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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`WOCKHARDT BIO AG
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`Petitioner
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`JAZZ PPLARMACEUTICALS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR: Unassigned
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,765,107
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`UNDER 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.1—.80, 42.100—.123
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD ”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Introduction ................................................................................................... .. 1
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`II.
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`III.
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`Grounds for standing (37 C.F.R. § 42.lO4(a)) .............................................. .. 2
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`Statement of the precise relief requested and the reasons therefore ............. .. 2
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`IV.
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`Overview ....................................................................................................... .. 2
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`A.
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`B.
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`C.
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`Person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSA”) ...................................... .. 2
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`State of the art ..................................................................................... .. 3
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`The ’ 107 patent ................................................................................... .. 6
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`Claim construction ........................................................................................ .. 8
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`A.
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`B.
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`“Exclusive central pharmacy” ............................................................ .. 8
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`“Periodic reports generated” ............................................................... .. 9
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`VI.
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`Identification of challenge ............................................................................ .. 9
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`A.
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`Each cited reference is available prior art ........................................ .. l0
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`1.
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`The ACA (Ex. lOO3—EX. 1006) qualifies as a “printed
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`B.
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`Ground 1: Claims 1-6 Would have been obvious over the
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`ACA .................................................................................................. .. I6
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`2.
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`3.
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`4.
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`Claim 1 ................................................................................... .. l7
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`Claim 4 ................................................................................... .. 33
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`Claims 2 and 5 ........................................................................ .. 34
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`Claims 3 and 6 ........................................................................ .. 35
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`C.
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`Secondary considerations do not rebut the primafacie case. .......... .. 36
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`VII.
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`Conclusion .................................................................................................. .. 3 8
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`VIII.
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`Mandatory notices (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(l)) ............................................... .. 38
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`On July 28, 2015,
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`the Board instituted Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) of
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`claims 1-6 of U.S. Patent No. 7,765,107 (“the ’lO7 patent”)
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`(EX. 1001)
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`IPR20l5—00547. In its decision for institution,
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`the Board determined that it is
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`reasonably likely that published materials used in an FDA Advisory Committee
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`Meeting (the “Advisory Committee Art” or “ACA”) would have rendered obvious
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`claims l—6 of the ’l07 patent more than a year before the ’107 patent’s earliest
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`effective filing date. See IPR2015—00547, Paper 25 at 28-35.
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`Wockhardt Bio AG (“Wockhardt”) submits this Petition for IPR (“Petition”)
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`also seeking cancellation of claims 1-6 of the ‘ 107 patent as unpatentable under 35
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`U.S.C. §l03(a) over the Advisory Committee Art. This petition presents the same
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`arguments, based on the same prior art presented in the IPR20l5—00547 Petition
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`(IPR20l5-00547, Paper 3), and on which the Board instituted IPR in IPR20l5—
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`00547, along with a Motion for Joinder to join this Petition with the IPR20l5—
`00547 proceedings. Indeed, this petition is an almostverbatim copy of the petition
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`in IPR20l5—00547, but missing the discussion of uninstituted Ground 2 in that
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`case.
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`For the reasons explained below, and for the reasons the Board instituted
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`IPR in IPR20l5—00547, Wockhardt is reasonably likely to prevail on Ground 1
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`with respect to the challenged claims. Wockhardt requests that this Board institute
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`IPR and cancel each of claims 1-6 of the ’ 107 patent.
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`II.
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`Grounds for standing (37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a))
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`Wockhardt certifies that the ’ 107 patent is available for IPR and Wockhardt
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`is not barred or estopped from requesting IPR of any of the challenged claims.
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`III.
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`Statement of the precise relief requested and the reasons therefore
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`The Office should institute IPR under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 and 37 C.F.R.
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`§§ 42.1-.80 and 42.l00—42.l23, and cancel claims 1—6—a1l claims—of the ’l07
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`patent as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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`IV. Overview
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`A.
