`DR. DAVID R. TAFT
`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS vs POZEN, INC
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`·2· ·UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`·3· ·BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`·4· ·Case IPR2017-01995
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`·5· ·Patent 9,220,698 B2
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`·7· ·MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
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`·8· · · · · · · · · · · · ·Petitioner,
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`10· · · · · · · vs.
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`12· ·POZEN, INC. and HORIZON PHARMA USA, Inc.
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`13· · · · · · · · · · · · ·Patent Owners.
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`17· · VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF DR. DAVID R. TAFT
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`19· · · · · · ·Friday, August 17, 2018
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`20· · · · · · · · · · 9:00 a.m.
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`23· ·Reported by:
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`24· ·Joan Ferrara, RPR, RMR, CRR
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`25· ·Job No. J2529078
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`10· · · · · ·Videotaped Deposition of DAVID R.
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`11· ·TAFT, held at the offices of Perkins Coie,
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`12· ·30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York,
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`13· ·before Joan Ferrara, a Registered Merit
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`14· ·Reporter and Notary Public of the State
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`15· ·of New York.
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`·2· ·A P P E A R A N C E S:
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`·4· ·PERKINS COIE
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`·5· ·Attorneys for Petitioner
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`·6· · · · · · ·1120 NW Couch Street, 10th Floor
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`·7· · · · · · ·Portland, Oregon 97209-4128
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`·8· ·BY:· · · ·BRYAN D. BEEL, Ph.D., ESQ.
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`·9· · · · · · ·bbeel@perkinscoie.com
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`12· ·COOLEY, LLP
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`13· ·Attorneys for Horizon
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`14· · · · · · ·500 Boylston Street
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`15· · · · · · ·Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3736
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`16· ·BY:· · · ·ELLEN A. SCORDINO, ESQ.
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`17· · · · · · ·escordino@cooley.com
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`20· ·BUDD LARNER, P.C.
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`21· ·Attorneys for Dr. Reddy's
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`22· · · · · · ·150 John F. Kennedy Parkway
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`23· · · · · · ·Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-0999
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`24· ·BY:· · · ·ALAN H. POLLACK, ESQ.
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`25· · · · · · ·apollack@buddlarner.com
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`·2· ·A P P E A R A N C E S :· (Continued)
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`·4· ·(Via Telephone):
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`·5· ·BAKER BOTTS
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`·6· ·Attorneys for Pozen
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`·7· · · · · · ·98 San Jacinto Boulevard
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`·8· · · · · · ·Suite 1500
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`·9· · · · · · ·Austin, Texas 78701-4078
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`10· ·BY:· · · ·JEFF GRITTON, ESQ.
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`11· · · · · · ·jeff.gritton@bakerbotts.com
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`15· · · · · · ·Marcello Rivera, Videographer
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`·2· · · · ·THE VIDEOGRAPHER:· This is the
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`·3· ·digitized video deposition of
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`·4· ·Dr. David Taft in the matter Mylan
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`·5· ·Pharmaceuticals, Inc. versus Pozen,
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`·6· ·Inc.
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`·7· · · · ·This deposition is being held at
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`·8· ·the law offices of Perkins Coie
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`·9· ·located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New
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`10· ·York, New York, on August 17, 2018 at
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`11· ·approximately 9 a.m.
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`12· · · · ·My name is Marcello Rivera from
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`13· ·Esquire Solutions and I am the legal
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`14· ·video specialist.
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`15· · · · ·The court reporter is Joan
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`16· ·Ferrara in association with Esquire
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`17· ·Solutions.
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`18· · · · ·Will present counsel please
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`19· ·introduce themselves for the record.
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`20· · · · ·MR. BEEL:· Sure.· This is Brian
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`21· ·Beel of Perkins Coie for petitioner
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`22· ·Mylan Pharmaceuticals.
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`23· · · · ·MR. POLLACK:· Alan Pollack from
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`24· ·Budd Larner on behalf of the Dr.
