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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`QUALICAPS CO., LTD,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00203
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`Patent 6,649,180
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL
`ARGUMENT UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`DC: 6580179—2
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`IPR2017-00203
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a) and the Scheduling Order (Paper No.
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`11) as modified by the Joint Notice of Stipulation to Adjust Scheduie (Paper No.
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`21), Second Joint Notice of Stipulation to Adjust Schedule (Paper No. 25), and the
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`Amended Scheduling Order (Paper No. 42), Patent Owner requests the opportunity
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`to present oral argument on the instituted ground of unpatentability for US. Patent
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`No. 6,649,180 (see Paper No. 10, p. 17), which encompasses each of the obviousness
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`issues addressed in Petitioner’s Petition and Reply, Patent Owner’s Response, and
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`all exhibits thereto, including declarations and depositions.
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`The instituted ground and other issues to be addressed at oral argument
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`include:
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`(1) Petitioner has failed to carry its burden under 35 U.S.C. § 316(6) to prove
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`that Claims 1 and 4 of the ’180 Patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
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`over Yamamoto and the Japanese Pharmacopoeia;
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`(2) Petitioner’s Reply inappropriately introduced new arguments outside the
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`scope of a proper reply as defined in 37 CPR. § 4223(1));
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`(3) Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence Pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.64;
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`(4) Rebuttal to Petitioner’s presentation on all matters, including issues 1
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`through 3 above; and
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`(5) Any other issues that the Board deems necessary for issuing a final written
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`decision.
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`Patent Owner requests 45 minutes of total argument time. Oral argument (Due
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`Date 7) is scheduled for January 25, 2018 (Paper No. 42, p. 2).
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`Dated: December 6 2017
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`Respectfully submfféd,
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`Michael N. Kennedy, pro lmc vice
`Megan P. Keane, pro hac vice
`Covington & Burling LLP
`One CityCenter, 850 Tenth St., NW
`Washington DC 20001
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`MaryAnne Armstrong, Reg. No. 40,069
`Lynde F. Herzbach, Reg. No. 74,886
`Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
`8110 Gatehouse Rd, Ste 100 East
`Falls Church VA 22042
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, I hereby certify that on this 6th day of December
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`2017, the foregoing Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument Under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.70 was served by electronic mail, by agreement of the parties, on the following
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`counsel of record for Petitioner.
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`Mitcheil G. Stockwell
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`David C. Holioway
`Miranda C. Rogers
`Mylan-WC-IPR@kiipatricktownsendmom
`Kiipatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800
`Atlanta, GA 30309
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`Date: December 6, 2017
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