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`Adam R. Brausa (Reg No. 60,287)
`Daralyn J. Durie (Pro Hac Vice)
`DURIE TANGRI LLP
`217 Leidesdorff Street
`San Francisco, CA 94111
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`Filed on behalf of Patent Owner Genentech, Inc. by:
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`David L. Cavanaugh (Reg. No. 36,476)
`Lauren V. Blakely (Reg. No. 70,247)
`Robert J. Gunther, Jr. (Pro Hac Vice)
`Lisa J. Pirozzolo (Pro Hac Vice)
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`Kevin S. Prussia (Pro Hac Vice)
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`Andrew J. Danford (Pro Hac Vice)
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`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
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` HALE AND DORR LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
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`Washington, DC 20006
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CELLTRION, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`GENENTECH, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01374
`U.S. Patent No. 6,407,213
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`PATENT OWNER’S OPPOSITION TO
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`PATENT OWNER’S ANTEDATION EVIDENCE IS ADMISSIBLE. ........ 1
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`Exhibits 2001-2009 Are Properly Authenticated And Are
`Accurate Copies Of Patent Owner’s Official Records. ......................... 1
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`Exhibits 2001-2009 are properly authenticated. ......................... 1
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`Petitioner’s best evidence objection is baseless. ......................... 2
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`The Lab Notebooks (Exhibits 2001-2009) Are Properly
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`803(6). ................................................................................................... 6
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`Exhibits 2014 And 2015 Are Properly Admitted. ................................. 9
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`D. Dr. Carter’s, Dr. Presta’s, And Mr. Brady’s Testimony Is
`Properly Admitted (Exhibits 2016-2018). ........................................... 10
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`PETITIONER’S RELEVANCE ARGUMENTS FAIL. ............................... 11
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`PETITIONER’S REMAINING CHALLENGES ARE WITHOUT
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`III.
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`Exhibits 2055 And 2061 Are Admissible. .......................................... 13
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`Exhibit 2029 Is Admissible. ................................................................ 13
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`Exhibit 2062 Is Admissible. ................................................................ 14
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`Exhibit 2041 Is Admissible. ................................................................ 15
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`Page(s)
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`Cases
`Actelion Pharms. Ltd. v. ICOS Corp., IPR2015-00561, Paper 50 (Aug.
`3, 2016) .......................................................................................................... 11
`Apple Inc. v. DSS Tech. Mgmt., Inc., IPR2015-00369, Paper 40 (June
`17, 2016) ........................................................................................................ 11
`Ashland Oil, Inc., v. Delta Resins & Refractories, Inc., 776 F.2d 281
`(Fed. Cir. 1985) .............................................................................................. 12
`Bouygues Telecom, S.A. v. Tekelec, 472 F. Supp. 2d 722 (E.D.N.C.
`2007) ............................................................................................................. 14
`Dura Auto. Sys. of Indiana, Inc. v. CTS Corp., 285 F.3d 609 (7th Cir.
`2002) ............................................................................................................. 14
`Knorr v. Pearson, 671 F.2d 1368 (C.C.P.A. 1982) ............................................. 8, 10
`LG Chem, Ltd. v. Celgard, LLC, IPR2014-00692, Paper 76 (Oct. 5,
`2015) ........................................................................................................ 10, 11
`United States v. Franks, 939 F.2d 600 (8th Cir. 1991) .............................................. 7
`United States v. Komsa, 767 F.3d 151 (2d Cir. 2014) ............................................... 7
`United States v. Reyes, 157 F.3d 949 (2d Cir. 1998) ................................................. 7
`Statutes, Rules, and Regulations
`37 C.F.R. § 42.20(c) ................................................................................................. 10
`37 C.F.R. § 42.64(c) ................................................................................................... 3
`Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) ..........................................................................................passim
`Fed. R. Evid. 807 ..................................................................................................... 14
`Fed. R. Evid. 901 ..............................................................................................passim
`Fed. R. Evid. 1002 ................................................................................................. 2, 3
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`Fed. R. Evid. 1003 ..................................................................................................... 3
`Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756 (Aug. 14, 2012) ............... 3, 8, 15
`Treatises
`30B Fed. Prac. & Proc. Evid. § 6862 (2018 ed.) ....................................................... 7
`1 Weinstein’s Evidence Manual § 9.02 (2018) ......................................................... 4
`1 Weinstein’s Evidence Manual § 16.07 (2018) ....................................................... 7
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`PATENT OWNER’S ANTEDATION EVIDENCE IS ADMISSIBLE.
