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`PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR DISCOVERY
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`Novartis relies in its Patent Owner’s Response (“POR”) upon excerpts fi'om
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`Petitioner initially objected to Novartis’s reliance in its POR and
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`Book. EX1044. After an unfruitful meet and confer, Petitioner promptly requested
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`Petitioner followed up with another email to Trials regarding its
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`Petitioner a fair cross-examination of Novartis’s witnesses. 37 C.F.R. §§
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`42.51(b)(1)(i), (iii), (2)(i)-(ii). Petitioner’s Reply is due February 2, 2018.
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`DETAILS ABOUT REQUESTED DOCUMENTS
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