`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`Case No. 2:13-cv—07248-MRP—.l‘EMx
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`ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, and
`IMCLONE SYSTEMS LLC,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`GENENTECH, INC. and CITY OF
`HOPE,
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`Defendants.
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`EXPERT REPORT OF SIR GREGORY WINTER, CBE, FRS
`REGARDING INVALIDITY OF U.S. PATENT NOS. 6,331,415 AND 7,923g21
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`MERCK v. GENENTECH
`MERCK V. GENENTECH
`IPR2016-01373
`IPR2016-01373
`GENENTECH 2020
`cENENmcHj
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Introduction ............................................................................................................ ,,
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`Education and Professional Accomplishments ______________________________________________________ ,,
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`Prior Testimony ..................................................................................................... __
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`4 4
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`Compensation
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`MaterialsConsidered
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`Person of0rdinary Skill in the
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`Law of Written Description, Enablernent And Double Patenting
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`Summary ofMyOpinions
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`VI.
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`VII.
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`VIII.
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`IX.
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`The Claimsat
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`ll
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`Producing Irnmunoglobulins Assembled In Viva in Mammalian Cells Was
`Unpredictable Given the Immature State ofthe Art in April
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`B.
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`C.
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`D.
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`Correct Proportions of Heavy and Light Chain Polypeptides
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`Regulatory Elements .................................................................................. ..
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`Signal Sequences
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`The Cabilly Patents Do Not Describe or Enable Vectors, Host Cells, or
`Methods for Producing lmmunoglobulins Assembled In Vivo in
`Mammalian
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`The Cabilly Patents Do Not Describe or Enable Vectors, Host Cells, or
`Methods for Producing the Full Scope of Immunoglobulins or Fragments
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`24
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`25
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`26
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`.33
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`The Cabilly Patents Do Not Describe or Enable Vectors, Host Cells, or
`Methods for Producing Fully Human Immunoglobulins.......-........-.................................
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`.36
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`A.
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`Human Antibodies Are Produced by Phage Displayr’Antibody
`Repertoire Technology or Transgenic Mouse Technology
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`The Cabilly Patents Do Not Describe or Enable Vectors, Host Cells, or
`Methods for Producing IgA or IgM Imrnunoglobulins..........-....................................-...-.
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`XI.
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`XII.
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`XIII.
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`XIV.
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`XV.
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`The Assorted Cabilly II and III Claims Are Invalid for Double Patenting ........................-46
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`B.
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`Cabilly I Claims 1 and 2 Cover Three Transfonnation Options .......................... ..47
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`Cabilly II Claim 33 Is Not Patentably Distinct from Cabilly I
`Claim 1 ................................................................................................................. ..49
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`Cabilly III Claims 20, 27, and 43 Are Not Patentably Distinct fi'om
`Cabilly I Claim 2 .................................................................................................. ..
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`Cabilly [Claim 6 Covers Three Transformation Options
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`Cabilly II Claim 15 Is Not Patentably Distinct From Cabilly I
`Claim 6 ................................................................................................................. ..
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`Cabilly I Claim 7 Covers Three Transformation Options
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`Cabilly [1 Claim 17 Is Not Patentably Distinct From Cabilly 1
`Claim
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`Cabilly III Claim 46 Is Not Pate-ntably Distinct From Cabilly I
`Claim
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`XVI.
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`Conclusion
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`].
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`I have been retained by Eli Lilly and Company and ImClone Systems LLC
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`(collectively, “Lilly”), to provide expert opinions and testimony concerning the invalidity of U.S.
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`Patent Nos. 6,331,415 to Cabilly et at‘. (“the ’4l5 Patent” or “Cabilly II”) and 7,923,221 to
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`Cabilly et at. (“the ’22l Patent” or “Cabilly III”) (together, “the Cabilly Patents”)-'
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`2.