`A. Exhibits 2001-2009 Are Properly Authenticated And Are
`Accurate Copies Of Patent Owner’s Official Records.
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`Exhibits 2001-2009 are properly authenticated.
`The core of Petitioner’s objection is that Exhibits 2001 to 2009 are copies of
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`Patent Owner’s lab notebooks and there is a second set of copies of those lab
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`notebooks not in evidence. But the existence of a second copy of the underlying
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`notebooks in the form of a microfilm is not a basis to exclude the high-resolution
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`color scans submitted as Exhibits 2001-2009. As explained by Patent Owner’s
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`records custodian, Ms. Loeffler, the original lab notebooks are Genentech’s official
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`record of the research (Ex. 1141 at 42:22-25), and Exhibits 2001-2009 are copies
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`of the original notebooks (Ex. 2019, ¶4). The microfilms are also copies of the
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`original notebooks and exist for “disaster recovery” purposes. (Ex. 1141 at 42:13-
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`21.) But that does not make a high-resolution, color scan of the same notebook
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`inadmissible. Indeed, Ms. Loeffler testified that Genentech uses the color scans for
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`the same purpose as the microfilms. (Id. at 42:16-43:13.)
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`Specifically, Petitioner argues that Patent Owner has not authenticated
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`Exhibits 2001-2006 because the authors of those lab notebooks could not
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`definitively say which copy was submitted—a microfilm copy or a high-resolution
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`scan copy. (Paper 62 at 2-3.) As an initial matter, the authors’ inability to identify
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`whether the exhibits were the microfilmed notebooks or the scans only proves that
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`there are no substantive differences between the two copies. And whether the
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`documents are microfilms or scans is beside the point; regardless of how the copies
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`were made, the authors of the documents testified that the exhibits are copies of
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`their notebooks. (Ex. 2016, ¶¶10-11; Ex. 2017 ¶¶11-16, Ex. 2018, ¶¶8-9.) That is
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`all that is required to authenticate the documents. See Fed. R. Evid. 901(b)(1).
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`Moreover, Patent Owner’s records custodian (who is in the best position to
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`address Patent Owner’s records-keeping practices) confirmed that the exhibits are
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`the scanned copies of the lab notebooks and that those scans were kept in the
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`ordinary course of Genentech’s business. (Ex. 1141 at 15:1-12, 43:8-44:4; Ex.
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`2019, ¶¶4-7; see also infra pp. 6-8). That is an independent basis to establish their
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`authenticity. Fed. R. Evid. 902(11); Fed. R. Evid. 803(6).
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`Petitioner’s best evidence objection is baseless.
`Petitioner’s argument that Exhibits 2001-2009 should be excluded under
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`Federal Rule of Evidence 1002 is procedurally improper and without merit.
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`Petitioner argues that these exhibits should be excluded because they are scanned
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`copies created in 2016, but there are also microfilmed copies that were created
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`earlier in time. (Paper 62 at 4.) However, Petitioner failed to preserve an
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`evidentiary objection under Rule 1002. (Paper 20; Paper 39.) Petitioner states that
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`it “did not appreciate the identity of Exhibits 2001-2009 until the depositions of
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`Patent Owner’s witnesses.” (Paper 62 (citing Ex. 1141, 7:10-8:7; 8:23-10:2).) But
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`the identity of Exhibits 2001-2009 was known when Patent Owner filed its
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`Preliminary Response. See, e.g., Ex. 1200, ¶7 (“Exhibits 2001-2009 were initially
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`microfilmed approximately one year after they were issued and then scanned in
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`high-resolution color in or around November 2016.”). For that reason alone,
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`Petitioner’s challenge to this evidence should be denied. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(c);
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`Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,767 (Aug. 14, 2012) (motion
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`must “[i]dentify where in the record the objection originally was made”).
