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`Entered: September 23, 2015
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`Trials@uspto.gov
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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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`COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS II LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2015-00990 and IPR2015-01093
`(Patent 7,056,886 B2)1
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, and
`SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This order addresses issues that are the same in the identified cases. We
`exercise our discretion to issue one order to be filed in each case. The parties
`are authorized to use this style heading when filing a single paper in each
`proceeding, provided that such heading includes a footnote attesting that “the
`word-for-word identical paper is filed in each proceeding identified in the
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`IPR2015-00990 and IPR2015-01093
`Patent 7,056,886 B2
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`On Friday, September 18, 2015, Mr. Jeremy Skog and Mr. Gregory
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`Sidak (“the Amici”) hand-delivered documents to the Board in each of the
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`above referenced cases, including a document entitled “Comments of Amici
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`Curiae J. Gregory Sidak and Jeremy O. Skog in support of Neither Party In
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`Response to the Board’s Request for Additional Briefing Pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.20(d)” (“the Amicus Brief”), and an attached exhibit.
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`We note that the Amicus Brief and attached exhibit will not be entered
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`in either of the above referenced cases, and will not be considered. Unless
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`otherwise already authorized by rule, any request for relief, including the
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`filing of an amicus brief, requires prior authorization from the Board. See,
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`e.g., 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b) (noting that a request for relief “will not be entered
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`without Board authorization”); § 42.20(d) (stating that the “Board may order
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`briefing on any issue involved in the trial”). If an individual or organization
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`is of the belief that an amicus brief may aid the Board in its deliberations, it
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`should request authorization from the Board before the filing of any such
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`brief.
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`Accordingly, it is ORDERED,
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`The Amicus Brief filed by the Amici Mr. Jeremy Skog and Mr.
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`Gregory Sidak, as well as the attached exhibit, will not be made of record in
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`the instant cases, and will not be considered.
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`IPR2015-00990 and IPR2015-01093
`Patent 7,056,886 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey D. Blake
`Matthew L. Fedowitz
`MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.
`jblake@merchantgould.com
`mfedowitz@merchantgould.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph R. Robinson
`Heather Morehouse Ettinger
`Dustin B. Weeks
`TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
`joseph.robinson@troutmansanders.com
`heather.ettinger@troutmansanders.com
`dustin.weeks@troutmansanders.com
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`Amici Curiae (via e-mail):
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`Amici Curiae:
`J. Gregory Sidak
`jgsidak@criterioneconomics.com
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`Jeremy O. Skog
`jskog@criterioneconomics.com
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