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`I understand that I am submitting this expert report pursuant to United States
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`Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2). If I am called upon to testify at trial, I expect to testify
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`about the matters and opinions set forth in this report.
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`3.
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`I may also present a tutorial to thejudge andforjury concerning the terminology
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`used in my report and the scientific principles underlying my analyses and opinions.
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`4.
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`I understand that Genentech and City of Hope (collectively, “Genentech”) may
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`submit a rebuttal to my report through its own experts, and that additional discovery may take
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`place in this case. With that in mind, I may need to supplement or amend my report and my
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`expected testimony after 1 have reviewed these additional materials.
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`I also expect to reply as
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`needed to any positions, theories, or evidence advanced by Genentech or its experts in their
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`rebuttals.
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`II.
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`Education and Professional Accomplishments
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`5.
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`A copy of my current curriculum vitae is attached to my report as Exhibit A.
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`Below I briefly summarize some of my relevant experience and accomplishments.
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`I understand that another Cabilly Patent, U.S. Patent No. 4,816,567 (“Cabilly I”) is now
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`expired. Because I understand that all the Cabilly Patents share the same specification apart
`from their claims, I generally refer to Cabilly II and Cabilly III collectively as the “Cabilly
`Patents," and refer to the patents individually only where necessary. For convenience, all
`citations to column and line numbers refer to the Cabilly ll specification.
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`6.
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`I am currently the Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
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`I was
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`previously the Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, and of the
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`Centre for Protein Engineering, Cambridge, institutions funded by the UK Medical Research
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`Council. I have spent my career establishing and working in the field of therapeutic monoclonal
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`antibodies.
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`7.
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`In terms of my professional background, a brief chronology is as follows: I was
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`awarded a BA. degree in Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge University, in 1973.
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`In 1976, I was awarded a Ph.D., also from Cambridge University.
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`8.
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`I was a postdoctoral research fellow at Imperial College, London, from 1976 to
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`1977.
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`I was a postdoctorai research fellow at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (“LMB”) of
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`the U.K. Medical Research Council (“MRC”), Cambridge, from 1977 to 1980.
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`I have been a
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`member of the scientific staff at the LMB since 1931 and served as the Deputy Director from
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`2006 to 201 1.
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`9.
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`From 1990 to 2010, I was the Deputy Director of the Cambridge Centre for
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`Protein Engineering. During part of that time (1994-2008), I was Joint Head of Division of
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`Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry at the LMB. Throughout most of that time, I was also a
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`Senior Research Fellow ofTrinity College (1991-2012). In 2012, I became Master ofT1-inity
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`College.
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`10.
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`In 1986, I invented methods to humanize mouse monoclonal antibodies,
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`commonly called CDR grafting.
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`In the period I989 to 1991, I invented methods for making fully
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`human recombinant antibodies by antibody phage display technology using combinatorial gene
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`repertoires.
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`I 1.
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`During the course of my career I have received several awards, including the
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`Novo Biotechnology Award, Denmark, 1986; the Emil von Behring Prize, Federal Republic of
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`Germany, 1989; the Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Switzerland, 1989; the Scheele Award of
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`the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1994; the King Faisal International Prize in
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`Medicine, Saudi Arabia, 1995; the William B. Coley Award, Cancer Research Institute, USA,
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`1999; the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians, 2005; the Biochemical Society Award,
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`2006; and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 20] 1.
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`In 2013, I received the Canada
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`Gairdner International Award for the engineering of humanized monoclonal antibodies and their
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`widespread use in medical therapy, particularly for treatment of cancer and immune disorders.
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`12.
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`In 199?, I received the honor of “Commander of the Order of the British Empire,”
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`and in 2004 the honor of “Knight Bachelor,” each from Her Majesty the Queen for services to
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`science.
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`13.
