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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS X LLC,
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`ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
` Patent Owner.
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` Petitioner,
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`Case No.: Unassigned
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`Patent No.: 7,767,657
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` Patent No.: 7,582,621
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`IPR2015-01776
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`IPR2015-01780
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`IPR2015-01785
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`DEPOSITION OF NARASIMHA MURTHY, Ph.D
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`Taken at the instance of the Patent Owner at
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`Courtyard Marriott, 7225 Sleepy Hollow Drive,
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`APPEARANCES:
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`PETER A. GERGELY, ESQ.
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`KATHLEEN E. OTT, ESQ.
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`Merchant & Gould
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`Denver, Colorado 80202-2654
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`COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER
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`MICHAEL KENNEDY, ESQ.
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`EVAN KRYGOWSKI, ESQ.
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`Covington & Burling, LLP
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`850 Tenth Street, NW
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`Washington, DC 20001-4956
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`ekrygowski@cov.com
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`Style and Appearances.....................637
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`Index
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`Certificate of Deponent .................760
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`EXAMINATIONS
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`Exhibit 1070-1 Declaration of Murthy .....644
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`in Support of Petitioner's
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`Reply to Patent Owner's
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`Response
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`VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the Video
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`Deposition of Dr. Narasimha Murthy, taken in the
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`matter of "Coalition for Affordable Drugs X, LLC,
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`versus Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated."
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`Today's date is September the 17th, 2016. The time
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`Counsel may introduce themselves for the
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`MR. KENNEDY: Mike Kennedy with Covington
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`and Burling, LLP, for the patent owner, and with me
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`is my colleague, Evan Krygowski.
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`MR. GERGELY: Peter Gergely and Kathy Ott
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`from Merchant & Gould representing the petitioner.
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`VIDEOGRAPHER: The court reporter will now
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`swear in the witness.
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`NARASIMHA MURTHY,
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`having been first duly sworn, was examined and
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`testified as follows:
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`EXAMINATION BY MR. KENNEDY:
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`Good morning, Dr. Murthy. How are you?
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`Okay.
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`Now, you've had your deposition taken in
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`this matter May 4 and 5, 2016, and then redirect on
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`May 12th, 2016; is that correct?
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`Right.
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`Have you had any -- have you given any
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`depositions in any matter since then?
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`No.
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`Was that the first time you had ever been
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`deposed, the May depositions in this case?
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`In this case, yes.
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`Yes. So it's fair to say you're generally
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`familiar with how depositions work at this point by
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`virtue of your experience in May?
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`Right.
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`Like, for example, you understand the role
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`Sure.
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`court of law, right?
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`I do.
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`Is there any reason you can think of, such
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`fully and truthfully today?
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`No, I don't have a reason.
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`Now, since May, have there been any
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`changes to your professional background and
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`credentials? Like, for example, I saw you were
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`promoted to full professor in the last couple of
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`That's correct, yes.
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`Well, congratulations on that.
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`Any other changes to your professional
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`Not really.
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`So the CV that's in the record at Exhibit,
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`I think, 1009, that's still current?
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`That's correct.
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`Except for your current job title?
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`Yeah.
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`Did you bring any documents with you to
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`the deposition today?
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`I just brought my declarations.
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`Okay. Can I see those?
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`Okay.
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`Did you make any notes on these -- and
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`correct?
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`That's right.
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`You've submitted a number of declarations
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`in this case, right?
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`A.
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`Pardon me?
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`You've submitted a number of declarations
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`Right.
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`MR. KENNEDY: And, just for the record,
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`If you just point to a particular thing --
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`1044 declaration, paragraph 62, you've underlined
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`Yeah. By reading, I just noted that there
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`Mostly.
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`Fixing typos?
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`Mostly.
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`Did you review all three declarations in
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`Yes, I did.
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`Other than typos, are there any notes in
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`I don't think, not that I can recollect.
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`MR. KENNEDY: We may come back to these
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`I'd like the reply declaration in the 1780
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`proceeding to be marked as Exhibit 1070-1.
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`(Exhibit 1070-1 marked for
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`MR. KENNEDY: I'd like the declaration in
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`Q. (By Mr. Kennedy) Okay. So I'll hand
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`Yes.
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`Yes.
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`And that -- is that your signature page?
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`No. This is -- this is not the
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`signed copy. I didn't get the signed copy.
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`version?