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`Person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSA”)
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`A POSA is a hypothetical person who is presumed to be aware of all
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`pertinent art, thinks along conventional Wisdom in the art, and is a person of
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`ordinary creativity. A POSA may work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and
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`draw upon not only his or her own skills, but also take advantage of certain
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`specialized skills of others in the team, to solve a given problem. (Ex. 1007, 1121.)
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`For example, a POSA would hold a Bachelor’s or Doctor of Pharmacy degree and
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`a license as a registered pharmacist With 3-5 years of relevant work experience, or
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`a computer science undergraduate degree or equivalent Work experience and Work
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`experience relating to business applications,
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`including familiarity with drug
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`distribution procedures. (Id) Alternatively, a POSA may have a blend of computer
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`science and pharmacy drug distribution knowledge and/or experience. (Id.) Such a
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`POSA may have computer science education qualifications and experience relating
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`to computerized drug distribution systems, or pharmacy education qualifications
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`and experience relating to computerized drug distribution systems. (Id.) A POSA
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`would have had knowledge of the literature concerning pharmacy practice and
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`prescription drug distribution, such as the prior art presented herein, that was
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`available before the earliest effective filing date of ’l07 patent,
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`including
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`knowledge about methods employed in the art. (Id) Accordingly, a POSA would
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`have been well aware of techniques related to the mitigation of the risk associated
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`with the distribution of potentially hazardous, but
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`therapeutically beneficial
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`prescription drugs. (Id.)
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`B.
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`State of the art
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`The ’l07 patent generally pertains to centralizing the distribution of
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`hazardous or abuse—prone drugs. The ’l07 patent is listed in the U.S. Food and
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`Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) “Orange Book” (“OB”), in connection with the
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`prescription drug product Xyrem®. The active ingredient in Xyrem®—sodium
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`oxybate, the sodium salt of gamma hydroxybuyrate (“GHB”)—was well—known in
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`the prior art as being susceptible to diversion and abuse. (Ex. 1007, 1141.) So, as a
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`prerequisite to FDA approval,
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`the sponsor of Xyrem®, with assistance and
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`direction from an FDA advisory committee, agreed to employ a centralized
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`distribution program to attempt to reduce abusive and illicit uses of Xyrem®, now
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`known as the Xyrem® Success Program. By listing the ’l07 patent in the FDA’s
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`OB for Xyrern®, Jazz is asserting that the Xyrem® Success Program is an
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`embodiment of at least one claim of the ’ 107 patent.
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`Aside from the explicit disclosure of the ’l07 patent’s claimed methods in
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`the prior art, the general mitigation of risks associated with the distribution of
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`potentially hazardous drugs was Well—established in the art before the earliest
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`effective filing date of the ’l07 patent. (Id., 1122.) For example, in 1982, Hoffman-
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`La Roche (“Roche”) gained approval
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`for Accutane® (isotretinoin), a potent
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`teratogen that caused birth defects. (Id.) To address that risk, Roche developed a
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`Pregnancy Prevention Program for Accutane® as part of its distribution in
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`pharmacies. (Id.) The program included informed consent forms to be completed
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`by the patient and prescriber, along with patient counseling on the teratogenic risk
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`of Accutane®, the need to avoid pregnancy, and the use of proper birth control
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`methods. (Id.) Finally, this program required that Women of childbearing potential
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`must test serum negative for a pregnancy before the drug could be distributed to
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`them. (Id.)
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`Another drug, Clozaril® (clozapine), was approved in the U.S. in 1990 for
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`the treatment of refractory schizophrenia.
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`(Id., {[23.) Similar to Accutane®,
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`Clozaril®’s manufacturer sought to mitigate these risks associated with Clozaril®
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`by implementing a national registry system that limited distribution of the drug.
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`(Id) The distribution system required registration of patient and physician
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`information in an integrated computerized database. (Id.) If a patient or physician
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`was non—compliant with the program, the national registry took corrective action,
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`such as contacting and re-educating the prescribing physician and/or discontinuing
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`supply of the prescription to the patient. (Id.) While the use of a computer
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`differentiated the Clozaril® system from the Accutane® system,
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`the use of
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`computers was not novel
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`to prescription drug distribution, because by 1990
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`pharmacies had long been using computers to aid in filling prescriptions. (Id., 1124.)
