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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, CORP.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01622
`Patent 9,339,507 B2
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, ERICA A. FRANKLIN, and DAVID COTTA,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`COTTA, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2017-01622
`Patent 9,339,507 B2
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` ANALYSIS
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`On January 25, 2018, United Therapeutics Corp. (“Patent Owner”)
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`filed a Request for Rehearing of our decision instituting inter partes review
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`of claims 1‒9 of U.S. Patent No. 9,339,507 B2. Paper 7. On
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`February 2, 2018, the Board received an email in which Watson
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`Laboratories, Inc. (“Petitioner”) requested the opportunity to file a
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`Response. Ex. 3001. In that email, Petitioner represented that Patent Owner
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`did not oppose its request. Id. On February 5, 2018 we authorized
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`Petitioner to file a ten (10) page response to Patent Owner’s Request for
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`Rehearing, to be filed no later than February 19, 2018. Id. We also stated
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`that we would issue an order to that effect in due course. Id.
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`II. ORDER
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`In consideration of the foregoing and in view of our email to the
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`parties of February 6, 2018, it is hereby ORDERED that Petitioner is
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`authorized to file a Response of not more than ten (10) pages addressing
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`issues raised in Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing. Petitioner’s
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`Response shall be filed no later than February 19, 2018.
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`IPR2017-01622
`Patent 9,339,507 B2
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`Petitioner:
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`Michael Nutter
`mnutter@winston.com
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`Andrew Sommer
`asommer@winston.com
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`Patent Owner:
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`Stephen Maebius
`smaebius@foley.com
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`George Quillin
`gquillin@foley.com
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`Shaun Snader
`ssnader@unither.com
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`Douglas Carsten
`dcarsten@wsgr.com
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`Richard Torczon
`rtorczon@wsgr.com
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`Bobby Delafield
`bdelafield@wsgr.com
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`Veronica Ascarrunz
`vascarrunz@wsgr.com
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