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`Oh. Can I see what you have?
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`I just got the --
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`Okay. But is this -- is this the final
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`That's the final version.
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`Okay. I suppose for purposes of good
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`order, why don't we just mark our copy? It's going
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`(Exhibit 1044-1 marked for
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`Q (By Mr. Kennedy) I'm handing this to the
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`witness.
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`copy?
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`Can you go to the signature page of that
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`Yes.
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`Is that your signature, sir?
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`This is my signature.
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`You signed this declaration on
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`August 23rd, 2016?
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`Q.
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`That's correct.
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`penalty of perjury, right?
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`Correct.
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`correct?
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`Yes.
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`Now, I think you mentioned you reviewed an
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`Right, whatever I found is marked in this.
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`It's clearly mentioned in my declaration.
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`They are in paragraph four.
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`Yes. That's right. So, basically, the
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`Right.
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`Right.
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`That's correct.
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`Who wrote the first draft of the reply
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`The first draft was written by my counsel.
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`That's correct.
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`Are there any particular changes that jump
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`Q.
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`Sure. Let's go to 42.
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`(Examining.) No.
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`(Examining.)
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`(Examining.) We discussed about this --
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`Let's pick another one at random.
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`How about 90?
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`90?
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`Yeah.
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`(Examining.) No, all this was discussed.
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`Well, one -- one reason you wouldn't have
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`had any changes to this paragraph 90 is because it
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`kind of gets into mycology issues, right, and you're
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`not a mycologist?
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`Well, I'm not a mycologist to the extent
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`of understanding -- you know, the structural
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`differences and, you know, in-depth information
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`about fungal organisms, but this route, general
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`paragraph 90, which I picked, talks about a
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`reference called Elewski, which is in the record as
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`Exhibit 2070.
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`Do you see that?
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`Yes.
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`When did you first become aware of the
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`Elewski reference?
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`Again, I cannot recall when it was
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`exactly, but I think this was one of the citations
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`in the response, patent owner's response, and that's
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`why I reviewed this document. Otherwise, in
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`general, I'm quite aware of Dr. Elewski's work in
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`this area of treatment of fungal infections.
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`What do you know about Dr. Elewski?
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`She's a clinician, and she has published a
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`number of papers on the treatment of nail diseases.
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`When was the first time you became aware
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`of her work?
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`Of her work?
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`Yes.
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`I would say about six years ago, when I
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`was -- when I was putting together a grant proposal
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`on the -- in the nail diseases.
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`Tell me about the grant proposal. What
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`was it about? What were you trying to get a grant
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`for?
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`I was trying to get a grant for a new
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`technique of delivering antifungal drugs into and
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`across the nail plate for treating onychomycosis.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`And how did you find out about her work?
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`Well, in the --
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`Through literature search or --
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`It's through my search.
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`When was the first -- was that the first
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`literature search you had ever performed concerning
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`antifungals?
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`A.
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`My search and my -- my experience with
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`antifungal drugs goes back to 2002, 2003, when I was
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`doing my post-doc., but particularly, when I was
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`looking at the clinical papers and papers about
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`different types of drugs that I can choose as
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`candidates for my project, that's when I came across
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`Dr. Elewski's paper.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`Are you an expert in mycology, sir?
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`I'm not an expert in mycology.
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`By the way, do you have -- do you still
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`have the drafts of your reply declarations?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Drafts of reply declarations?
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`Yeah. I think you said there was a
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`back-and-forth drafting process with your attorneys.
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`Right.
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`Do you still have those drafts?
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`I didn't try to preserve them, but it
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`could be there. Some may be there. I'm not sure.
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`I didn't bring them with me.
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`MR. KENNEDY: Okay. Counsel, to the
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`extent they're still in Dr. Murthy's possession, I'd
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`ask that those drafts be produced. And I understand
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`this comes up at every deposition, but I just want
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`to make a record that I think we have a disagreement
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`about the interpretation of Rule 26 in the context
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`of IPRs.
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`MR. GERGELY: And I understand the
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`request, and we've objected before, and we'll object
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`to the request as well this time under Rule 26.
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`MR. KENNEDY: Okay.
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`Q. (By Mr. Kennedy) So you understand you've
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`submitted three reply declarations in connection
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`with these three IPR proceedings, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`And I'm happy to mark the other two signed
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`copies, but can -- in order to make the deposition
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`more efficient, can we agree that unless otherwise
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`specifically stated, my questions and your answers
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`concerning Exhibit 1044, which is the declaration
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`for the '621 patent, apply equally to all three?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Sure.