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`On the heels of the Accutane® and Clozaril® restricted distribution systems,
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`in 1999,
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`the manufacturers of prescription thalidomide—yet another known
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`teratogenic drug——deVeloped a hybrid system, combining the computerized
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`registry system of Clozaril® and the pregnancy monitoring/prevention, and
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`informed consent
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`requirements of Accutane® to monitor and control
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`the
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`distribution of the drug. (Id., 1[25.)
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`Thus, by 1999, at
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`least three systems for the restricted distribution of
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`effective, yet hazardous prescription drugs were known in the art and successfully
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`implemented across the industry. (Id, 1126.) Moreover, While risk management
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`programs were developing during the 1980s through 19905, pharmacies had
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`already been using computerized systems for the distribution of narcotics and other
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`controlled substances, i. e., drugs with potential for abuse. (Id., 1127.) Computerized
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`systems were also helpful in generating reports tracking patients, physicians, the
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`quantity of the drug dispensed, and the hospital inventory of a drug, allowing for
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`the detection of abuse patterns. (Id.)
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`Consequently, it would have been obvious to a POSA in View of the prior art
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`to develop the centralized distribution systems claimed in the ’ 107 patent to
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`minimize the risks associated with the distribution of hazardous prescription drugs.
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`(Id., 1128.)
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`C.
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`The ’107 patent
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`Against this backdrop, Jazz obtained the ’l07 patent, which relates to a
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`“drug distribution system and method [that] utilizes a central pharmacy and
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`database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug.” (Ex. 1001, Abstract.)
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`According to the ’107 specification, multiple controls are imposed on the
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`prescription drug distribution. (Id., 1:56-58.) Physician and patient prescription
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`patterns are monitored for abuse using an exclusive central database. (Id., 2:16-21.)
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`Physician eligibility to prescribe the drug is verified via a database, including
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`determining whether disciplinary actions have been brought against the physician.
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`(Id., 1:48-56.) Prior to shipping the prescription drug,
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`the central pharmacy
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`confirms Whether the patient has been educated, and only ships when no abuse is
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`found related to the patient and prescribing doctor. (Id., 1:59-67.) The prescription
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`drug is then delivered to the patient. (Id, 1159-2: 1-3.)
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`During prosecution of the ’l07 patent’s parent application (which issued as
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,668,730), the independent claims were amended to add the
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`following limitations to overcome prior art rejections: (1) “all prescriptions for the
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`sensitive drug are processed only by the exclusive central pharmacy using only the
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`exclusive computer database;” and (2) “mailing the sensitive drug to the patient
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`only if no potential abuse is found by the patient to whom the sensitive drug is
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`prescribed and the doctor prescribing the sensitive drug.” (Ex. 1016, 241-248,
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`8/8/06 Amdt; 303-334, 7/18/07 Appeal Brief; 442, 11/2/09 Amdt.) Applicants
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`argued that the prior art did not teach these limitations. (Id, 449, 11/2/09 Amdt.)
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`Applicants also argued that “checking the exclusive computer database for
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`potential abuse of the sensitive drug” was not taught in the prior art. (Id.) The cited
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`art was found to teach all other claim limitations. (Id., at 258-262, 10/18/06 Final
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`Rejection; and at 420-433, 8/31/09 Decision on Appeal.)
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`Subsequently,
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`in the Notice of Allowance for the ’l07 patent’s parent
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`application, the Examiner relied on the same limitations, stating: “the closest prior
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`art of record does not teach or fairly suggest that all prescriptions for GHB are
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`processed only by the exclusive central pharmacy using only the exclusive
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`computer database. The exclusive computer database is checked for potential GHB
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`abuse and GHB is provided/mailed only if no potential abuse is found by the
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`patient to whom GHB is prescribed and the doctor/authorized prescriber of the
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`GHB.” (Id., at 475-476, Notice of Allowance, p. 11.) The ’l07 patent claims rely
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`on similar limitations for patentability. (See Ex. 1002, Notice of Allowance, mailed
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`March 10, 2010.)
