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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_______________
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`MINERVA SURGICAL, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
`
`v.
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`HOLOGIC, INC.,
`
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`Case IPR2016-00680
`Patent 9,095,348
`_______________
`
`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`
`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`
`

`
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Patent Owner Hologic, Inc. (“Hologic”)
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`respectfully submits the following mandatory notices in response to Petitioner
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`Minerva Surgical, Inc.’s (“Minerva”) Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 9,095,348 (“the ‘348 patent”).
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`I.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1): NOTICE OF REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`The real party-in-interest and assignee of the ‘348 patent is Hologic.
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`II.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2): RELATED MATTERS
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`Hologic has asserted the ‘348 patent against Minerva in the United States
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`District Court for the District of Delaware: Hologic, Inc.; Cytyc Surgical
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`Products, LLC v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., Case No. 1:15-cv-01031-SLR (D. Del.).
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`Minerva has concurrently filed IPR2016-00685, which also challenges the
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`patentability of the ‘348 patent.
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`III.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3): LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL
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`Hologic identifies the following lead and back-up counsel:
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`Lead Counsel
`Jennifer A. Sklenar (Reg. No. 40,205)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`777 S. Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844
`Tel:
`(213) 243-4000
`Fax: (213) 243-4199
`Jennifer.Sklenar@aporter.com
`
`Back-Up Counsel
`Alissa H. Faris (Reg. No. 60,791)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
`Tel:
`(415) 471-3100
`Fax: (415) 471-3400
`Alissa.Faris@aporter.com
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`

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`A concurrently filed power of attorney identifies the practitioners of
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`Arnold & Porter LLP, including Jennifer A. Sklenar and Alissa H. Faris, as
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`attorneys of record.
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`IV.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4): SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Hologic may be served at the addresses found in Part III. Hologic consents
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`to electronic service at:
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` Jennifer.Sklenar@aporter.com
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` Alissa.Faris@aporter.com
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` xMINERVA_HOLOGIC_IPRService@aporter.com
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`Dated: March 25, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
`
`/Jennifer A. Sklenar/
`Jennifer A. Sklenar (Reg. No. 40,205)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`777 S. Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844
`Tel:
`(213) 243-4000
`Fax: (213) 243-4199
`
`Alissa H. Faris (Reg. No. 60,791)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
`Tel:
`(415) 471-3100
`Fax: (415) 471-3400
`
`Attorneys for Patent Owner Hologic, Inc.
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`

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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S
`MANDATORY NOTICES was served on March 25, 2016 to the following
`Counsel for Petitioner via e-mail:
`
`Michael T. Rosato, Lead Counsel
`Matthew A. Argenti
`Steven W. Parmelee
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`701 5th Avenue, Suite 5100
`Seattle, WA 98104-7036
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`margenti@wsgr.com
`sparmelee@wsgr.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc.
`
`/Jennifer A. Sklenar/
`Jennifer A. Sklenar (Reg. No. 40,205)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`777 S. Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844
`Tel:
`(213) 243-4000
`Fax: (213) 243-4199
`
`-i-

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