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`Paper No. 31
`Entered: July 29, 2016
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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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`AKORN, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
`MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01205
`Patent 6,114,319
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`Before DEBORAH KATZ, JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, and GRACE
`KARAFFA OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER – Observations
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a)
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`The parties contacted the Board by e-mail on July 26, 2016, regarding Patent
`Owner’s Motion for Observation (Paper 24), which exceeds the limit of 15 pages.
`The parties requested that Patent Owner be allowed to file an amended motion and
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`IPR2015-01205
`Patent 6,114,319
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`that Petitioner be given an extension of the due date by which it must respond. The
`parties’ request is granted.
`It Is ORDERED That Patent Owner’s Motion for Observation a (Paper 24)
`be expunged;
`It is further ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file an Amended
`Motion for Observation, regarding the cross-examination of Dr. Erning Xia, by
`July 26, 20161;
`It is further ORDERED that Patent Owner’s amended motion may differ
`from its original motion (Paper 24) only in deleted text (no additions or other
`changes are authorized);
`It is further ORDERED that the due date for Petitioner’s response to Patent
`Owner’s Amended Motion for Observation is extended to August 4, 2016.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Eldora L. Ellison
`Chandrika Vira
`Ralph W. Powers III
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`eellison-PTAB@skgf.com
`cvira-PTAB@skgf.com
`tpowers-PTAB@skgf.com
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`1 Patent Owner filed the paper (see Paper 28) following notice, by e-mail from the
`Board, of authorization on July 26, 2016.
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`IPR2015-01205
`Patent 6,114,319
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`John Kappos
`Filko Prugo
`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`jkappos@omm.com
`fprugo@omm.com
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