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`However, as this petition demonstrates, none of these alleged “novel”
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`limitations were novel. Using the claimed
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`exclusive central pharmacy,”
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`“computer processor,” and “central database” were well—known in the prior art, and
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`certainly obvious. (See §§ VI.B.1) For example,
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`the same art also discloses
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`authorizing the filling, using the exclusive central computer system/exclusive
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`computer database, of a prescription that has been subjected to multiple controls.
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`(Id)
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`V.
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`Claim construction
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`Unless otherwise construed herein, the terms of claims 1-6 are to be given
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`their broadest reasonable interpretation, as understood by one of ordinary skill in
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`the art in view of the ’ 107 patent’s specification. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.lO0(b).
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`A.
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`“Exclusive central pharmacy”
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`The claims recite the term “exclusive central pharmacy”. During prosecution
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`of U.S. Patent No. 7,668,730 (“the ’730 patent”), of which the ’107 patent is a
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`divisional, the applicants defined the term “exclusive” as “single or sole.” (Ex.
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`1016, 402, 12/3/07 Reply Brief) Therefore, the term “exclusive central pharmacy”
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`should be construed to mean a “single or sole pharmacy”. (Ex. 1007, 1137.)
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`B.
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`“Periodic reports generated”
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`The claims recite the limitation of “periodic reports generated.” (Ex. 1001,
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`8:60-61.) The ’l07 patent discloses that “[s]everal queries and reports are run
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`against the database to provide information which might reveal potential abuse of
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`the sensitive drug, such as early refills.” (Id, 2:19-21 (emphasis added).) The ’ 107
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`patent also discloses that reports are obtained by running queries against the central
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`database. (Id., 8:22-29.) The ’l07 patent describes different types of queries run to
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`obtain information, such as prescriptions by physician, patient name, frequency,
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`and dose. (Id., 7:53-83.) Accordingly, “periodic reports generated” should be
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`construed to mean “information obtained from querying the computer database,
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`such as, prescriptions by physician, prescriptions by patient name, prescriptions by
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`patient name, prescriptions by frequency, and prescriptions by dose.” (Ex. 1007,
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`1l38.)i
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`VI.
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`Identification of challenge
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`Wockhardt requests IPR of all claims of the ’l07 patent. Per 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.6(d), copies of the references accompany the Petition. The Grounds for
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`unpatentability are further supported by the accompanying declaration of Dr.
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`Robert Valuck, Ph.D., R.Ph. (“Valuck Dec.”) (Ex. l007)1, an expert in the fields of
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`1 Wockhardt submits and relies upon an identical copy of the Declaration of Dr.
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`drug safety, drug abuse prevention, and prescription drug distribution.
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`Ground
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`Advisory Committee Art (Ex. 1003-1006)
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`Claims
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`Index of References
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`A.
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`Each cited reference is available prior art
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`The ’l07 patent claims benefit to U.S. Patent No. 7,668,730 (“the ’730
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`patent”), filed on December 17, 2002 (See EX. 1001), which serves as its earliest
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`possible effective filing date. Each cited prior art reference qualifies independently
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`as (1) having published before December 17, 2002 or (2) having been publicly
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`disclosed more than a year prior to December 17, 2002.
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`1.
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`The ACA (Ex. 1003—Ex. 1006) qualifies as a “printed
`publication”
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`In View of GHB’s known susceptibility for diversion and abuse and its
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`experience in restricted distribution of certain dangerous drugs, the FDA held
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`advisory committee meetings as a prerequisite to granting approval to Xyrem®. A
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`Valuck submitted in Amneal Pharms., LLC, et al. v. Jazz Pharms., Inc., Case No.
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`IPR2015—00547 (“the Amneal/Par
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`IPR”). Dr. Valucl<’s Declaration in the
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`Amneal/Par IPR (here referred to as EX. 1007) discusses one ground of
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`unpatentability not instituted by the Board in the Amneal/Par IPR. Wockhardt
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`does not rely upon that part of his declaration in this proceeding.
