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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`KVK-TECH, Inc.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SHIRE LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-00290
`Patent 8,846,100
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`PATENT OWNER MANDATORY NOTICES
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2)
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`Case No. IPR2018-00290
`Patent No. 8,846,100
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Patent Owner Shire, LLC (“Patent Owner”)
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`submits the following Mandatory Notices in response to the Petition for Inter
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`Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,846,100 (“the ’100 patent”).1
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`I.
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`Real Party-In-Interest – 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)
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`The real parties-in-interest are Shire, LLC, Shire US, Inc., Shire
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`Development, LLC and Shire Plc.
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`II.
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`Related Matters – 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
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`The ’100 patent was previously the subject of IPR2017-00665, which
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`terminated prior to the filing of a preliminary response.
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`The ‘100 patent is being asserted in Shire Development LLC et al v. Teva
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`Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. et al, 1:17-cv-01696-RGA (D. Del).
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`The Patent Owner is not aware of any other judicial or administrative
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`matters that would affect, or be affected by, a decision in this proceeding.
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`1 The Petition names Shire Plc, however, the Patent Owner is Shire LLC.
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`See USPTO Assignment Records at Reel 018428, Frame 0510.
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`III. Lead and Back-Up Counsel – 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3)
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`Patent Owner provides the following designation of counsel:
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`Lead Counsel:
`Joseph R. Robinson
`PTO Reg. 33,448
`Troutman Sanders LLP
`875 Third Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Phone: 212.704.6246
`Facsimile: 212.704.6288
`joseph.robinson@troutmansanders.com
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`Back-Up Counsel:
`Robert Schaffer
`PTO Reg. 31,194
`Troutman Sanders LLP
`875 Third Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Phone: 212.704.6136
`Facsimile: 212.704.6288
`robert.schaffer@troutmansanders.com
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`Dustin B. Weeks
`PTO Reg. 67,466
`Troutman Sanders LLP
`Bank of America Plaza
`600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 5200
`Atlanta, GA 30308-2231
`Phone: 404.885.3446
`Facsimile: 404.962.6848
`dustin.weeks@troutmansanders.com
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`Each of the attorneys listed above is associated with customer number
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`06980. A power of attorney was filed in the ’100 Patent on December 20, 2017,
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`which appointed practitioners associated with customer number 06980 to represent
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`Patent Owner in matters before the USPTO. Accordingly, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.10(b), Patent Owner does not believe any further power of attorney is
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`necessary.
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`IV.
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`Service Information – 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4)
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`Owner provides the following service information:
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`Electronic Mail Addresses:
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`joseph.robinson@troutmansanders.com
`robert.schaffer@troutmansanders.com
`dustin.weeks@troutmansanders.com
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`Postal Mailing Address:
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`Joseph R. Robinson
`Troutman Sanders LLP
`875 Third Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
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`Telephone Number:
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`Facsimile Number:
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`212.704.6246
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`212.704.6288
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`Owner consents to electronic service of all papers concerning this matter at
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`the email addresses provided above.
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`Dated: December 29, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Joseph R. Robinson/
`Joseph R. Robinson
`PTO Reg. No. 33,448
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent Owner
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`Mandatory Notices Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) and the associated power of
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`attorney were served via electronic mail on December 29, 2017 on attorneys for
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`Petitioner:
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`Jonathan Harris
`jharris@axinn.com
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`James Evans
`jevans@axinn.com
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`Dated: December 29, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Dustin B. Weeks/
`Dustin B. Weeks
`PTO Reg. No. 67,466
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