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`1 have also founded three biotechnology companies: Cambridge Antibody
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`Technology (1989), Domantis (2000), and Bicycle Therapeutics (2009). Cambridge Antibody
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`Technology and Domantis both pioneered the use of antibody repertoire technologies to develop
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`fully human antibody therapeutics. Bicycle Therapeutics is focusing on the development of
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`bicyclic peptides as small antibody mimics. In 2006, Cambridge Antibody Technology was
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`acquired by Astrazeneca, and Domantis was acquired by Gla.xoSrnithKline.
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`14.
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`As shown in Exhibit B, I have authored nearly 200 peer-reviewed papers.
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`I have
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`also presented on numerous occasions as an invited lecturer, and am an inventor on numerous
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`patents issued in the United States and other countries.
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`III.
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`Prior Testimonv
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`15.
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`I have not testified as an expert at deposition or trial in the past four years.
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`IV.
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`Compensation
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`16.
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`I am being compensated for my work in connection with this litigation at my
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`customary consulting rate of $5,000 per day for work done in the UK, and at the rate of $10,000
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`per day for work that requires me to travel to the United States. My compensation is not
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`dependent on the outcome of this litigation.
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`V.
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`Materials Considered
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`17.
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`In reaching my opinions, I considered the materials identified in Exhibit C
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`(“Materials Considered”).
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`VI.
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`Person of Ordinagg Skill in the Art
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`18.
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`For purposes of this report, I define a person of ordinary skill in the relevant art
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`(“POSA”) to be an individual with a Ph.D. degree in molecular biology or a related discipline,
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`such as biochemistry or immunology, and having at least 1-2 years of postdoctoral experience.
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`The POSA would also have experience in protein chemistry, recombinant DNA technology, and
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`the expression of recombinant proteins. The P0 SA would also have knowledge of the protein
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`structure of antibodies and their genes. This opinion is based on the level of education and
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`experience of persons working in the field of recombinant DNA technology as of April 1983 (the
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`date I have been informed is the priority date of the Cabilly Patents).
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`VII.
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`Law of Written Description, Enablement And Double Patenting
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`I9.
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`Counsel has informed me of certain relevant legal principles that impact whether
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`the claims ofa patent are valid.
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`20.
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`It has been explained to me that for a patent to be valid: (a) the specification must
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`provide adequate written description of the invention (the “written description requirement”);
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`and (b) the specification must explain how to make and use the invention, in such fiill, clear,
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`concise, and exact terms to enable a POSA to carry out the invention (the “enablement
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`requirement”).
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`21.
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`I understand the written description requirement is satisfied when the patent
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`describes each and every limitation of a patent claim with reasonable clarity so that a POSA at
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`the time of the invention would understand that the inventors were in possession of the full scope
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`of the claimed invention as of the filing date of the patent- In other words, the specification must
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`clearly allow a POSA to recognize that the inventors invented what is claimed.
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`22. Whether a patent complies with the written description requirement varies
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`depending on the nature and scope ofthe claims, the existing knowledge in the particular field,
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`the extent and content of the prior art, the maturity of the science or technology, and the
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`predictability of the aspect at issue.
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`23.
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`I understand that the enablement requirement is satisfied when a POSA at the
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`time of the invention would be able to practice the full scope of tl1e claimed invention without
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`undue experimentation.
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`I understand a permissible amount of experimentation to be an amount
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`appropriate for the complexity of the field of the invention, and for the level of expertise and
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`knowledge of persons skilled in that field.
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`I also understand that enablement is tested as of the
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`date the patent application was filed.
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`24.
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`I have been informed that the following factors may be considered when
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`determining whether undue experimentation would be necessary for a POSA to practice the
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`claimed invention: (I) the breadth ofthe claims; (2) the nature ofthe invention; (3) the state of
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`the prior art; (4) the level of one of ordinary skill; (5) the level ofpredictability in the art; (6) the
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`amount of direction provided by the inventor; (7) the existence of working exampies; and (8) the
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`quantity of experimentation needed to make or use the invention based on the content of the
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`disclosure.