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`collection of materials that were used in that meeting (the “Advisory Committee
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`Art” or “ACA”)-—a1l of which published more than one year prior to the earliest
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`effective filing date of the ’107 patent—-either teaches or renders obvious every
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`limitation of the challenged claims. The ACA materials comprise four parts: (1) the
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`Advisory Committee Transcript and Slides (Ex. 1003),
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`(2) Preclinical Safety
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`Review (Ex. 1004), (3) the Briefing Booklet (Ex. 1005), and (4) the Xyrem Video
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`and Transcript (Ex. 1006).
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`“A reference is publicly accessible upon a satisfactory showing that such
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`document has been disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that
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`persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art exercising
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`reasonable diligence, can locate it.” Id. (quoting Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. Int’l
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`Trade Comm ’n, 545 F.3d 1340, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2008)).
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`Electronic publications can qualify as “printed publications” as long they
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`have been disseminated or otherwise made available to a POSA exercising
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`reasonable diligence. EMC Corp. v. PersonalWeb Techs. LLC, IPR2013—00084
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`(Paper 14), at *20—21. And while indexing is “often relevant to public accessibility,
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`evidence of indexing is not an absolute prerequisite to establishing online
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`references [] as printed publications within the prior art.” [d., at *2l (quoting Voter
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`Verified, Inc. v. Premier Election Solutions, Inc., 698 F.3d 1374, 1380 (Fed. Cir.
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`2012)). Moreover,
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`institution of proceedings cannot be denied because an
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`electronic reference is not accompanied by a declaration from an author or with
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`other evidence that someone accessed and received the reference prior to the
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`critical date. Rackspace US, Inc. v. PersonalWeb Techs. LLC, IPR2014-00059
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`(Paper 9), at *34 (Board Apr. 15, 2014). Wockhardt need only provide sufficient
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`evidence to demonstrate that the reference was disseminated publicly or otherwise
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`available. Id. at *34-35 (citing In re Wyer, 665 F.2d 221, 226 (C.C.P.A. 1981)
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`(finding evidence of actual Viewing or dissemination was not required when a
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`reference is deemed to have been “sufficiently accessible to the public and to
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`persons skilled in the pertinent art”)).
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`The ACA materials (EX.
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`1003—EX. 1006) are a collection of publicly
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`available, printed publications. Orphan Medical, Patent Owner Jazz’s predecessor-
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`in—interest, submitted to the FDA for publication before the Advisory Committee
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`met on June 6, 2001 the Xyrem® Video and Transcript, the Briefing Booklet, and
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`the Preclinical Safety Review. In fact, according to the Federal Register notice
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`announcing this meeting:
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`Background material from the sponsor and FDA will be posted 24
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`hours before the meeting at the Peripheral and Central Nervous
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`System
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`Drugs
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`Advisory
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`Committee
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`docket
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`site
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`at
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`http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm (Click on the year
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`2001 and scroll down to the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems
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`Drugs meetings.) This is the same website where you can find the
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`minutes, transcript, and slides from the meeting. This material is
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`(Ex. 1015 (emphasis added).) Such “competent evidence of the [FDA’s] general []
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`practice may be relied upon to establish an approximate time” the ACA would
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`have become available to a POSA exercising reasonable diligence.
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`IPR2014—
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`00059, Paper 9, *34 (Apr. 15, 2014) (citing In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897, 899 (Fed.
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`Cir. 1988))? Therefore, based on the stated timelines,
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`the Xyrem Video and
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`Transcript (Ex. 1006), the Briefing Booklet (Ex. 1005), and the Preclinical Safety
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`Review (Ex. 1004) were approximately available on the FDA’s website as of June
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`5, 2001, While the Advisory Committee Transcript and Slides (Ex. 1003) were
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`available as of June 27, 2001. Both dates are more than one year prior to December
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`17, 2002. Additionally, the FDA website that hosts these documents demonstrates
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`that they were all available by July 13, 2001, at the latest, also qualifying them as
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`102(b) prior art. (Ex. 1017 (relevant bullet point highlighted).)