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`25· ·Reddy's defendants and Consolidated
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`·3· · · · · · · ·MS. SCORDINO:· Ellen Scordino
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`·4· · · · ·with Cooley on behalf of patent owner
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`·5· · · · ·Horizon and the witness.
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`·6· · · · · · · ·THE VIDEOGRAPHER:· Will the
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`·7· · · · ·court reporter please swear in the
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`·8· · · · ·witness -- sorry.
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`·9· · · · · · · ·MR. GRITTON:· I'm on the phone.
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`10· · · · ·This is Jeff Gritton from Baker Botts
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`11· · · · ·on behalf of the patent owner Pozen.
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`12· ·D A V I D· · ·T A F T ,
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`13· · · · · called as a witness, having been
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`14· · · · · duly sworn by a Notary Public, was
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`15· · · · · examined and testified as follows:
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`16· ·EXAMINATION BY
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`17· ·MR. BEEL:
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`18· · · · ·Q· · ·Good morning, Dr. Taft.
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`19· · · · ·A· · ·Good morning.
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`20· · · · ·Q· · ·Could you please state your name
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`21· · for the record?
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`22· · · · ·A· · ·My name is David Robert Taft.
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`23· · · · ·Q· · ·And your current home address,
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`24· · please?
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`25· · · · ·A· · ·My address is 833 River Road,
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·and the town is two words, Fair Haven, New
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`·3· ·Jersey.
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`·4· · · · Q· · ·And where are you currently
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`·5· ·employed?
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`·6· · · · A· · ·My current employer is Long
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`·7· ·Island University.
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`·8· · · · Q· · ·And what is your position there?
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`·9· · · · A· · ·My formal title is Professor of
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`10· ·Pharmaceutics.
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`11· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`12· · · · · · · And you've been deposed before,
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`13· ·correct?
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`14· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`15· · · · Q· · ·And you understand that you're
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`16· ·under oath here today?
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`17· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`18· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`19· · · · · · · And you understand that you're
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`20· ·required to answer my questions truthfully
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`21· ·and honestly to the best of your ability as
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`22· ·if you were testifying in court today?
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`23· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`24· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`25· · · · · · · And you need to provide answers
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`·2· ·to each of my questions unless your counsel
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`·3· ·specifically instructs you not to answer,
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`·4· ·correct?
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`·5· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`·6· · · · Q· · ·Thank you.
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`·7· · · · · · · Now, if I ask a question that
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`·8· ·you don't understand, please ask me to
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`·9· ·repeat or clarify the question and I'll do
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`10· ·my best to do that.
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`11· · · · · · · Is that okay?
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`12· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`13· · · · Q· · ·Generally, we go about an hour
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`14· ·between breaks.· But at any time you need a
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`15· ·break, please let me know and we'll try to
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`16· ·stop.
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`17· · · · · · · Is that okay?
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`18· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`19· · · · Q· · ·I just ask not during a question
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`20· ·when it's pending.· Please answer the
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`21· ·question first and then we can break.
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`22· · · · · · · Is that okay?
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`23· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`24· · · · Q· · ·I'm going to give you Exhibit
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`25· ·2025, which has been designated in our
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·proceeding -- previously marked.
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`·3· · · · · · · So, Dr. Taft, do you recognize
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`·4· ·Exhibit 2025 as your declaration in our
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`·5· ·Inter Partes Review Proceeding, IPR
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`·6· ·2017-01995?
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`·7· · · · A· · ·Yes, I do.
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`·8· · · · Q· · ·And you were retained by Pozen,
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`·9· ·Inc. and Horizon Pharma, USA who are the
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`10· ·patent owners in this proceeding, is that
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`11· ·correct?
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`12· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`13· · · · form.
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`14· · · · A· · ·I'm sorry, what was the question
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`15· ·again, please?
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`16· · · · Q· · ·You were retained by patent
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`17· ·owners Pozen, Inc. and Horizon Pharma, USA
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`18· ·for this proceeding?
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`19· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`20· · · · Q· · ·And you're offering opinions
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`21· ·regarding U.S. Patent No. 9,220,698, is
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`22· ·that correct?