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`25.
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`I further understand that a patent does not need to expressly state information
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`known to or obtainable by a POSA at the time of the invention, but that such supplementation
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`cannot cure the patent’s failure to provide information necessary to practice the full scope of the
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`claimed invention, particularly in an emerging field.
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`26.
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`Finalty, it has been explained to me that the doctrine of double patenting prevents
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`an inventor from obtaining more than one patent tenn on one invention.
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`I understand that a
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`patent claim is invalid for “obviousness—type double patenting” if it is not patentably distinct
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`from the subject matter claimed in an earlier commonly owned patent.
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`I am informed that a
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`claim in a later patent is not patentably distinct from a claim in an earlier patent if the later claim
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`is anticipated by, or obvious over, the earlier claim.
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`2?‘.
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`It has also been explained to me that there are two steps to an obviousness—type
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`double patenting analysis. First, I understand that the earlier and later claims should be
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`interpreted as they would be understood by a POSA to determine their scope, and that claims
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`should be interpreted in light of the specification of which they are a part. Second, I understand
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`that the differences between the coverage of the earlier and later claims should be determined in
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`order to establish whether the later claim is patentably distinct from the earlier claim.
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`I have
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`adopted this analysis in forming my opinions.
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`28.
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`It has further been explained to me that anticipation exists if the earlier claim
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`describes every element of the later claim. And I am informed that an earlier generic claim
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`(covering a limited set of options) anticipates a later claim to one or more of those options if a
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`POSA would “at once envisage,” t'.e., would have before him or her, the limited set of options
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`covered by the earlier claim.
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`V]]I. Summafl of My Opinions
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`29.
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`Based on my review of the materials identified in Exhibit C, together with my
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`background and experience, it is my opinion that:
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`30.
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`The claims of the Cabilly Patents are extremely broad.
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`I understand the method
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`claims cover the production of any recombinantly-produced immunoglobulinz of any type,
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`whether assembled in vitro or in viva, in any type of host cell.
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`I fiirther understand the product
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`claims cover vectors comprising DNA encoding any immunoglobulin of any type, or any host
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`cell comprising such a vector. However, I do not believe the Cabilly Patents describe the full
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`scope of the claims. By contrast with the claims, the disclosure of the Cabilly specification is
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`narrow; the only experimental data in the specification relates to the expression of IgG heavy and
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`light chains in E. coil‘ in an insoluble form and the attempted assembly ofthose two chains in
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`vilro using denaturing chemicals and sulfhydryl reagents.
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`31.
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`The Cabilly Patents do not provide sufficient written description to demonstrate
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`with reasonable clarity to a POSA in April 1983 that the Inventors were in possession of the
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`extremely broad scope of vectors, host cells, and methods for making immuncglobulins that the
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`claims cover. Nor would a POSA in April 1983 have been taught how to make the broad scope
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`of vectors and host cells, or practice the full scope of the claimed methods for making
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`immunoglobulins, without undue experimentation. This is especially true because the field of
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`2 For convenience, in this report I will use the word “immunoglobulin” to mean assembled
`immunoglobulins and fragments thereof, and assembled antibodies and fragments thereof, unless
`there is a reason to use more specific terminology.
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`heterologous protein expression (the expression of a protein in cells that do not normally express
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`the protein) was an emerging and unpredictable field in April 1983, and the Cabilly Patents
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`provide little or no disclosure. In particular, there are no working or predictive examples
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`regarding the expression and assembly in viva of immunoglobulins in mammalian cells.
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`32.
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`For the purposes of this report, I focus my opinions on the issue of expression and
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`assembly in viva in mammalian cells.
