOPHARMA INC., INNOPHARMA LLC,
`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC., and MYLAN INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., BAUSCH & LOMB, INC., and
`BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA HOLDINGS CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,669,290 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00903 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)1
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`Before FRANCISCO C. PRATS, ERICA A. FRANKLIN, and
`GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Dismissing Motions for Joinder
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5
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`1 This order addresses issues common to both cases; therefore, we issue a
`single order to be entered in each case. The parties are authorized to use this
`style heading when filing an identical paper in both proceedings, provided
`that such heading includes a footnote attesting that “the word-for-word
`identical paper is filed in each proceeding identified in the heading.”
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`IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,669,290 B2)
`IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)
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`On March 19, 2015, Petitioner filed motions to join IPR2015-00902
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`and IPR2015-00903 with, respectively, IPR2014-01043 and IPR2014-01041
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`(“the related reviews”). The related reviews were initiated by a different
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`Petitioner (“Metrics”). Metrics, Inc. v. Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.,
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`IPR2014-01041 (Paper 6); IPR2014-01043 (Paper 6). This Order addresses
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`Petitioner’s Motions for Joinder.2 Concurrently herewith, we issue decisions
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`to institute inter partes reviews in the instant proceedings.
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`On July 8, 2015, after Patent Owner and Metrics filed a joint motion
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`to terminate the related reviews and a joint settlement agreement, we entered
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`an order termining the related reviews. Metrics, Inc. v. Senju
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`Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., IPR2014-01041 (Paper 39); IPR2014-01043
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`(Paper 39). We thus dismiss the Motions for Joinder as moot.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that the Motions for Joinder are dismissed as moot.
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`2 The Motion for Joinder in IPR2015-00902 was filed as Paper 3. The
`Motion for Joinder in IPR2015-00903 was filed as Exhibit 0.
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`IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,669,290 B2)
`IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
`Jitendra Malik
`Bryan L. Skelton
`Lance Soderstrom
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`Jitty.Malik@alston.com
`bryan.skelton@alston.com
`lance.soderstrom@alston.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Bryan Diner
`M. Andrew Holtman
`Justin Hasford
`Jonathan R. Stroud
`Joshua Goldberg
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`bryan.diner@finnegan.com
`andy.holtman@finnegan.com
`justin.hasford@finnegan.com
`jonathan.stroud@finnegan.com
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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