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`Do you see any issue with proceeding in
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`that fashion?
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`A.
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`No.
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`So, generally speaking, I expect we'll be
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`working off Exhibit 1044 and the signed version of
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`1044-1?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Sure.
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`And do you have any reason to believe that
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`Exhibits 1044 and 1044-1 are different in any way?
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`The only reason I ask is you brought an
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`unsigned copy. I just want to make sure that
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`there's no dispute later about what exactly we're
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`looking at.
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`I don't think that.
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`Okay. Now, in the process of preparing
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`your reply declarations, can you think of any
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`literature or other reference you cited that was not
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`provided to you by counsel?
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`A.
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`No.
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`literature research or other self-directed research
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`to prepare your reply declarations?
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`A.
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`I looked at literature. I looked at, you
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`know, information from different sources, but --
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`Q.
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`Like what?
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`In -- like the research papers and
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`textbooks and such things that I -- I generally read
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`before I -- I put anything on paper.
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`But in this declaration, because it's a
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`continuing -- it's a reply declaration, I didn't
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`have to really bring in a new citation for it. We
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`just used the citations that we had provided earlier
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`and the citations that were in the response.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`Q.
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`You mentioned textbooks.
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`That's right.
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`So you reviewed textbooks in preparation
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`for or as part of the process of preparing these
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`declarations?
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`A.
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`I have a practice of generally going back
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`and checking to -- and I check the boxes and facts
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`from the textbooks. So if you call that a review,
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`yes, I did it.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`What textbooks?
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`Like "Remington Pharmaceutical Sciences"
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`is one book that I generally refer. My own book on
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`the nail, "Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug
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`Delivery."
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`Q.
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`Did you review Anacor's Patent Owner
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`Response in order to prepare these reply
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`declarations?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`response?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Yes, I did.
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`When did you first review the patent owner
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`That was the month of July.
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`Did -- did you review a declaration
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`submitted by a Dr. Ryder?
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`A.
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`Declaration, that's correct, by Ryder,
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`yes, I did.
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`Q.
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`Did you review a declaration of a
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`Dr. Majella Lane?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`I did.
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`Did you review a declaration of a
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`Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`I did.
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`I would hope so. It's cited in your reply
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`declarations.
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Yeah.
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`Did you review a declaration of
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`Dr. Maibach?
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`you?
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`Yes, I did.
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`And those were all provided to you by
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`That's correct.
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`Approximately when were they provided to
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`I believe third or fourth week of July.
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`Is the third or fourth week of July
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`approximately when you began working on these reply
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`declarations?
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`Yes.
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`Now, in your view as stated in your reply
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`declarations, the Austin reference alone provides a
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`reasonable expectation of success to treat
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`onychomycosis, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`Can you go to paragraph 44? So I'm
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`looking at the last para- -- the last sentence where
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`you read, "Thus for a POSITA seeking an antifungal
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`compound for treatment of onychomycosis, this
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`information alone would provide a reasonable
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`expectation that tavaborole would be successful."
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`Do you see that?
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`Right.
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`Now, just so we're on the same page, when
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`A.
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`Q.
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`you use the phrase "this information" --
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`Uh-huh (affirmative response).
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`-- you're referring solely to molecular
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`weight and minimum inhibitory concentration?
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`A.
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`Correct.
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`And I may use the acronym "MIC."
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`Correct.
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`Do you understand that --
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`Uh-huh (affirmative response).
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`-- means minimum inhibitory concentration?
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`Yes.
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`And your view -- your opinion as stated in
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`weight of a compound or -- strike that.
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`In your opinion as stated in your reply
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`declaration, "The MIC and molecular weight of
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`tavaborole as reported in Austin is all a POSITA
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`would have needed in order to reasonably expect
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`successful development of a safe and effective drug
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`to treat onychomycosis," correct?
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`A.
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`The information that's -- that's provided
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`in Austin is all what a POSITA would need to -- to
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`take the molecule further and develop a potential
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`medication for the treatment of onychomycosis.
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`Q.
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`So I'm going to pass you what has
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`previously been put in the record as Exhibit 1001
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`in, I assume, the 1776 proceeding. This is the '621
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`patent.
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Okay.
