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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARGENTUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`COSMO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED,
`Patent Owner.
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,320,716 to Villa et al.
`Issue Date: April 26, 2016
`Title: Controlled Release and Taste Masking Oral Pharmaceutical Compositions
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`Inter Partes Review No.: IPR2018-00080
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
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`CONFIDENTIAL UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317 (B) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(C)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`10167053
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner Argentum
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`Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Patent Owner Cosmo Technologies Limited
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`(“Patent Owner”), collectively the “Parties,” hereby jointly request that a true copy
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`of the settlement agreement, filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2043, be treated
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`as business confidential information and be kept separate from the file of IPR2018-
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`00080 involving U.S. Patent 9,320,716. Exhibit 2043 is being submitted in the
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`PRPS system as “Parties and Board Only.” As the Parties consider the settlement
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`agreement to be business confidential information that would substantially harm
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`their business interests if publicly disclosed, the Parties jointly request that this
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`settlement agreement shall only be available pursuant to the conditions of 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.74(c)(1)-(2). The parties further jointly request that the Board further order
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`that in the event a person or entity makes a written request, as stated in 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.74(c)(1)-(2), for access to the settlement agreement, that any such written request
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`be served upon the parties on the day the written request is provided to the Board.
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`Dated: April 20, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Gary Frischling
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`Gary N. Frischling, Reg. No. 35,515
`Yite John Lu, Reg. No. 63,158
`Irell & Manella LLP
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`Cosmo Technologies Limited
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, the undersigned certifies that on April 20, 2018,
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`a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the following, by email to:
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`ARGENTUM PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
`Tyler C. Liu, Reg. No. 72,126
`tliu@agpharm.com
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`LAURENCE & PHILLIPS IP LAW LLP
`Kevin Laurence, Reg. No. 38,219
`klaurence@lpiplaw.com
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`Matthew Phillips, Reg. No. 43,403
`mphillips@lpiplaw.com
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`Rachel Slade, Reg. No. 64,951
`rslade@lpiplaw.com
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`Dated: April 20, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Pia Kamath
`Pia Kamath
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