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`I am informed that another expert will opine on the issues
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`of expression and assembly in viva in bacteria.3 In nature, immunoglobulins are produced in
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`mammalian lymphoid cells (i.e., cells produced by the immune system) called B cells. As of
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`April 1933, however, there were several issues that would have been important when considering
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`the possibility (or impossibility) of expression and assembly of recombinant immunoglobulins in
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`mammalian cells, including the roles of chaperone proteins, promoters or other regulatory
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`sequences, and signal sequences. Most of these issues are hardly discussed in the Cabilly
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`Patents. Given the limited understanding and unpredictability of the field, and the absence of
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`detailed guidance or a working example in the Cabilly Patents, a POSA in April 1983 would not
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`have reasonably concluded that the inventors were in possession of vectors, host cells, or
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`methods for producing immunoglobulins, assembled in viva, in non-lymphoid mammalian cells.
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`Additionally, a POSA would not have been taught how to make them or practice those methods
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`without undue experimentation.
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`3 I note that functional imrnunoglobulin and/or immunoglobulin fragment assembly and secretion
`were not published until 1988 in E. calf and yeast, and until 1939 in plants. (Skerra, A. &
`Plitckthun, A., Assembly ofafiznciianai innnunagiabulin Fvfiagment in Escherichia caii, 240
`SCLENCE 1038 (1988); Better, M., er al., Escherichia caii secretion of an active chimeric
`anribaafvfiagnreni, 240 SCIENCE 1041 (1983); Horwitz, A.H., er al., Secretion offnnciianal
`antibody and Fabfiagmentfiom yeast cells, 85 PROC. N/\T’L. ACAD. SCI. USA 8678 (1988);
`Hiatt, A., et a:'., Production ofantibodfes in transgenic plants, 342 NATURE 76 ( l989).)
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`33.
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`Furthermore, while the Cabilly Patents encompass several immunoglobulin types
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`and itnrmmoglobulin fragments, including “mamnialian antibodies,
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`composite
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`immunoglobulins,” “hybrid antibodies,” “chimeric antibodies,” “univalent antibodies,” and “Fab
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`protein,” most of these are described only in fimctional terms, with no structural information, and
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`little or no guidance is provided regarding how to make these types of immunoglobulins and
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`immunoglobulin fragments. A POSA in April 1983 would thus not have believed that the
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`Cabilly inventors were in possession of these different immunoglobulin types and
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`imrnuuoglobulin fragments, and would not have been taught how to make them without undue
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`experimentation.
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`In particular, although encompassed by the claims, the Cabilly Patents do not
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`describe and did not provide a specific and useful teaching to a POSA in April 1983 on how to
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`make humanized and fully human antibodies, both of which were only made possible by
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`inventions made after the Cabilly Patents were filed. My own group was responsible for the
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`invention of humanized antibodies, and (in combination with the group of Richard Lemer) was
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`also responsible for one ofthe two major methods for making fully human antibodies, namely,
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`“phage display/antibody repertoire technology.”
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`34.
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`Finally, though the claims of the Cabilly Patents also encompass IgA and IgM
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`immunoglobulins, the patents ignore that IgA and IgM imm unoglobulins were known by April
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`1983 to be assembled as highe-r—order multimeric structures that contain a third polypeptide
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`chain, the “J chain,” in addition to the heavy and light chains. However, nothing in the Cabilly
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`Patents would have either convinced a POSA in April 1983 that the inventors were in possession
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`of vectors, host cells, or methods of making assembled lgA or IgM irnrnunoglobulins, or taught a
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`POSA how to make such immunoglobulins without undue experimentation.
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`35.
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`It is also my opinion that the asserted claims of the later Cabilly II and 11] patents
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`are not patentably distinct from claims 1, 2, 6, and 7 ofthe earlier Cabilly I patent.
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`36.
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`First, it is my opinion that Cabilly II process claim 33 and Cabilly III method
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`claims 20, 27, and 43 are not patentably distinct from method claims I and 2 ofCabilly I.
