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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ELEKTA INC.
`Petitioner
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`I!,,
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`VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00844
`Patent No. 7,880,154
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`VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG’S
`MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2)
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`Mail Stop "PA TENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`
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`Case 1PR2016-00844 of
`U.S. Patent No. 7,880,154
`Varian Medical Systems International AG ("Patent Owner") hereby files its
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`Mandatory Notices Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2). This notice is being timely
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`filed within 21 days of service of the petition.
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`I.
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`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`The patent owner and real party-in-interest is Varian Medical Systems
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`International AG, which is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Varian Medical
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`Systems, Inc.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,880,154 ("the ’154 Patent") has been asserted in the
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`following litigations: Varian Medical Systems, Inc., et al. v. Elekta AB, etal., Case
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`No. 3:15-cv-04428 (CAND), filed September 25, 2015; and Radiotherapy Systems
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`and Treatment Planning Software, and Components Thereof Investigation No.
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`337-TA-968 (ITC), filed September 25, 2015.
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`Petitioner has filed three other petitions for
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`inter partes review against
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`patents related to the ’154 Patent:
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`PTAB Case No.
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`Patent No.
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`IPR2016-00842
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`7,906,770
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`1PR2016-00843
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`8,696,538
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`1PR2016-00845
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`7,906,770
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`Filing Date
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`April 4, 2016
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`April 5, 2016
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`April 5, 2016
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`-1-
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`Case 1PR2016-00844 of
`U.S. Patent No. 7,880,154
`The following U.S. Patent Applications claim the benefit of U.S. Patent
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`Application No. 12/132,597, which became the ’154 Patent:
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`Appi. No.
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`Filing Date
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`Status
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`12/986,420
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`January 7, 2011
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`Now U.S. Pat. No. 8,696,538
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`14/202,305
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`March 10, 2014
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`Now U.S. Pat. No. 9,050,459
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`14/710,485
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`May 12, 2015
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`Pending
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`The ’154 Patent claims the benefit of the following U.S. Patent Application:
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`App!. No.
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`Filing Date
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`Status
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`11/996 1 932
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`PCT filed July 25, 2006
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`Now U.S. Pat. No. 7,906,770
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`III. LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL
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`The lead counsel for Patent Owner is:
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`Michael B. Ray, Reg. No. 33,997
`mray-PTAB @skgf. com
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3932
`Tel.: 202-772-8569
`Fax: 202-371-2540
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`Case 1PR2016-00844 of
`U.S. Patent No. 7,880,154
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`The back-up counsel for Patent Owner is:
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`Nirav Desai, Reg. No. 69,105
`ndesai-PTAB @skgf. corn
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3932
`Tel.: 202-772-8858
`Fax: 202-371-2540
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Please address all correspondence to the lead and back-up counsel as shown
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`above. Patent Owner consents to electronic service by email at the email addresses
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`provided above and PTAB @SKGF .com.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Michael B. Ray
`Registration No. 33,997
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: April 25, 2016
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`-3-
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`Case 1PR2016-00844 of
`U.S. Patent No. 7,880,154
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on April 25, 2016 the foregoing
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`VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG’S MANDATORY
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`NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) was served electronically via
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`e-mail in its entirety on the following counsel of record for the Petitioner:
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`Timothy J. May (Lead Counsel)
`James R. Barney (Back-up Counsel)
`Joshua L. Goldberg (Back-up Counsel)
`Christopher C. Johns (Back-up Counsel)
`Justin E. Loffredo (Back-up Counsel)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`timothy.may@finnegan.com
`james.barney@finnegan.com
`oshua.goldberg@finnegan. corn
`christopher.i ohns(2finnegan.corn
`ustin. loffredo@finnegan. corn
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`4~
`Michael B. Ray
`Registration No. 33,997
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: April 25, 2016
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`1100 New York Avenue, N. W.
`Washington, D.C.20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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