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`On the merits, Petitioner’s argument fares no better. Patent Owner’s
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`testimony that the scanned copies of the lab notebooks submitted as Exhibits 2001-
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`2009 are maintained in the same system and serve the same business purpose as
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`the microfilmed copies establishes that they are no less reliable than the
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`microfilmed copies. (Ex. 1141, 15:1-12, 43:8-44:4; Ex. 2019, ¶¶4-7; see also (Exs.
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`2016, ¶¶1; Ex. 2017 ¶¶11-16, Ex. 2018, ¶¶8-9).). As a result, Petitioner’s
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`challenge under Federal Rule of Evidence 1002 fails. Rule 1002 does not, as
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`Petitioner seems to suggest (Paper 62 at 4), require definitive proof that the copies
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`submitted are identical to the original documents. Indeed, Rule 1003 provides that
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`“[a] duplicate is admissible to the same extent as the original unless a genuine
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`question is raised about the original’s authenticity.” Fed. R. Evid. 1003. But “the
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`mere supposition that the original may have been altered should not prevent
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`introduction of the duplicate without some indication that the original was altered.”
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`1 Weinstein’s Evidence Manual § 9.02 (2018).
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`In attempt to manufacture an issue as to the “reliability” of the lab
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`notebooks, Petitioner relies on the unsubstantiated representation of Pfizer’s
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`counsel in co-pending IPR2017-01488, -01489 to argue that there are differences
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`between the microfilms and color scans. (Paper 62 at 3 n.1.) But there is no
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`factual basis to substantiate that allegation, and Petitioner’s suggestion that there
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`are differences between the microfilms and the color scans is inconsistent with
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`what actually occurred.
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`Patent Owner made the microfilms available to Petitioners1 at Ms. Loeffler’s
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`deposition because Petitioners had asked questions about the microfilms during
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`prior depositions. (E.g., Ex. 1140 at 130:23-132:20, 136:5-138:7, 173:15-173:20;
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`Ex. 1139 at 17:17-18:5.) At the outset of Ms. Loeffler’s deposition, Petitioners
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`objected that they had inadequate time to review the microfilms and stated that
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`they had identified three purported discrepancies between the microfilms and the
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`color scans (without identifying what those alleged discrepancies were). (Ex. 1141
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`at 7:10-8:7, 8:23-9:18; id. at 9:20-10:2.) Patent Owner offered to give Petitioners
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`01488, -01489. “Petitioners” refers collectively to the petitioners in those IPRs.
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`more time to review the microfilms and disputed that the content of the microfilms
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`was any different from the color scans. (Id. at 8:8-22.) But if there were
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`differences, Patent Owner noted that the microfilms were available to Petitioners if
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`they wished to cross-examine Ms. Loeffler concerning them. (Id.)
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`Petitioners then proceeded to take Ms. Loeffler’s deposition and did not ask
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`about the microfilms, let alone any purported discrepancies between the microfilms
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`and the color scans. At the end of Ms. Loeffler’s deposition, counsel for Patent
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`Owner retained custody of the microfilms, since (i) they were not used at the
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`deposition; (ii) Petitioner objected to their use in these proceedings; and (iii) they
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`are confidential Genentech documents that were not branded as such. (Ex. 1141 at
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`44:12-46:6.). And Petitioner has made no request that Patent Owner provide the
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`microfilms. To the extent Petitioner believed there were differences (there is no
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`evidence of anything of the sort), Petitioner, through co-counsel, had the
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`opportunity to ask Ms. Loeffler about them or introduce the microfilms into
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`evidence. (Id. at 7:10-9:18, 44:12-46:6.) Petitioner may not now capitalize on its
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`strategic decision not to identify or address the alleged differences or cross-
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`examine Ms. Loeffler about them. If anything, the fact that Petitioner chose not to
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`ask Ms. Loeffler about the microfilms or later seek to obtain copies from Patent
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`Owner confirms that there are, in fact, no differences. But if Petitioner wants the
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`microfilms, Patent Owner is happy to file them as exhibits in this proceeding.