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`23· · · · A· · ·Yes, that's correct.
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`24· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`25· · · · · · · Are you aware of any errors or
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`·2· ·corrections that you need to make to your
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`·3· ·declaration?
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`·4· · · · A· · ·Sitting here today, I'm not
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`·5· ·aware of any, any errors or -- corrections
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`·6· ·that I need to make to any errors, no.
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`·7· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·8· · · · · · · So you stand by the substance of
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`·9· ·your opinions that are cited in your
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`10· ·declaration?
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`11· · · · A· · ·Yes, I do.
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`12· · · · Q· · ·Did you meet with counsel to
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`13· ·prepare for your deposition?
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`14· · · · A· · ·I did not meet directly with
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`15· ·counsel, no.
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`16· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`17· · · · · · · Did you speak to counsel by
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`18· ·phone?
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`19· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`20· · · · Q· · ·And other than counsel, did you
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`21· ·speak to anyone to prepare for your
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`22· ·deposition?
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`23· · · · A· · ·No.
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`24· · · · Q· · ·Did you review your declaration
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`25· ·to prepare for the deposition?
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`·3· · · · Q· · ·If you could turn to paragraph
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`·4· ·12, please, on the bottom of page 3.
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`·5· · · · · · · To prepare your declaration, you
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`·6· ·reviewed Mylan's petition, is that correct,
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`·7· ·as recited in this paragraph?
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`·8· · · · A· · ·Yes, I did read that, yes.
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`·9· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`10· · · · · · · And you reviewed Dr. Mayersohn's
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`11· ·declaration?
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`12· · · · A· · ·I read that, yes.
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`13· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`14· · · · · · · And you reviewed Dr. Metz'
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`15· ·declaration?
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`16· · · · A· · ·I believe I did, yes.
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`17· · · · Q· · ·And you reviewed patent owner's
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`18· ·response, correct?
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`19· · · · A· · ·Yes, I read that as well.
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`20· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`21· · · · · · · And, finally, you reviewed
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`22· ·Dr. Johnson's declaration, David Johnson,
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`23· ·M.D.?
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`24· · · · A· · ·Yes, I did.
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`25· · · · Q· · ·And he's another expert with a
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`·2· ·declaration on behalf of the patent owners
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`·3· ·in this review?
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`·4· · · · A· · ·Yes, that's my understanding.
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`·5· ·Yes.
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`·6· · · · Q· · ·Okay.· Thank you.
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`·7· · · · · · · You're not providing testimony
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`·8· ·as a medical doctor, correct?
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`·9· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`10· · · · form.
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`11· · · · A· · ·Well, I am not a medical doctor.
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`12· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`13· · · · · · · You rely on Dr. Johnson's
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`14· ·declaration for medical opinions?
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`15· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`16· · · · form.
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`17· · · · A· · ·I do refer to Dr. Johnson in my
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`18· ·declaration.· That's what I -- I can point,
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`19· ·for example, to paragraph 68 where I have a
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`20· ·reference to one of the opinions that I
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`21· ·believe Dr. Johnson has, and there may be
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`22· ·another location in my declaration where I
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`23· ·rely on him.· That's the extent to which
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`24· ·I'm relying on Dr. Johnson.
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`25· · · · Q· · ·Okay.· Thank you.
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· · · · · · · There is no materials considered
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`·3· ·list provided with your declaration,
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`·4· ·correct?
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`·5· · · · A· · ·I don't believe so, no.
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`·6· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·7· · · · · · · Did you consider any materials
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`·8· ·that are not cited in your declaration?
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`·9· · · · A· · ·No.· I don't recall considering
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`10· ·any other materials unless they're cited in
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`11· ·my declaration.
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`12· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`13· · · · · · · I'm going to give you a copy of
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`14· ·Exhibit 1005, which is U.S. Patent No.
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`15· ·8,557,285.
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`16· · · · · · · Dr. Taft, do you recognize
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`17· ·Exhibit 1005?
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`18· · · · A· · ·Yes, I do.
