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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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`LUPIN LTD. and LUPIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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`Petitioners
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`v.
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`HORIZON THERAPEUTICS, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00829
`Patent 9,095,559
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Board’s Scheduling Order (Paper
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`14), the Patent Owner requests oral argument, which is currently scheduled for
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`July 28, 2017. The Patent Owner expects to argue the following issues at the oral
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`argument:
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`(1) Whether the Petitioner has met its burden to show that claims 1, 2, 4,
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`5, 7-10, 12, and 13 of the ’559 Patent would have been obvious over
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`Blau, Simell, and the ’859 Publication.
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`(2) Whether the Petitioner has met its burden to show that claims 3, 6, 11,
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`14, and 15 of the ’559 Patent would have been obvious over Blau,
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`Simell, the ’859 Publication, and Brusilow ’84.
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`(3)
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`Interpretations of the above-listed claims.
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`(4) The level of ordinary skill in the art, the attributes of one of ordinary
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`skill in the art at the time of the inventions claimed in the ’559 Patent,
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`and whether the Petitioner’s expert, Dr. Vaux, has the requisite
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`qualifications and knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art of the
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`claimed subject matter.
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`(5) The Patent Owner’s responses to arguments made by the Petitioner in
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`its Reply (Paper 31).
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`(6) Any other subsidiary issue relevant to issues (1) - (5).
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`(7) Any other issues identified by the Patent Owner or the Petitioner for
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`oral argument or any other issues raised in papers filed on or after this
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`date.
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`(8) Any other issues the Board deems necessary for issuing a final written
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`decision.
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`Date: 2017 June 12
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: / M.C. Phillips /
`Matthew C. Phillips
`Registration No. 43,403
`Backup Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on June 12, 2017, copies of the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT and all documents filed with it
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`were served via electronic mail, as agreed to by counsel, upon the following
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`counsel for the Petitioners:
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`Elizabeth J. Holland: eholland@goodwinproctor.com
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`Cynthia Lambert Hardman: chardman@goodwinprocter.com
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`Robert V. Cerwinski: RCerwinski@goodwinprocter.com
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`/ M.C. Phillips /
`Matthew C. Phillips
`Registration No. 43,403
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