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`Paper No. ____
`Date filed: January 23, 2018
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`Filed On Behalf Of:
`Novartis AG and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.
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`By:
`Nicholas N. Kallas
`NKallas@fchs.com
`ZortressAfinitorIPR@fchs.com
`(212) 218-2100
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`——————————
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.,
`ARGENTUM PHARMACEUTICAL LLC, AND
`WEST-WARD PHARMACEUTICALS
`INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`NOVARTIS AG
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-014791
`Patent No. 9,006,224
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`PAR AND NOVARTIS’S JOINT MOTION TO TREAT
`SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (EX 2118) AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT
`TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`
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`1 Argentum Pharmaceutical LLC was joined as a party to this proceeding via a
`Motion for Joinder in IPR2017-01063; West-Ward Pharmaceuticals International
`Limited was joined as a party via a Motion for Joinder in IPR2017-01078.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), and pursuant to the
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`authorization to file this motion provided in an email from the Board dated January
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`11, 2018, Petitioner Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Par”) and Patent Owner Novartis
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`AG (“Novartis”) jointly request that the settlement agreement between the parties –
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`as referenced in the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding, filed concurrently
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`herewith, and designated as Exhibit 2118 – as business confidential information
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`which shall be kept separate from the file of the involved patent. In view of that
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`request, the settlement agreement has been filed for access by the “Board Only.”
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`For the purposes of this motion, Novartis and Par seek entry of the Default
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`Standing Protective Order; however, under paragraphs 2(A)-(E) and 2(G), only
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`parties Novartis and Par and their respective party representatives and in house
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`counsel shall have access to Exhibit 2118. Neither party’s experts nor employees
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`shall have access to this exhibit. In addition, neither West-Ward nor Argentum,
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`nor their respective representatives, in house counsel, employees, experts or
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`support staff shall have access to this exhibit which will be filed for access by the
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`“Board Only.”
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: January 23, 2018
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`/Nicholas N. Kallas/
`Nicholas N. Kallas
`Registration No. 31,530
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER
`& SCINTO
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104-3800
`Tel. 212-218-2100
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that a copy of the foregoing PAR AND NOVARTIS’S JOINT
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`MOTION TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (EX 2118) AS BUSINESS
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`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74(c) was served on January 23, 2018 by causing it to be sent by email
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`to counsel for Petitioners at the following email addresses:
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`Daniel G. Brown (daniel.brown@lw.com)
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`Jonathan M. Strang (jonathan.strang@lw.com)
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`Brenda L. Danek (brenda.danek@lw.com)
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`Kevin Laurence (klaurence@lpiplaw.com)
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`Matthew Phillips (mphillips@lpiplaw.com)
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`Tyler C. Liu (tliu@agpharm.com)
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`Keith A. Zullow (kzullow@goodwinprocter.com)
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`Marta E. Delsignore (mdesignore@goodwinprocter.com)
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`Dated: January 23, 2018
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`/Nicholas N. Kallas/
`Nicholas N. Kallas
`Registration No. 31,530
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER
`& SCINTO
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104-3800
`Tel. 212-218-2100
`
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