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`19· · · · Q· · ·And you relied on it when
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`20· ·providing your declaration?
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`21· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`22· · · · form.
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`23· · · · A· · ·I believe I cite this reference
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`24· ·in my declaration.
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`25· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· · · · · · · If you could please turn to
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`·3· ·claim 1 in the '285 Patent, which is at
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`·4· ·column 22.· Claim 1 recites an uncoated
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`·5· ·Esomeprazole, correct?
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`·6· · · · A· · ·Well, claim 1 states
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`·7· ·Esomeprazole not surrounded by an enteric
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`·8· ·coating.
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`·9· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`10· · · · · · · And claim 1 also recites that
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`11· ·the Esomeprazole is released regardless of
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`12· ·the pH of the surrounding medium, is that
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`13· ·correct?
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`14· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`15· · · · form.
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`16· · · · A· · ·Well, claim 1 at the last two
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`17· ·lines states:· At least a portion of said
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`18· ·Esomeprazole is released regardless of pH
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`19· ·medium.
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`20· · · · Q· · ·Okay.· Thank you.
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`21· · · · · · · And claim 1 also recites an
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`22· ·enteric-coated Naproxen, is that correct?
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`23· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`24· · · · form.
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`25· · · · A· · ·I believe claim 1, there is a
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`·2· ·subpart in parenthesis B, describes
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`·3· ·Naproxen surrounded by a coating that
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`·4· ·inhibits its release from said dosage form
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`·5· ·unless said dosage form is in a medium with
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`·6· ·a pH of 3.5 or higher.
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`·7· · · · Q· · ·And that language is another way
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`·8· ·of describing an enteric-coated dosage
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`·9· ·form, correct?
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`10· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`11· · · · form.
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`12· · · · A· · ·In general, I would say an
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`13· ·enteric-coated dosage form generally has --
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`14· ·does not release or dissolve until a
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`15· ·certain pH.· It's not necessarily
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`16· ·specifically pH 3.5, but it could be.
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`17· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`18· · · · · · · Claim 1 recites a combined
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`19· ·dosage form, unit dosage form, correct?
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`20· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`21· · · · form.
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`22· · · · A· · ·What claim 1 states is a
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`23· ·pharmaceutical composition and unit dosage
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`24· ·form comprising therapeutically effective
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`25· ·amounts of -- and it lists Esomeprazole and
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·Naproxen.
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`·3· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·4· · · · · · · If you could look further down
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`·5· ·column 22, claim 4 recites the
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`·6· ·pharmaceutical composition of claim 1,
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`·7· ·correct?
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`·8· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`·9· · · · form.
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`10· · · · A· · ·Claim 4 states, yes, those words
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`11· ·exactly.
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`12· · · · Q· · ·And claim 4 goes on to recite
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`13· ·that the Naproxen is present in an amount
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`14· ·between 200 and 600 milligrams, correct?
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`15· · · · A· · ·That's what it states under
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`16· ·claim 4, yes.
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`17· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`18· · · · · · · And that range encompasses 500
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`19· ·milligrams of Naproxen?
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`20· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`21· · · · Q· · ·If you look just further down,
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`22· ·claim 4 recites that the Esomeprazole is
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`23· ·present in an amount between 5 and 100
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`24· ·milligrams per unit dosage form, is that
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`25· ·correct?
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· · · · A· · ·Yes, that's what it states in
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`·3· ·claim 4.
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`·4· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·5· · · · · · · And that range encompasses 20
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`·6· ·milligrams of Esomeprazole, correct?
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`·7· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`·8· · · · Q· · ·If we could turn back to your
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`·9· ·declaration, please, which is Exhibit 2025,
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`10· ·and I'd like to ask about paragraph 36
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`11· ·which is at the bottom of page 14 and the
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`12· ·top of page 15.
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`13· · · · · · · So the last sentence of
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`14· ·paragraph 36 reads:· I have been asked to
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`15· ·assume that the invention claimed by the
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`16· ·'698 Patent was conceived and actually
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`17· ·reduced to practice by June 25, 2007,
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`18· ·correct?