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`Notably, the Preclinical Safety Review (Ex. 1004) contains redactions of the
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`name of the proposed specialty pharmacy for distribution of Xyrem®—further
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`2 The Federal Advisory Committee Act also required that “the records, reports,
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`transcripts, minutes
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`or other documents which were made available to or
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`prepared for or by each advisory committee shall be available for public
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`inspection.” 5 U.S.C. App 2 §10(b) (2001).
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`evidence that these materials would be, and were intended to be, available to the
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`public. And the Briefing Booklet
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`(EX. 1005) states on its cover that
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`it
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`is
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`“AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE WITHOUT REDACTION.” There
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`can be no question that these materials were readily accessible to a POSA. Cf
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`IPR2013—O0458, Paper 12, *27 (Jan. 16, 2014)
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`(finding that statements of
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`confidentiality on a document suggest it was not publicly available).
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`Other evidence corroborating the public availability of the ACA comes from
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`the
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`Internet
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`Archive:
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`Wayback
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`Machine
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`(located
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`at
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`https2//archive.org/Web/web.php).3 The Wayback Machine demonstrates that, at the
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`latest, a link to the “Briefing Information” (i.e., the Xyrem Video and Transcript
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`(Ex. 1006), the Briefing Booklet (EX. 1005), and the Preclinical Safety Review
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`(EX. 1004)) was available online on June 17, 2001. (EX. 1018, pg. 5, 6/6 Meeting.)
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`Following this link demonstrates that this art was all available on July 1, 2001, at
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`the latest. (EX. 1019.) And the Advisory Committee Transcript and Slides (EX.
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`1003) were available by October 4, 2001, at the latest—-one year prior to December
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`17, 2002. (Ex. 1020, pg. 8, 6/6 Meeting.)
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`3 The Board has not precluded the use of Documents from the Wayback Machine
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`when making institution decisions. See, e. g., IPR2013—00142, Paper 11, *9—10
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`(Aug. 7, 2013).
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`Additionally, a POSA “exercising reasonable diligence” would have been
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`able to locate the ACA. (Ex. 1007, 1142; Ex. 1015.) Notice of the Advisory
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`Committee Meeting was posted in the Federal Register, which indicated that “[a]
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`main focus of the deliberations will be on risk management issues.” (Ex. 1007,
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`1142; Ex. 1015.) Moreover, the Federal Register also points a POSA to where the
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`ACA would be located before and after the meeting. (Ex. 1007, 1142; Ex. 1015.) A
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`programs. (Ex. 1007, 1142.)
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`Act request, as they were part of an Advisory Committee meeting, indexed and
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`easily identifiable by reference to that meeting, and publicly available as a result.4
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`5 U.S.C. App 2 §10(b) states that Advisory Committee materials are to be made
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`available “subject to section 552 of title 5[.]” The Preclinical Safety Review (Ex.
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`1004) contains redactions marked “(b)(4),” which are a specific reference to 5
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`available to and readily located by a POSA more than one year prior to the priority
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`benefit date of the ’ 107 patent. (EX. 1028.)
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`Ground 1: Claims 1-6 would have been obvious over the ACA
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`As supported by the declaration of Dr. Valuck, claims 1-6 of the ’107 patent
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`would have been obvious over the ACA (Ex. 1003-1006). The ACA qualifies as
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`prior art to the claims of the ’107 patent. (See § VI.A.1) These materials were
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`disseminated together for use in the FDA’s Advisory Committee Meetings for
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`Xyrem® and is a written public record of what transpired at the meeting. And, as
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`announced in the Federal Register, each publication was readily accessible to the
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`public from a central location on the FDA’s website more than one year before the
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`earliest effective filing date of the ’ 107 patent. (Ex. 1019.)