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`You recognize this as the patent at issue
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`in one of the three proceedings, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`claims --
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`A.
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`Correct.
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`My questions will be confined to the
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`Correct.
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`-- at the end of the patent.
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`Uh-huh (affirmative response).
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`By the way, I feel like I should know
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`this, are you the inventor on any United States
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`patents that have issued?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`No, I'm not.
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`Let's turn -- but you know what "claims"
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`are, right?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Yeah.
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`So why don't we just turn to the claims.
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`And I'd just like to look at claim one,
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`and I'd just like to quickly go limitation by
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`limitation and just confirm that you believe Austin
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`alone teaches the limitation and provides a
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`reasonable expectation of success in practicing the
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`claim.
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`So claim one would be a method of treating
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`an infection in an animal.
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`Do you see that?
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`Your view is Austin alone teaches that
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`limitation, correct?
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`A.
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`Just a second.
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`Sure.
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`(Examining.) Correct.
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`Correct?
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`That's correct.
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`And then the next part of the claim, "Said
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`method comprising administering to the animal a
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`therapeutically effective amount of," and then it
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`gives a formula.
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`We're agreed that this claim is referring
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`to tavaborole, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`You mean the second one or the first one?
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`Still in claim one.
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`Okay.
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`I've moved on to where it says "... said
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`method comprising administering to the animal a
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`therapeutically effective amount of
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`1,3-dihydro-5-fluoro-1-hydroxy-2,1-benzoxaborole..."
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`Do you see that?
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`Yeah.
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`And we agree that the second part of what
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`I just said, it refers to tavaborole, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Yeah.
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`So you believe Austin alone discloses
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`comprising administering to the animal a
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`correct?
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`Correct.
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`And you also believe that Austin discloses
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`infection, correct? That's the last part of claim
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`1. A verbal response would be preferred.
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`I'm just reading.
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`Oh, sure.
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`Can I get the question again?
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`Sure.
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`You agree that Austin alone discloses
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`using an amount of tavaborole sufficient to treat
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`said infection as dis- -- as recited by claim 1?
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`Q.
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`Yes.
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`Now, let's look at claim 4.
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`Okay.
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`And claim 4 is a dependent claim that
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`reads as follows: "The method of claim 1, wherein
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`said infection is onychomycosis."
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`Do you see that?
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`Correct.
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`And you'd agree that Austin alone
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`discloses a method that would treat onychomycosis as
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`recited by claim 4, correct?
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`A.
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`Correct.
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`A method, according to claim 1, that would
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`treat onychomycosis, right?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`Now, let's look at claim 6, which depends
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`from claim 4 and claim 1, claim 6 reads, "the method
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`of claim 4, wherein said onychomycosis is tinea
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`unguium."
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`Do you see that?
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`Correct.
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`Now, your position in your reply
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`declaration is that Austin alone discloses and
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`provides a reasonable expectation of success in
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`treating onychomycosis that is tinea unguium as
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`recited by claim 6, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`And you can put that aside. And with
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`apologies for it being so bulky, I would like to
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`pass you what has already been marked as
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`Exhibit 1001 in the other two IPR proceedings at
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`issue here.
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`MR. KENNEDY: Actually, I apologize. Can
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`I have one of those copies? It would just make
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`Q. (By Mr. Kennedy) Now, you recognize the
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`'657 patent is the one at issue in the other two IPR
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`proceedings, the 1780 and 1785 proceedings, right?
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`Q.
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`Right.
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`And I'd like to start with claim 1. And
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`again, my questions will be confined to the claims
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`on the very last page of the patent -- well, second
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`to last page. There's a Certificate of Correction.
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`I'm sorry about that.
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`Q.
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`Okay.
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`Now, looking at claim 1, it says as
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`follows: "A pharmaceutical formulation
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`comprising" -- again, you see a formula that we can
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`agree is tavaborole or a salt thereof.
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`Do you see that?
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`Right.
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`Now, your view as stated in your reply
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`declarations, is that Austin alone teaches a
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`pharmaceutical formulation comprising tavaborole,
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`correct?
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`Correct.
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`Then moving on, claim 1 also requires a
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`pharmaceutically acceptable excipient in the
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`pharmaceutical formulation.
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`Do you see that?
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`Correct.
