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`IN THE 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 X LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2015-01776
`Patent No. 7,582,621
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL
`ARGUMENT UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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` DC: 6177010-1
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`Docket No. 036914.0005-US01
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`IPR2015-01776
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Scheduling Order (Paper
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`No. 25) as modified by the Joint Notices of Stipulation to Adjust Schedule (Paper
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`No. 28 and No. 31), Patent Owner requests the opportunity to present oral
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`argument on the instituted ground of unpatentability for U.S. Patent No. 7,528,621
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`(see Paper No. 24, p. 15), which encompasses each of the claim construction and
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`obviousness issues addressed in Petitioner’s Petition and Reply, Patent Owner’s
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`Response, and all exhibits thereto, including declarations and depositions.
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`The instituted ground and other issues to be addressed at oral argument
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`include:
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`(1) Petitioner has failed to carry its burden under 35 U.S.C. § 316(e) to prove
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`that Claims 1–12 of the ’621 Patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
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`Austin and Brehove;
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`(2) Petitioner has failed to carry its burden under 35 U.S.C. § 316(e) to prove
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`that Claims 1–12 of the ’621 Patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
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`Austin and Freeman;
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`(3) Petitioner’s Reply inappropriately introduced new arguments and
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`evidence outside the scope of a proper reply as defined in 37 C.F.R. § 42.23(b);
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`(4) Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence Pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.64; and
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`Docket No. 036914.0005-US01
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`IPR2015-01776
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`(5) Rebuttal to Petitioner’s presentation on all matters, including: i) issues 1
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`through 4 above; and ii) any motion to excludefiled by Petitioner.
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`Patent Owner requests 30 minutes of argument time for the issues in the
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`present proceeding. Oral argument (Due Date 7) is scheduled for November3,
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`2016 (Paper No. 25, p. 6).
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`Date: September 27, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By|a/yt£~7 >LTze
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`AndreaG.Reister,
`Registration No. 36,253
`Enrique D. Longton
`Registration No. 47,304
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`(202) 662-6000
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, I hereby certify that on this 27th day of
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`September 2016,
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`the foregoing Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 was served by electronic mail, by agreementofthe parties,
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`on the following counsel of record for Petitioner:
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`Jeffrey D. Blake
`Kathleen E. Ott
`Peter A. Gergely
`Ryan James Fletcher
`Brent E. Routman
`KerydinIPR@merchantgould.com
`Merchant & Gould PC
`191 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 4300
`Atlanta, GA 30303
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` Date: September 27, 2016
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`Andrea G.Reister, Esq.
`Reg. No.: 36,253
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