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`Cabilly I method claim 1 covers a method for making a chimeric immunoglobuiin that includes
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`all three of the transformation options set forth in the patent: (i) transforming separate host cells
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`with separate vectors each containing either a heavy or light chain DNA sequence, (ii)
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`transforming a single host cell with separate vectors each containing either a heavy or light chain
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`DNA sequence, and (iii) transforming a single host cell with a single vector containing both
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`heavy and light chain DNA sequences. (Col. 12, lines 24-30.) A POSA would at once envisage
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`this limited number of options from the claim language, when interpreted in light of the
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`specification. Cabilly {I process claim 33 and Cabilly III method claims 20, 27, and 43 cover a
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`method for making a chimeric immunoglobulin (Cabilly 1] process claim 33) or a chimeric
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`antibody (Cabilly III method claims 20, 27', and 43) using one or two ofthese same three
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`transformation options. Therefore, the later claims are anticipated by the earlier claims, and,
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`thus, are not patentably distinct from the earlier claims.
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`37.
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`Second, it is my opinion that Cabilly II vector claim 15 is not patentably distinct
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`from Cabilly I vector claim 6. Because Cabilly I vector claim 6 covers vectors that can be used
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`for all three of the transformation options disclosed in the Cabilly Patents (listed above), a POSA
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`would at once envisage this limited number of options from the claim language, when interpreted
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`in light of the specification. Cabilly II vector claim 15 covers a vector that can be used for the
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`third transfonnation option, namely, transfonning a single host cell with a single vector
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`containing both heavy and light chain DNA sequences. Therefore, the later claim is anticipated
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`by the earlier claim, and thus is not patentably distinct fiom the earlier claim.
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`38.
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`Third, it is further my opinion that Cabilly II host cell claim 1'? and Cabilly III
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`host cell claim 46 are not patentably distinct from Cabilly I host cell claim 7. Because Cabilly I
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`host cell claim 7 covers a host cell transformed according to all three of the transformation
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`options disclosed in the Cabilly Patents, a POSA would at once envisage this limited number of
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`options from the claim language, when interpreted in light of the specification. Cabilly II host
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`cell claim I? and Cabilly III host cell claim 46 cover a host cell transformed according to the
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`third of the three transformation options. Therefore, the later claims are anticipated by the earlier
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`claim and thus, are not patentably distinct from the earlier claim.
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`IX.
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`The Claims at Issue
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`39.
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`I understand that claims l5, 1?, and 33 ofCabi||y II are at issue in this case.
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`Those claims read as follows:
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`15. A vector comprising a first DNA sequence encoding at least a
`variable domain of an immunoglobulin heavy chain and a second
`DNA sequence encoding at least a variable domain of an
`immunoglobulin light chain wherein said first DNA sequence and
`said second DNA sequence are located in said vector at different
`insertion sites.
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`17. A host cell transformed with a vector according to claim 15.
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`33. A process for producing an immunoglobulin molecule or an
`immunologically functional immunoglobulin fragment comprising
`at least the variable domains of the immunoglobulin heavy and
`light chains, in a single host cell, comprising:
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`independently expressing a first DNA sequence encoding at
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`least the variable domain of the immunoglobulin heavy
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`chain and a second DNA sequence encoding at least the
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`variable domain of the immunoglobulin light chain so that
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`said immunoglobulin heavy and light chains are produced
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`as separate molecules in said single host cell transformed
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`with said first and second DNA sequences.
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`40.
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`I understand that claims 20, 2?, 43, and 46 of Cabilly III are at issue in this case.
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`Those claims read as follows (including independent claims as necessary for clarity):
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`15. A method for making an antibody or antibody fragment
`capable of specifically binding a desired antigen, wherein the
`antibody or antibody fragment comprises (a) an antibody heavy
`chain or fragment thereof comprising a human constant region
`sequence and a variable region comprising non human mammalian
`variable region sequences and (b) an antibody light chain or
`fragment thereof comprising a human constant region sequence
`and a variable region comprising non human mammalian variable
`region sequences, the method comprising coexpressing the heavy
`chain or fragment thereof and the light chain or fragment thereof in
`a recombinant host cell.
