`Trials@uspto.gov
`Entered: January 9, 2018
`Tel: 571-272-7822
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`TARO PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`APOTEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01446
`Patent 7,049,328 B2
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`Before LORA M. GREEN and JEFFREY N. FREDMAN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FREDMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`An initial conference call was held with the parties on Wednesday,
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`January 3, 2018, between W. Blake Coblentz and Aaron S. Lukas,
`representing Patent Owner; Huiya Wu and Sara Fink, representing
`Petitioner; and Judges Fredman and Green. The purpose of the call was to
`discuss any motions that the parties intend to file and any changes to the
`Scheduling Order.
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`IPR2017-01446
`Patent 7,049,328 B2
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`Neither Patent Owner nor Petitioner indicated that they had any issues
`with the Scheduling Order. We remind the parties that the Board expects
`lead counsel for each party to be present in person at the oral hearing. In
`addition, we remind the parties that any request for oral hearing should be
`filed by original Due Date 4, i.e., June 28, 2018.
`In the initial conference call, Patent Owner stated that it had not
`determined whether it was planning on filing a motion to amend. We
`remind Patent Owner that it must request a conference with the Board before
`the filing of any motion to amend. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a). We further
`remind the parties that should the need for motions other than those
`authorized by the Scheduling Order arise, the parties should meet and confer
`prior to requesting a conference call seeking authorization for such a motion.
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`IPR2017-01446
`Patent 7,049,328 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Huiya Wu
`Sara Fink
`Robert V. Cerwinski
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`hwu@goodwinlaw.com
`sfink@goodwinlaw.com
`rcerwinski@goodwinlaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`W. Blake Coblentz
`Aaron S. Lukas
`COZEN O’CONNOR
`WCoblentz@cozen.com
`ALukas@cozen.com
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