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`At bottom, Petitioner offers nothing to substantiate its unsupported
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`allegation that there are differences between the microfilms and color scans.
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`Petitioner’s unsupported argument that nine lab notebooks were systematically
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`altered is frivolous and provides no reason to exclude Exhibits 2001-2009 as an
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`evidentiary matter. However, to the extent Petitioner wishes to place the
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`inventors’ credibility at issue, Patent Owner is happy to make Dr. Carter available
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`to testify live at the July 16, 2018 hearing.
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`The Lab Notebooks (Exhibits 2001-2009) Are Properly Admitted
`As Business Records Under Rules 902(11) And 803(6).
`Ms. Loeffler, Patent Owner’s records custodian, authenticated Exhibits
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`2001-2009 as business records under Federal Rules of Evidence 902(11) and
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`803(6). Ms. Loeffler testified that Exhibits 2001-2009 are “true and authentic
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`copies … of Genentech laboratory notebooks.” (Ex. 2019, ¶4.) She also testified
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`that (1) it was the regular practice of Genentech’s personnel to create lab
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`notebooks “at or near the time of the recorded act, event, condition, or opinion
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`occurred”; (2) “[s]uch records would only be made by someone with knowledge or
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`from information transmitted by someone with knowledge”; (3) “[i]t was the
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`general practice of Genentech’s personnel to date such documents as of the date
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`the record was created or modified”; and (4) the lab notebooks were generated
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`during the regular course of Genentech’s business. (Id., ¶6; see also Ex. 1141 at
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`39:9-40:21, 43:15-44:4.) That is all that is required to authenticate the documents
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`and establish their admissibility as business records. See Fed. R. Evid. 902(11);
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`Fed. R. Evid. 803(6); 30B Fed. Prac. & Proc. Evid. § 6862 (2018 ed.).
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`Petitioner’s arguments with respect to the introduction of Exhibits 2007-
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`2009 under Rule 803(6) are focused on Ms. Loeffler’s purported lack of personal
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`knowledge regarding these specific lab notebooks. (Paper 62 at 4.) But Ms.
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`Loeffler, as a records custodian, need not have personal knowledge of how each
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`lab notebook was created or maintained in order to satisfy Rule 803(6). See, e.g.,
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`U.S. v. Reyes, 157 F.3d 949, 952 (2d Cir. 1998) (custodian who testifies as to the
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`authenticity of a record need not have firsthand knowledge of the creation of the
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`record to satisfy Rule 803(6)); 1 Weinstein’s Evidence Manual § 16.07 (2018). All
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`the rules require is that she is familiar with the record-keeping system of
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`Genentech and knows how Genentech’s records were created and maintained. See
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`U.S. v. Komsa, 767 F.3d 151, 156 (2d Cir. 2014); Reyes, 157 F.3d at 952. She
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`testified as such here. (Ex. 2019, ¶¶3-7; Ex. 1141 at 11:11-12:3, 16:20-17:19.)
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`Petitioner’s contrary rule requiring the testimony of the person with personal
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`knowledge of the preparation and maintenance of the particular records introduced
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`“would eviscerate the business records exception.” U.S. v. Franks, 939 F.2d 600,
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`602 (8th Cir. 1991). Thus, Ms. Loeffler’s alleged “lack of personal knowledge” of
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`the particular notebooks here is not a basis to exclude her testimony, or the lab
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`notebooks she testified about.