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`20. The method of claim l5 which results in the production of an
`antibody.
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`25. A method for making an antibody heavy chain or fragment
`thereof and an antibody light chain or fragment thereof each
`having specificity for a desired antigen, wherein the heavy chain or
`fragment thereofcomprises a variable region sequence and a
`human constant region sequence, the method comprising culturing
`a recombinant host cell comprising DNA encoding the heavy chain
`or fragment thereof and the light chain or fragment thereof and
`recovering the heavy chain or fragment thereof and light chain or
`fragment thereof from the host cell culture.
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`2?. The method of claim 25 wherein the host cell comprises a
`vector comprising DNA encoding the heavy chain or fragment
`thereof and DNA encoding the light chain or fragment thereof.
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`38. A method for making an antibody or antibody fragment
`capable of specifically binding a desired antigen, wherein the
`antibody or antibody fragment comprises (a) an antibody heavy
`chain or fragment thereof comprising a variable region sequence
`and a human constant region sequence and (b) an antibody light
`chain or fragment thereof comprising a variable region sequence
`and a human constant region sequence, the method comprising
`coexpressing the heavy chain or fragment thereof and the light
`cha in or fragment thereof in a recombinant host cell.
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`43. The method of claim 38 which results in the production of an
`antibody.
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`45. A replicable expression vector comprising DNA encoding an
`antibody heavy chain or fragment thereof and an antibody light
`chain or fragment thereof each having specificity for a desired
`antigen, the heavy chain or fragment thereof and the light chain or
`fragment thereof each comprising a variable region sequence and a
`human constant region sequence.
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`46. A recombinant host cell comprising the vector of claim 45.
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`41.
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`I have been informed that the terms “antibody” and “immunoglobulin” have not
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`been construed by the Court. (Claim Construction Order (“CC 0111.”), D.I. 158, at 2 n.1.)
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`Therefore, my understanding of those terms for the purpose of rendering my opinions here is
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`based on the definitions presented in the Cabilly Patents at col. 6, lines 3-1 1. That is, “antibody”
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`means a tetrameric assembly, comprising light and heavy polypeptide chains, which has specific
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`immunoreactive activity (i.e., specifically binds a particular antigen), or multimeric aggne gates
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`thereof. (Col. 6, lines 3-7.) “lmmunoglobulin” means a tetrameric assembly, comprising light
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`and heavy polypeptide chains, whether or not specific immunoreactive activity is a property, or
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`multimeric aggregates thereof. (Col. 6, lines 7-1 1.) “Antibodies” are thus a subset of
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`“immunoglobulins.”
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`42.
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`Claim 33 ofCabilly ll claims “{a] process for producing an immunoglobulin
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`molecule or an immunologically functional immunoglobulin fragment” and thus requires that
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`practicing the claimed process results in the formation of an assembled immunoglobulin or
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`fragment thereof.
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`l have been informed that during prosecution, Genentech stated that the
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`Cabilly II claims, including claim 33, require assembly. (CC 0rd. at 15-16.)
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`43.
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`Claims 20 and 43 ofCabilly III similarly claim a method that “results in the
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`production of an antibody” and thus require that practicing the claimed methods results in the
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`formation ofan assembled antibody. Claim 27 of Cabilly Ill includes a recovery step, which I
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`understand the Court has held covers both recovery of an antibody assembled in vitro from
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`separate chains and recovery ofan antibody assembled in viva. (CC 0rd. at 17-18.)
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`44.
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`An assembled antibody is shown in Figure l of the Cabilly Patents, which is
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`reproduced below.
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`Fig. 1: Structure of an Immunoglohulin Tetramer
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`The assembled antibody is a tetramer (or multimer of tetrarners) that consists of four polypeptide
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`chains—two heavy chains and two light chains—held together by disulphide bonds (labeled as
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`“—SS—” in the figure) both within (intrachain) and between (interchain) polypeptide chains.