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`A POSA would have had more than ample reason to combine these ACA
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`materials5—(1) Advisory Committee Transcript and Slides
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`5 The ACA can also constitute a single disclosure, because the Xyrem FDA
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`Webpage has a menu that lists all of the documents pertaining to the same June 6,
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`2001 Meeting of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory
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`Committee (held to discuss risk management issues relating to Xyrem), which
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`Xyrem Video and Transcript (Ex. 1006)—— because items 2-4 were all distributed
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`together for a single meeting before the FDA seeking approval for prescription
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`Xyrem®, and item 1 was a public transcript of the meeting itself. (EX. 1007, 1145.)
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`Moreover, a POSA would also have had a reasonable expectation of success when
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`combining each of these materials to arrive at the claims 1-6 because they clearly
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`relate to the same restricted distribution program which the meeting was convened
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`to discuss. (EX. 1007, 1145.) Further, the Xyrem Video and Transcript (EX. 1006) is
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`incorporated by reference into the Advisory Committee Transcript and Slides (Ex.
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`1003), and into the Briefing Booklet (EX. 1005). (See EX. 1003; EX. 1005.) And,
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`each of the ACA is all linked from a single web page. (Ex. 1027), giving more
`reason to combine the individual references. (EX. 1007, 1145.)
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`As supported by the declaration of Dr. Valuck, each limitation of claim 1 is
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`found in the ACA and/or rendered obvious. (See EX. 1007, 1145-75.)
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`The ’ 107 patent provides several flow diagrams, together describing each of
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`claim 1’s limitations. The figure below has been produced based on those flow
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`also was available more than one year before the patent’s priority date. (Ex.
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`“[a] computerized method to control abuse of a prescription drug.” Even if the
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`preamble is a claim limitation (which it is not), the ACA discloses computerizing
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`the distribution. (EX. 1003, Slide, pg. 146, reproduced below with annotation; Ex.
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`1006, Tr., pg. 10 n.42; V56 00:16-00:27, V7 00:00-00:16; EX. 1007, 1147.)
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`a POSA would have found it obvious that the ACA’s closed distribution system is
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`computerized. (EX. 1007, 1148.) The ACA discloses receiving data from potentially
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`thousands of prescription requests at the single national pharmacy and entering that
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`data into a registry. (See, e.g., EX. 1003, Tr., 1624-7, 24:21-24, and 259:4; EX.
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`1005, cover letter; Ex. 1007, 1[48.) The collected data provides “centrally located,
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`real—time data [that] will be invaluable to identification of suspicious [behaVior].”
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`(EX. 1005, pgs. 304 and 311; Ex. 1007, 1148.) A POSA would have appreciated
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`from this disclosure that the single national pharmacy utilized a computer to collect
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`the prescription information and real time monitor physician prescribing patterns
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`and patient activity. (EX. 1007, 1148.)
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`As such, a POSA would have understood that the ACA discloses using a
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`computer to distribute a prescription drug (Xyrem) from a central location to
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`control abuse of the prescription drug—-—especially because the need to enter,
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`access, and store large amounts of information would be accelerated, and thus,
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`facilitated by using a computer. (Id. , W496 0.)
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`loop distribution system.” (Ex. 1003, Tr., 177:24—178:11; Slides, pgs. 146-147; Ex.
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`n.42; Ex. 1007, 1152.) That distribution system entails manufacturing Xyrem® at a
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`single manufacturing facility and providing it to “one single national specialty
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`pharmacy” that will be “[t]he primary and exclusive distributor.” (Ex. 1003, Tr.,
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`177:24—l78:11 and l83:12—16;Ex. 1004, pg. 108; Ex. 1005, pgs. 306 and 309; Ex.
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`1006, Tr., pg. 4 n.13; Ex. 1007, 1152.) As discussed above, the term “exclusive”
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`means “single or sole.” Thus an exclusive central pharmacy is a single or sole
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`pharmacy. (See § V.A.) As such, a POSA would have understood the “one single
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`national specialty pharmacy” is the claimed “exclusive central pharmacy.” (Ex.
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`1007, 1152.)
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`The ACA also discloses that the exclusive central phar