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`Petitioner argues that Exhibits 2001-2009 do not fall within the business
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`records exception because “the source of the information … indicates a lack of
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`trustworthiness.” (Paper 62 at 5.) This single throw-away statement is insufficient
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`to meet Petitioner’s burden of showing that the lab notebooks are untrustworthy.
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`See Fed. R. Evid. 803(6)(E) (burden is on “opponent” of business record to show
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`untrustworthiness); Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,765 at 48,767
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`(“A motion to exclude must … [e]xplain each objection.”). To the extent
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`Petitioner contends that Exhibits 2001-2009 are untrustworthy because they are
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`scanned copies created in 2016, there is no basis for that assertion for the reasons
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`discussed above.
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`Lastly, irrespective of their status as business records, the lab notebooks are,
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`at a minimum, admissible for what they describe and are relevant for their
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`corroborative evidentiary value, independent of their truth. See Knorr v. Pearson,
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`671 F.2d 1368, 1372-73 (C.C.P.A. 1982) (act of communicating ideas supporting
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`conception has independent legal significance beyond the truth of statements.)
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`Their relevance as corroborating evidence is independent of any hearsay purpose.
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`C. Exhibits 2014 And 2015 Are Properly Admitted.
`Contrary to Petitioner’s assertion (Paper 62 at 5), Patent Owner presented
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`information to establish the authenticity of Exhibits 2014 and 2015. Dr. Carter
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`testified that Exhibit 2014 is a report prepared contemporaneously and in the
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`ordinary course of business by the team working on the 4D5 humanization project.
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`(Ex. 2017, ¶¶14-16, 56.) As he explained, the document reflects the work
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`performed on the humanization of 4D5 by May 14, 1990. (Id.) It includes, for
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`example, summaries of the work performed (or to be performed) and described by
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`Tim Hotaling and Ann Rowland in their lab notebooks. (Compare, e.g., Ex. 2015
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`at 1, with Ex. 2007 at 5-7, and Ex. 2008 at 5-6.) It therefore bears sufficient
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`indicia of reliability and is properly admitted under Federal Rule of Evidence 901.
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`Likewise, Dr. Carter identified Exhibit 2015 as “minutes from an August 8, 1990
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`RRC presentation [he] attended.” (Ex. 2017, ¶78; id., ¶¶14-16.) As an attendee of
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`the meeting, Dr. Carter has personal knowledge of what was discussed at that
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`meeting and can therefore properly introduce the document under Federal Rule of
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`Evidence 901. Dr. Carter also established that Exhibits 2014 and 2015 are
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`business records under Rule 803(6). (Ex. 2017, ¶¶14-16.)
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`Additionally, to the extent Exhibits 2014-2015 do not qualify as business
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`records under Federal Rule of Evidence 803(6), they are not hearsay because they
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`have independent legal significance. For example, Exhibit 2014 demonstrates that
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`the inventors conveyed ideas supporting conception to others and were working to
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`reduce the invention to practice. See Knorr, 671 F.2d at 1372-73. Likewise,
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`Exhibit 2015 is relevant because it demonstrates that the inventors’
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`accomplishment of reducing their invention to practice was acknowledged by
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`company executives. (Ex. 2015 at 1.)
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`D. Dr. Carter’s, Dr. Presta’s, And Mr. Brady’s Testimony Is
`Properly Admitted (Exhibits 2016-2018).
`Because the underlying documents submitted with the declarations are
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`admissible, Petitioner has not shown that portions of Exhibits 2016-2018 citing
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`those documents should be excluded. (Supra pp. 1-10; cf. Paper 62 at 6.)
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`Moreover, Petitioner’s bald statement that “[t]he is no evidence in the record that
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`Dr. Presta had personal knowledge of Dr. Carter’s knowledge or activities”
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`discussed in the challenged paragraphs is insufficient to carry Petitioner’s burden.
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`See 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(c). As a colleague collaborating with Dr. Carter, Dr. Presta
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`had personal knowledge of what he and Dr. Carter were collectively aware of (Ex.