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`19· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`20· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`21· · · · · · · And the '698 Patent is U.S.
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`22· ·Patent No. 9,220,698, correct -- sorry, the
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`23· ·subject of the Inter Partes Agreement?
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`24· · · · A· · ·Yes, that's correct.
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`25· · · · Q· · ·Okay.· Thank you.
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· · · · · · · So the beginning of that
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`·3· ·sentence says:· I have been asked to
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`·4· ·assume.
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`·5· · · · · · · You did not perform any
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`·6· ·independent analysis that the claim subject
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`·7· ·matter was conceived and reduce to practice
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`·8· ·by June 25, 2007, correct?
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`·9· · · · A· · ·What was the question again,
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`10· ·please?
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`11· · · · Q· · ·So the lead-in to that last
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`12· ·sentence says I have been asked to assume,
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`13· ·correct?
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`14· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`15· · · · Q· · ·So you did not perform any
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`16· ·independent analysis that the claim subject
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`17· ·matter in the '698 Patent was conceived and
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`18· ·reduced to practice by June 25, 2007,
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`19· ·correct?
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`20· · · · A· · ·Well, preceding in paragraph 36,
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`21· ·I do indicate that I did review the
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`22· ·clinical study report that I believe was
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`23· ·dated on or has a date affiliated with June
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`24· ·25, 2007.
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`25· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·2· · · · A· · ·And I compared the
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`·3· ·pharmacokinetic results from that report
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`·4· ·with data that is contained in the '698
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`·5· ·Patent, and that comparison confirmed to me
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`·6· ·that the results match between the clinical
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`·7· ·study report and the '698 Patent.
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`·8· · · · · · · So I'm not sure exactly what you
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`·9· ·mean by my own analysis, but I did review
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`10· ·that report in the context of what some of
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`11· ·the tables are in the '698 Patent and saw
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`12· ·the numbers matched.
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`13· · · · Q· · ·So your analysis was to look at
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`14· ·the clinical study report and compare the
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`15· ·numbers in the report to the numbers in the
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`16· ·patent to be sure it matched?
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`17· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`18· · · · form.
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`19· · · · A· · ·What I looked at were some of
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`20· ·the tables -- if we look at the clinical
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`21· ·study report, I can certainly point that
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`22· ·out -- and compared them to some of the
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`23· ·tables in the '698 Patent, and the data is
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`24· ·the same.
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`25· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· · · · A· · ·And I'm referring to the mean
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`·3· ·pharmacokinetic data from the clinical
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`·4· ·study matches not only the mean, but I
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`·5· ·believe also the standard deviations to
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`·6· ·what is in the '698 Patent.
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`·7· · · · Q· · ·So what did you mean by your
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`·8· ·sentence then that says:· I have been asked
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`·9· ·to assume that the invention claimed by the
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`10· ·'698 Patent was conceived and actually
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`11· ·reduced to practice by June 25, 2007?
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`12· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`13· · · · form.
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`14· · · · A· · ·Well, to begin with, paragraph
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`15· ·35, I walk through my understanding of
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`16· ·what -- I'm not a legal expert -- what
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`17· ·conception and reduction to practice is.
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`18· · · · · · · And if you look at paragraph 35,
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`19· ·it does state, if you look at actual
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`20· ·reduction to practice -- which occurs upon
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`21· ·proof that the claimed invention works for
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`22· ·its intended purpose -- in that context,
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`23· ·this is the comparison to the clinical
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`24· ·study report dated June 25, 2007.
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`25· · · · · · · I'm in agreement with my
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·conclusion that the pharmacokinetic results
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`·3· ·of that study report are consistent or
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`·4· ·match exactly, match those in the '698
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`·5· ·Patent.
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`·6· · · · · · · And based upon that, I've been
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`·7· ·asked to assume that the invention claimed
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`·8· ·by the '698 Patent was conceived and
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`·9· ·reduced to practice based on that June 25th
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`10· ·date.
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`11· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`12· · · · · · · If you could please turn to
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`13· ·paragraph 43, which is on page 17.
