`571-272-7822
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`Paper 8
`Entered: October 14, 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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`PHARMACOSMOS A/S,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`LUITPOLD PHARMACEUTICALS. INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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` Cases1 IPR2015-01490; Patent 7,754,702 B2
` IPR2015-01493; Patent 8,431,549 B2
` IPR2015-01495; Patent 8,895,612 B2
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`Before TONI R. SCHEINER, LORA M. GREEN, and
`CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, 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
`the three 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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`IPR2015-01490; Patent 7,754,702 B2
`IPR2015-01493; Patent 8,431,549 B2
`IPR2015-01495; Patent 8,895,612 B2
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`A conference call was held on Friday, October 6, 2015 among
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`Lisa Kole, representing Petitioner; George Quillin representing Patent
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`Owner; and Judges Green, Scheiner, and Paulraj. Patent Owner requested
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`the call to discuss authorization to file a certificate of correction relating to
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`the claims.
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`In particular, Patent Owner noted that in claim 26 of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,754,702 B2, as well as claim 12 of U.S. Patent No. 8,895,612 B2, “n”
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`should be defined as 103, rather than 103. Patent Owner also stated that it
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`wished to rewrite dependent claim 28 of U.S. Patent No. 7,754,702 B2, as
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`well as dependent claim 12 of U.S. Patent No. 8,431,549 B2, in independent
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`form.
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`When asked whether it objected to the filing of the certificate of
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`correction, Petitioner noted that when it asked Patent Owner earlier in the
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`week what corrections it was seeking, Patent Owner declined to state what it
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`would be seeking to correct. Thus, Petitioner stated that it would need some
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`time to review the requested corrections. Petitioner noted also that there are
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`other ways to correct the claims in the context of the proceeding, such as
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`through the filing of a motion to amend. Finally, Petitioner also expressed
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`concern as to the rewriting of several claims in independent form. Patent
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`Owner responded that, as to correcting “103” to read “103,” Petitioner has
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`already treated the claim language as referring to “103” in the Petitions.
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`We reminded both Patent Owner and Petitioner that the parties should
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`confer and attempt to resolve issues with each other first before requesting a
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`IPR2015-01490; Patent 7,754,702 B2
`IPR2015-01493; Patent 8,431,549 B2
`IPR2015-01495; Patent 8,895,612 B2
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`conference call. Moreover, we agreed with Petitioner that rewriting a
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`dependent claim in independent form would more appropriately be the
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`subject matter of a motion to amend, rather than that the use of a certificate
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`of correction.
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`Patent Owner was authorized to file a five (5) page motion, limited to
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`requesting authorization to file a certificate of correction to change “103” to
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`“103” in claim 26 of US Patent No. 7,754, 702, as well as claim 12 of US
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`Patent No. 8,895,612. The motion is due no later than October 20, 2015.
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`Petitioner is authorized, but not obligated, to file a five (5) page opposition,
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`no later than October 30, 2015. In addition, Petitioner should promptly
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`notify us if it decides not to oppose Patent Owner’s motion requesting
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`authorization to file a certificate of correction.
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file to file a five (5)
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`page motion requesting authorization to file a certificate of correction, the
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`motion is due no later than October 20, 2015;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a five (5)
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`page opposition, no later than October 30, 2015; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner should promptly notify us if it
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`does not intend to oppose Patent Owner’s motion requesting authorization to
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`file a certificate of correction.
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`IPR2015-01490; Patent 7,754,702 B2
`IPR2015-01493; Patent 8,431,549 B2
`IPR2015-01495; Patent 8,895,612 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Lisa Kole
`lisa.kole@bakerbotts.com
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`Steven Lendaris
`steven.lendaris@bakerbotts.com
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`Paul Ragusa
`paul.ragusa@bakerbotts.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`George Quillin
`gquillin@foley.com
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`Michael Kaminski
`mkaminski@foley.com
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