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`Assembled immunoglobulins have the same basic structure.
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`45.
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`As noted above, the Court found that claim 2? of Cabilly III covers both assembly
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`in vftro (using chemical processes), and in viva (using the host cell’s own protein folding and
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`assembly machinery). (CC 0rd. at 17-18.) Method claims 33 of Cabilly II and 20 and 43 of
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`Cabilly III likewise say nothing about how and where the heavy and Ii ght chains are assembled
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`and therefore are also broad enough to cover immunoglobulin or antibodies, respectively,
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`assembled in vfrro and in viva.
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`I am informed that in a prior case, Genentech specifically
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`acknowledged that Cabilly 11 “claim 33 is broad enough to encompass assembly of an
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`immunoglobulin both inside the host cell and outside the host cell.” (Claim Construction Order,
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`Cenlocor Inc, v. Genenrecb, Inc, et aI., 08-cv-03573 (C-D. Cal., 2009), D.I. 93 at 17.)
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`46.
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`The Cabiliy Patents note that there are different types ofheavy chain, 7 (gamma), p.
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`(mu), Ct. (alpha), 5 (delta), and e (epsilon), as well as two types of light chain, kappa and lambda.
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`(Col. 3, lines 27-32.) The type of heavy chain determines the immunoglobulinfantibody class.
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`(Col. 3, lines 27-31.) The tenns “immunoglobulin” and “antibody” as used in the Cabilly Patents
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`are not limited to a specific type of heavy or light chain but instead broadly cover all five of the
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`major irnmunoglobulinfantibfldy classes, IgG, IgM, IgA, lgl), and IgE. (Col- 3, lines 60-65.) As
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`of April 1983, it was known that I gM and IgA are pentamers and dimers of the basic tetrameric
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`structure, respectively, and the Cabilly Patents expressly state, for example, that
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`“in1munog|obulins” and “antibodies” include these aggregates of tetramers. (Col. 6, lines 3-9.)
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`47.
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`In the context of the Cabilly Patents, the broad terms “imm unoglobulin” and
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`“antibody” also cover several different immunoglobulia or antibody types, including
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`“rnamrnalian antibodies” (col. 6, lines 12-18; col. 1 1, line 19-col. 12, line 56), “composite
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`immunoglobulins” (col. 6, lines 30-34; col. 14, lines 40-63), “hybrid antibodies” (col. 6, lines 19-
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`29; col. 14, line 64-col. 15, line 9), “chimeric antibodies” (col. 6, lines 35-56; col. 15, lines 10-
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`33), and “univalent antibodies” (col. ‘.7, lines 25-34; col. 15, line 49-col. 16, line 2).
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`48. While the term “antibody” requires specific immunoreactive activity (col. 6, lines
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`3-7*‘), the term “immunoglobulin” does not require specific binding to a particular known antigen
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`(col. 6, lines 7-9). However, the Cabilly Patents contain no restriction on the types of antigens
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`that the “antibodies” bind and thus, the term “antibodies.” covers antibodies that bind to any
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`antigen.
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`49.
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`Claim 33 of Cabilly II additionally requires “a first DNA sequence encoding at
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`least the variable domain of the immunoglobulin heavy chain and a second DNA sequence
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`encoding at least the variable domain of the immunoglobulin light chain.” Claim 15 of Cabilly II
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`similarly requires “ [a] vector comprising a first DNA sequence encoding at least a variable
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`domain of an immunoglobulin heavy chain and a second DNA sequence encoding at least a
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`variable domain of an immunoglobulin light chain,” and claim 17 requires a host cell
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`transfolmed with the vector of claim 15. Because “imrnunoglobulin” is not limited to a
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`particular type or species source, the DNA sequences encoding immunoglobulins covered