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`14· · · · · · · Paragraphs 43, 44, 45 and 46 all
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`15· ·begin with "I understand from counsel,"
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`16· ·correct?
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`17· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`18· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`19· · · · · · · So is it correct that you're not
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`20· ·expressing opinions in those paragraphs,
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`21· ·but are repeating the legal propositions
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`22· ·you were told by counsel?
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`23· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`24· · · · form.
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`25· · · · A· · ·What's the question again,
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·please?
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`·3· · · · Q· · ·So each of those paragraphs 43
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`·4· ·through 46 begins "I understand from
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`·5· ·counsel," correct?
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`·6· · · · A· · ·Correct.
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`·7· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`·8· · · · · · · So is it your intention with
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`·9· ·those paragraphs to just set forth the
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`10· ·legal basis of your opinions that you were
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`11· ·informed of by counsel?
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`12· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`13· · · · form.
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`14· · · · A· · ·Well again, I'm not a legal
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`15· ·expert.· And so in looking at this section
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`16· ·about whether a certain reference qualifies
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`17· ·as prior art, my understanding is there's
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`18· ·different -- and that's what paragraphs 43,
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`19· ·44, 45 get at -- there are different
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`20· ·regulations that would qualify something
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`21· ·for prior art.· And I'm not a legal expert,
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`22· ·so I've been guided that way.
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`23· · · · · · · As far as issue dates for
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`24· ·patents, for example in paragraph 43, I
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`25· ·believe I can render that, make a decision
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·that if the '285 Patent was issued on
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`·3· ·October 25, 2013, that is after the
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`·4· ·effective filing date of the '698 Patent.
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`·5· ·So I can match up dates to see whether it
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`·6· ·meets or doesn't meet that limitation.
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`·7· · · · · · · And so, again, I'm certainly
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`·8· ·relying on counsel with anything with legal
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`·9· ·guidance.· But as far as matching up dates
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`10· ·and things, I feel I can make that
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`11· ·determination.
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`12· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`13· · · · · · · In paragraph 47, you state:· The
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`14· ·claimed subject matter at issue in the '698
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`15· ·Patent is comparable to the underlying
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`16· ·subject matter of the '285 Patent, correct?
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`17· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`18· · · · Q· · ·And what did you mean by that
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`19· ·statement?
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`20· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`21· · · · form.
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`22· · · · A· · ·Well, when I look at the subject
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`23· ·matter of the '698 Patent, it's related to
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`24· ·a combination product that would have an
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`25· ·acid inhibitor combined with an NSAID.
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· · · · · · · And so in my opinion, that
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`·3· ·subject matter of a formulation which
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`·4· ·provides essentially coordinated release of
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`·5· ·one component followed by another is
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`·6· ·consistent between the two, the two
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`·7· ·patents.
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`·8· · · · Q· · ·What do you mean by consistent
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`·9· ·between the two?
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`10· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`11· · · · form.
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`12· · · · A· · ·Well, the '285 Patent, the
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`13· ·subject matter deals with a single unit
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`14· ·dosage form that has the combined and
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`15· ·unprotected PPI -- or unprotected acid
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`16· ·inhibitor and NSAID.
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`17· · · · · · · And when you look at the '698
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`18· ·Patent, the '698 Patent discloses results
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`19· ·or pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
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`20· ·results stemming from that type of
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`21· ·formulation
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`22· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`23· · · · · · · In paragraph 48 --
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`24· · · · A· · ·I'm sorry, I missed it.
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`25· · · · Q· · ·Paragraph 48, the next one down,
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·you provide an opinion that the '285 Patent
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`·3· ·isn't prior art because there is a common
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`·4· ·inventor, John R. Plachetka, for both the
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`·5· ·'285 Patent and the '698 Patent, correct?
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`·6· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`·7· · · · Q· · ·And you don't list any other
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`·8· ·basis for that opinion, correct?
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`·9· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`10· · · · form.
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`11· · · · A· · ·In paragraph 48, that's my
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`12· ·statement.