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`2016, ¶23) and Dr. Carter’s work on the project (id. ¶¶49-50). Indeed, the record
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`shows that the inventors were in close communication. (E.g., Ex. 2010-2011.) In
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`any event, Petitioner’s objection is not an adequate reason to exclude. LG Chem,
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`Ltd. v. Celgard, LLC, IPR2014-00692, Paper 76 at 43 (Oct. 5, 2015) (failure to
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`basis for exclusion).
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`With respect to Exhibit 2018, Mr. Brady expressly stated that he has
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`knowledge of Ms. Carver’s activities described in ¶21 and the basis for that
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`knowledge. (Ex. 2018, ¶21 (“I know that Ms. Carver ran this bioassay
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`because….”).) Likewise, Mr. Brady explains in ¶23 that he requested that
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`Ms. Carver perform a certain bioassay and he was able to confirm she completed
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`the bioassay by comparing his notebook with hers. (Ex. 2018, ¶23.) At least
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`because “Petitioner provides no clear basis for refuting” Mr. Brady’s statements,
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`the motion should be denied. LG Chem, Paper 76 at 43.
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`PETITIONER’S RELEVANCE ARGUMENTS FAIL.
`Petitioner’s relevance arguments should be rejected because they are not the
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`proper subject of a motion to exclude. “Arguments concerning the relevance of
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`[exhibits] in view of their late or uncertain dates concern the weight we should
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`accord to those exhibits, rather than their admissibility.” Apple Inc. v. DSS Tech.
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`Mgmt., Inc., IPR2015-00369, Paper 40 at 36 (June 17, 2016). As a result, a
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`“motion to exclude … is not an appropriate mechanism for challenging the
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`sufficiency of evidence or the proper weight that should be afforded an argument.”
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`Id.; see also Actelion Pharms. Ltd. v. ICOS Corp., IPR2015-00561, Paper 50 at 36
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`(Aug. 3, 2016) (“A post-filing date publication is not automatically excluded from
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`consideration as irrelevant.”). Each of the purported post-priority date exhibits
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`identified by Petitioner has independent relevance:
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`Exhibit 2021 is relevant at least because it, in combination with Dr. Presta’s
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`Declaration (Ex. 2016, ¶52), explains that the invention was used to develop
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`Avastin®, which is relevant to secondary considerations such as commercial
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`success.
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`Exhibit 2053 is relevant at least because it supports the conclusion that
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`Herceptin® was the first humanized monoclonal antibody approved to treat cancer.
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`(Paper 37 at 33 n.6 (citing Ex. 2053 at 56).)
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`Exhibit 2059 is relevant at least because it describes the difficulties
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`associated with developing antibody-based treatments prior to the filing of the ’213
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`patent. (See, e.g., Paper 37 at 33 n.6; Ex. 2039 at 191:14-193:7.) Even if not
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`technically prior art, Ex. 2059 is still relevant to show that even in 1992, skilled
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`artisans were still experiencing difficulties. See, e.g., Ashland Oil, Inc., v. Delta
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`Resins & Refractories, Inc., 776 F.2d 281, 302 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (references that are
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`“technically not prior art” can be “indicative of what was generally known during
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`the relevant time frame to persons of ordinary skill in the [] art”).
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`Exhibit 2060 is relevant at least because it teaches that as late as 1993,
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`skilled artisans doubted that developing antibody-based treatments would be
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`effective. See Ashland Oil, 776 F.2d at 302.
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`III. PETITIONER’S REMAINING CHALLENGES ARE WITHOUT
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`A. Exhibits 2055 And 2061 Are Admissible.
`Petitioner objects to several exhibits as irrelevant because none is
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`specifically cited in Patent Owner’s Response. (Paper 62 at 10-11.) However,
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`Exhibits 2055 and 2061 are addressed in Dr. Riechmann’s and Dr. Leonard’s
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`deposition testimony (Ex. 2039 at 198:5-201:1, 246:10-269:22; Ex. 2040 at 94:14-
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`103:9), provide relevant context for their testimony, and are relevant to assess their
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`credibility. Patent Owner withdraws Exhibits 2042-2044 which were not
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`addressed by any of the witnesses and the Board need not consider in order to
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`reject Petitioner’s obviousness challenge.
