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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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`WATSON LABORATORIES, INC.
`Petitioner
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`UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,358,240
`Issue Date: Jun. 7, 2016
`Title: TREPROSTINIL ADMINISTRATION BY INHALATION
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`Case IPR2017-01621
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`IPR2017-01621
`Patent 9,358,240
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`Patent Owner Docket No. 080618-1754
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` Patent Owner hereby files its Mandatory Notices under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2).
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`The Notices are being timely filed within 21 days of service of the Petition, which
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`was served on June 22, 2017.
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`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`United Therapeutics Corp. is the assignee of US Patent No. 9,358,240 (“the
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`’240 patent”) based on a recorded assignment.
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`RELATED MATTERS
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`Patent Owner has asserted the ’240 patent in the District Court of New Jersey
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`in case United Therapeutics Corp. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc., Civ. No. 15-cv-
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`05723.
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`Petitioner has also filed petition IPR2017-01622 related to U.S. Patent No.
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`9,339,507 (“the ‘507 patent”). The ‘240 patent and the ‘507 patent share a
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`common parent and provisional application.
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`U.S. Ser. No. 15/011,999 is a pending continuation application with common
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`priority to the ‘240 and ‘507 patents.
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`LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Lead Counsel:
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`Stephen B. Maebius
`Foley & Lardner LLP
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`3000 K St., NW., Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20007
`Direct Line: 202-672-5569
`Email: smaebius@foley.com
`Fax: 202-672-5399
`USPTO Reg. No. 35,264
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`Backup Counsel:
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`George Quillin
`Foley & Lardner LLP
`3000 K St., NW., Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20007
`Direct Line: 202-672-5413
`Email: gquillin@foley.com
`Fax: 202-672-5399
`USPTO Reg. No. 32,792
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`Shaun R. Snader
`United Therapeutics Corp.
`1735 Connecticut Ave., NW, 2nd Floor
`Washington, DC 20009
`Direct Line: 202-304-1701
`Email: ssnader@unither.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 59,987
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`Douglas Carsten
`Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
`12235 El Camino Real
`Suite 200
`San Diego, CA 92130
`Direct Line: 858-350-2305
`Email: dcarsten@wsgr.com
`Fax: 858-350-2399
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`Richard Torczon
`Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
`1700 K St., NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Direct Line: 202-973-8811
`Email: rtorczon@wsgr.com
`Fax: 202-973-8899
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`Robert Delafield
`Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
`900 South Capital of Texas Hwy
`Las Cimas IV, Fifth Floor
`Austin, TX 78746
`Direct Line: 512-338-5432
`Email: bdelafield@wsgr.com
`Fax: 512-338-5499
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`Veronica Ascarrunz
`Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
`1700 K Street, NW
`Fifth Floor
`Washington, DC 20006
`Direct Line: 202-973-8812
`Email: vascarrunz@wsgr.com
`Fax: 202-973-8899
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`SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Patent Owner Docket No. 080618-1754
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`Please address all correspondence to the lead counsel at the address shown
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`above. Patent Owner consents to electronic service by e-mail at:
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`UT240-IPR@foley.com.
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`Date: July 12, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Stephen B. Maebius/
`Stephen B. Maebius
`Registration No. 35,264
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent
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`Owner’s Mandatory Notices was served on counsel of record on July 12, 2017, by
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`filing this document through the PTAB E2E System as well as delivering a copy
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`via email to the counsel of record for the Petitioner at the following address:
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`IPR2017-01621@winston.com.
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