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`13· · · · Q· · ·Okay.· I'm going to hand you --
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`14· · · · · · · MR. BEEL:· Actually, as a matter
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`15· · · · of formality, this Institution
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`16· · · · Decision doesn't have an exhibit
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`17· · · · number of its own.· Should I give it
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`18· · · · an exhibit number, like Taft Exhibit
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`19· · · · 1?
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`20· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· So there is a
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`21· · · · particular numbering system that you
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`22· · · · use for the IPRs.· Is this the first
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`23· · · · depo?· It's not.
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`24· · · · · · · MR. POLLACK:· No.
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`25· · · · · · · MR. BEEL:· No, Mayersohn and
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · · D. Taft
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`·2· · · · ·Metz were both before.
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`·3· · · · · · · ·Let's call it Taft Exhibit 1 for
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`·4· · · · ·now.
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`·5· · · · · · · ·(Whereupon, Exhibit 1 was marked
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`·6· · · · ·for Identification, as of this date.)
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`·7· ·BY MR. BEEL:
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`·8· · · · ·Q· · ·Dr. Taft, I've handed you what
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`·9· · we've called Taft Exhibit 1, which is the
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`10· · Decision on Inter Partes Review for the
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`11· · case IPR 2017-01995.
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`12· · · · · · · ·Have you seen this document
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`13· · before?
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`14· · · · ·A· · ·I don't recall if I have.
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`15· · · · ·Q· · ·Okay.
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`16· · · · · · · ·If you turn to the bottom of
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`17· · page 10 of the Institution Decision, which
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`18· · is Taft Exhibit 1, there is a section
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`19· · called claim construction.
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`20· · · · · · · ·Do you see that?
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`21· · · · ·A· · ·Yes.
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`22· · · · ·Q· · ·Okay.
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`23· · · · · · · ·And if you turn to page 11, the
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`24· · first full paragraph begins:· Petitioner
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`25· · proposes that we construe a single claim
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·limitation:· Target.
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`·3· · · · · · · Do you see that?
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`·4· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`·5· · · · Q· · ·And in the next line, it says:
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`·6· ·Petitioner proposes that the broadest
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`·7· ·reasonable construction of target is "with
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`·8· ·the goal of obtaining," which follows from
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`·9· ·the term's plain meaning.
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`10· · · · · · · Do you see that?
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`11· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`12· · · · Q· · ·And at the bottom of page 11,
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`13· ·going on to page 12, there is a sentence
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`14· ·that begins:· We accept petitioner's
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`15· ·construction generally, but alter the
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`16· ·meaning for grammatical reasons such that
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`17· ·target means have or set the goal of
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`18· ·obtaining.
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`19· · · · · · · Do you see that?
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`20· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`21· · · · Q· · ·Your declaration does not
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`22· ·include this claim construction, correct?
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`23· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`24· · · · form.
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`25· · · · A· · ·I don't believe my declaration
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·D. Taft
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`·2· ·relies on or cites this document, Taft
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`·3· ·Exhibit 1.
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`·4· · · · Q· · ·I'm going to hand you what's
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`·5· ·Exhibit 1001, which is U.S. Patent No.
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`·6· ·9,220,698.
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`·7· · · · · · · If you could turn to column 52
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`·8· ·in the '698 Patent, please.
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`·9· · · · · · · Do you see claim 1 begins about
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`10· ·line 25, correct?
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`11· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`12· · · · Q· · ·And at about line 39, there is a
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`13· ·phrase that recites the a.m. and p.m. unit
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`14· ·dose forms target, correct?
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`15· · · · A· · ·Yes.
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`16· · · · Q· · ·Your declaration does not use
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`17· ·the word target, is that correct?
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`18· · · · · · · MS. SCORDINO:· Objection to
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`19· · · · form.· Outside the scope.
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`20· · · · A· · ·I don't believe I refer to
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`21· ·target in my declaration, no.
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`22· · · · Q· · ·Okay.
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`23· · · · · · · Your declaration does not
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`24· ·include the language of the claims,
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`25· ·correct?
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