`571-272-7822
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`Paper 10
`Entered: August 19, 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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`PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`HORIZON THERAPEUTICS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`Case IPR2015-01117 (Patent 8,642,012)
`Case IPR2015-01127 (Patent 8,404,215)1
`_______________
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`Before GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`OBERMANN, 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 common to all cases; therefore, we issue a
`single order to be entered in both cases. 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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`
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`IPR2015-01117 (Patent 8,642,012)
`IPR2015-01127 (Patent 8,404,215)
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`The Board authorizes Petitioner to file, within ten (10) business days
`of the date of this Order, a Reply to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response,
`according to the directions set forth below.
`The Reply shall be limited to responding to arguments, asserted in
`Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, that the Petition is time-barred under
`35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(2) for failure to name all real parties-in-interest. See
`Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response (Paper 8, pp. 5–17; Paper 8, pp. 40–
`52).2 The Reply shall not exceed ten (10) pages.
`No other briefing is authorized.
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`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file, within ten (10)
`business days of the date of this Order, a Reply to Patent Owner’s
`Preliminary Response;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Reply shall be limited to responding
`to arguments, asserted in the Preliminary Response, that the Petition is time-
`barred under 35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(2) for failure to name all real parties-in-
`interest;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Reply shall not exceed ten (10) pages;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that no other briefing is authorized.
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`2 Paper numbers refer to IPR2015-01117 and IPR2015-01127 in sequence.
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`IPR2015-01117 (Patent 8,642,012)
`IPR2015-01127 (Patent 8,404,215)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Michael J. Freno
`Sanjay K. Murthy
`K&L GATES LLP
`michael.freno@klgates.com
`sanjay.murthy@klgates.com
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`David H. Silverstein
`PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
`david.silverstein@parpharm.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Lauren Stevens
`Dennis Bennett
`GLOBAL PATENT GROUP, LLC
`lstevens@globalpatentgroup.com
`dennisbennett@globalpatentgroup.com
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`Matthew Phillips
`RENAISSANCE IP LAW GROUP LLP
`matthew.phillips@renaissanceiplaw.com
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