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`Exhibit 2029 Is Admissible.
`Petitioner challenges the admissibility of Ex. 2029 under Federal Rules of
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`Evidence 901, 803, but has provided no specific reason to doubt the document’s
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`authenticity or trustworthiness. (Paper 62 at 11-12.) Exhibit 2029 is as an excerpt
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`from Roche, Inc’s 2016 Finance report, which includes the first page of the report
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`identifying the document and two consecutive pages depicting, e.g., financial data
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`for Herceptin®. (Ex. 2029 at 2.) Exhibit 2029 is properly authenticated because it
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`bears all the hallmarks of a financial report. See Fed. R. Evid. 901(b)(4).
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`With respect to Petitioner’s hearsay objection, Exhibit 2029 is admissible
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`under Federal Rule of Evidence 807 at least because it has circumstantial
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`guarantees of trustworthiness because it is a disclosure document, which Roche
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`performance. See https://www.roche.com/dam/jcr:6ddcec16-c658-48b2-82b5-
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`4ed426c14ac8/en/fb16e.pdf.
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`Lastly, Petitioner suggests that the document is improper because it is only
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`an excerpt of the 2016 Finance Report, but Petitioner has never before objected to
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`the completeness of the document and doing so now where Patent Owner does not
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`have the opportunity to cure the objection unfairly prejudices Patent Owner.
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`C. Exhibit 2062 Is Admissible.
`Exhibit 2062 is a redline comparison between the declarations submitted by
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`Petitioner’s expert, Dr. Riechmann, in this matter and the declaration submitted by
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`Dr. Padlan submitted in IPR2016-01693 and IPR2016-01694. Exhibit 2062 is
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`relevant to assess the credibility of Dr. Riechmann. The extent to which an expert
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`copied the report of another expert from a different litigation directly bears on the
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`reliability of the expert’s opinions. See, e.g., Dura Auto. Sys. of Indiana, Inc. v.
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`702.”). Given that Petitioner has not challenged the accuracy of the comparison,
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`D. Exhibit 2041 Is Admissible.
`Petitioner states that “Dr. Wilson does not provide any citations or support
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`for the statements made” in certain paragraphs, and requests the Board exclude
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`those paragraphs. (Paper 62 at 13.) Petitioner never describes the contents of
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`those paragraphs, where they were relied on by Patent Owner, how they relate to
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`the Board’s determination of patentability here, why the particular statements
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`require citations to evidence, or how the statements prejudice Petitioner. This is
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`reason alone to deny the Motion. Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg.
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`48,765 at 48,767 (motion to exclude must “[i]dentify where in the record the
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`evidence sought to be excluded was relied upon by an opponent” and “[e]xplain
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`why the evidence is not admissible”). Dr. Wilson explained that his opinion is
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`submitted by Patent Owner, and his scientific knowledge as of June 1991. (See Ex.
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`2041, ¶¶3-5, Exhibit B).) Petitioner has not shown why this is insufficient to
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: July 3, 2018
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`By:
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`/David L. Cavanaugh/
`David L. Cavanaugh
`Reg. No. 36,476
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`202-663-6025
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`I hereby certify that, on July 3, 2018, I caused a true and correct copy of the
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`to be served via electronic mail on the following attorneys of record:
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`Cynthia Lambert Hardman
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`chardman@goodwinlaw.com
`620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
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`Robert V. Cerwinski
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`rcerwinski@goodwinlaw.com
`620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
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`Elizabeth Holland
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`eholland@goodwinlaw.com
`620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
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`Linnea P. Cipriano
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`lcipriano@goodwinlaw.com
`620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
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`Sarah J. Fischer
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`sfischer@goodwinlaw.com
`100 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA 02110
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`Lauren V. Blakely
`Reg. No. 70,247
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
`950 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
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