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`Now, your view is it would be obvious in
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`view of Austin alone to make a pharmaceutical
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`formulation with pharmaceutically acceptable
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`excipients, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`And then claim 1 goes on to say, "wherein
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`said pharmaceutical formulation is for topical
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`administration to an animal suffering from an
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`infection by a microorganism."
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`Do you see that?
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`Correct.
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`And you'll agree that your view as stated
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`in your reply declarations is that Austin alone
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`teaches that final limitation of claim 1, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`Let's move on to para- -- or claim 14.
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`Claim 14 reads as follows: "The formulation of
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`claim 1, wherein the microorganism is a fungus or a
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`yeast."
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`Do you see that?
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`Yes.
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`And your view in your reply declarations,
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`is that Austin alone renders obvious the additional
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`limitations of claim 14 where the microorganism is a
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`fungus or a yeast, correct?
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`Q.
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`Correct; correct.
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`Let's move on to claim 18: "The
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`formulation of claim 14, wherein said fungus or
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`yeast is a dermatophyte."
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`Do you see that?
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`Correct.
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`And your opinion as stated in your reply
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`declarations is that Austin alone renders obvious
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`claim 18 that I've just recited, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`Let's go to claim 19. "The formulation of
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`claim 14, wherein said fungus or yeast is a member
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`selected from tinea unguium, Trichophyton rubrum,"
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`or I think it's just called "T rubrum," and the
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`third one which I'm not going to try to pronounce,
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`but three dermatophytes.
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`Do you see that?
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`Yes.
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`And your view is that Austin alone -- your
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`renders obvious claim 19 with those additional
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`limitations, correct?
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`Finally, let's go to claim 22, which
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`reads, "The formulation of claim 1, wherein the
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`infection is onychomycosis."
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`Do you see that?
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`Q.
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`Uh-huh (affirmative response).
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`And again, your view in your reply
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`declarations is that Austin alone renders obvious a
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`pharmaceutical formulation with tavaborole,
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`pharmaceutically acceptable excipients where the
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`infection to be treated is onychomycosis, correct?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`Okay. You can put that aside.
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`Okay. Can you go back to your
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`declaration, paragraph 70? And I'm looking at the
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`first sentence where you say, "Contrary to
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`Dr. Lane's opinion, at least as early as 2005, nail
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`penetration of antifungal drugs was predictable."
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`Do you see that?
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`Yes.
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`What do you mean by "predictable"?
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`Predictable is like if you -- antifungal
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`A.
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`A.
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`drugs in the -- yeah, given a molecule, should be
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`able to predict if the molecule would be able to
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`penetrate across the nail plate or not.
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`Q.
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`Okay. So if I have a molecule that is --
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`has a molecular weight of 299 daltons and you don't
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`know anything else about it, would it penetrate the
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`nail plate or not?
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`A.
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`The molecule -- the lower molecular weight
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`would penetrate much better than the higher
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`molecular weight, so the penetrability of the
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`permeation goes on decreasing with increasing
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`molecular weight, so that -- that answers the
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`question, I think.
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`Q.
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`Well, not exactly. I asked you a very
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`I have a molecule that weighs 299 daltons.
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`I don't know anything else about it, but I need to
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`know if it's going to get through the nail plate or
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`not, so what -- is it going to get through the nail
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`plate?
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`Yeah. Given the molecular weight, there
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`would be a certain extent of penetration into and
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`across the nail plate for the molecule of 299
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`daltons.
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`Q.
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`Is it going to be -- so you say, "a
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`certain extent of penetration." Is it going to be
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`enough for efficacy?
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`A.
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`That depends on the MIC value of the
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`molecule.
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`Q.
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`So if it was 299 daltons but it had -- it
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`was very potent, you might say it would be
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`effective, like it had a very low MIC value?
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`A.
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`If it's highly potent, then penetration of
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`a little amount of drug would be sufficient to treat
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`the -- treat the fungus.
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`Q.
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`So what if it were 150 daltons but it were
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`barely potent at all, would the penetration be
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`sufficient or not to be efficacious?
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`A.
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`Question again, please.
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`MR. KENNEDY: Would you read back the
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`question, please?
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`(Record read.)
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`THE WITNESS: I think you need to be more
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`specific -- specific about this "barely potent."
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`What do you mean by --
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`Q. (By Mr. Kennedy) Well, let me ask you
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`this: I'm trying to understand your reply opinions
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`that the only information -- you can correct me if
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`I'm wrong, but it seems like the thrust of your
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`reply declarations is that the only information you
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