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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_____________
`
`
`WATSON LABORATORIES, INC.
`Petitioner
`
`v.
`
`UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP.
`Patent Owner
`
`
`
`Patent No. 9,358,240
`Issue Date: June 7, 2016
`Patent No. 9,339,507
`Issue Date: May 17, 2016
`
`Title: TREPROSTINIL ADMINISTRATION BY INHALATION
`_______________
`
`Inter Partes Review No. 2017-01621
`Inter Partes Review No. 2017-01622
`____________________________________________________________
`
`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (EX. 2212)
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(B) AND 37 U.S.C. § 42.74(C)1
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`1 A word-for-word identical document is being filed in IPR2017-01621 and
`IPR2017-1622.
`
`4833-5791-5504.1
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`

`

`IPR2017-01621
`IPR2017-01622
`
`
` Joint Request for Confidential Treatment
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner Watson
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`Laboratories, Inc. and Patent Owner United Therapeutics Corp. jointly request that
`
`the settlement agreement filed concurrently as Exhibit 2212, and referenced in the
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`concurrently filed Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding Pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 317, be treated as business confidential information and kept separate from the
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`files of IPR2017-01621, IPR2017-1622, and the patents involved therein, and only
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`made available to Federal Government agencies upon written request or to any
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`other person upon written request and a showing of good cause.
`
`Dated: August 21, 2018
`
`
`
`/Michael K. Nutter/
`
`Michael K. Nutter
`Registration No. 44,979
`
`Kurt A. Mathas
`
`Andrew R. Sommer
`Registration No. 53,932
`
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`
`Counsel for Petitioner
`
`
`
`4833-5791-5504.1
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`Respectfully submitted,
`
`
`/Stephen B. Maebius/
`
`Stephen B. Maebius
`Registration No. 35,264
`
`George E. Quillin
`Registration No. 32,792
`
`Foley & Lardner LLP
`
`Shaun R. Snader
`Registration No. 59,987
`
`United Therapeutics Corporation
`
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`
`2
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`

`

`
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`
`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Joint Request to
`
`Treat Settlement Agreement (Ex. 2212) as Business Confidential Information and
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`accompanying Exhibit 2212 are being served on August 21, 2018, by filing them
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`through the PTAB E2E System as well as delivering copies via email to the
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`following counsel for the Petitioner:
`
`Michael K. Nutter (Reg. No. 44,979)
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`35 W. Wacker Dr.
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Email: mnutter@winston.com
`
`Andrew R. Sommer (Reg. No. 53,932)
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`1700 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20006-3817
`Email: asommer@winston.com
`
`Kurt A. Mathas
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`35 W. Wacker Dr.
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Email: kmathas@winston.com
`
`
`
`4833-5791-5504.1
`
`/Stephen B. Maebius/
`Stephen B. Maebius
`Registration No. 35,264
`
`George E. Quillin
`Registration No. 32,792
`
`Shaun R. Snader
`Registration No. 59,987
`
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`
`

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