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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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`AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC AND
`AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK, LLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ALMIRALL, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`_____________________
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`Case IPR2018-00608
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`Patent 9,161,926 B2
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`PETITIONERS’ OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE AS OF
`DECEMBER 6, 2018
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and
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`Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York, LLC (collectively, “Petitioners”) timely
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`objects under the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) to the admissibility of Exhibits
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`2004, 2010-2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2027, 2028, 2030-2035,
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`2038-2041, 2043-2047, 2050, and 2051. In addition, Petitioners object to the
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`admissibility of paragraphs 1-40, 43, 61, 62, 64, 66-68, 71-80, 88-90, 92-98, 100,
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`104-112, 116-122, 125-143, 146-148, 152-158, 164-167, 161-171, 173, 175-181,
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`183-192, 194-196, 200, and 202-218 of Exhibit 2003 and paragraphs 1-32, 35-39,
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`65, 78-80, 85-94, 96-112, 115-132, 150, 163, and 173-200 of Exhibit 2022.
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`Collectively, these exhibits (“Challenged Evidence”) were served by Patent
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`Owner, Almirall, LLC, with its Patent Owner’s Response filed on November 29,
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`2018. Petitioners file these objections to provide notice to Patent Owner that
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`Petitioners may move to exclude the Challenged Evidence under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.64(c), unless timely cured by Patent Owner.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF CHALLENGED EVIDENCE AND GROUNDS
`FOR OBJECTIONS
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`A. Numerous exhibits and three hundred and eleven of the four
`hundred and eighteen declaration paragraphs should be excluded
`as irrelevant.
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`Petitioners object to the use of Exhibits 2004, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2027, 2028,
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`2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2038- 2041, 2043, and 2044-2047 under FRE
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`401 and 403. These exhibits are not substantively relied on, or even cited, in Patent
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`Owner’s Response. Consequently, these exhibits do not appear to make any fact of
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`consequence more or less probable than it would be without them.
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`Petitioners also object to paragraphs 1-40, 43, 61, 62, 64, 66-68, 71-80, 88-
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`90, 92-98, 100, 104-112, 116-122, 125-143, 146-148, 152-158, 164-167, 169-171,
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`173, 175-181, 183-192, 194-196, 200, and 202-218 of Exhibit 2003, and
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`paragraphs 1-32, 35-39, 65, 78-80, 85-94, 96-112, 115-132, 150, 163, and 173-200
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`of Exhibit 2022 under FRE 401 and 403. These declaration paragraphs are not
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`substantively relied on, or even cited, in Patent Owner’s Response. Consequently,
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`these declaration paragraphs do not appear to make any fact of consequence more
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`or less probable than the fact would be without these exhibits. Alternatively, if
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`Patent Owner asserts that the aforementioned paragraphs are relevant, then Patent
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`Owner must incorporate by reference into its Response these 311 declaration
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`paragraphs. Doing so, however, would add at least 311 or at most over two
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`thousand words to Patent Owner’s Response when Patent Owner only had 1,569
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`words to spare, thereby violating the word count limit set forth in 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.24(b).
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`In addition, Petitioners object to Exhibit 2039 because it is not substantively
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`relied on, or even cited, in Patent Owner’s Response, Exhibit 2003, or Exhibit
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`2022. Thus, Exhibit 2039 is irrelevant to the instituted grounds.
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`B. Multiple exhibits are inadmissible as not relevant, not
`authenticated, and/or contain hearsay, and are therefore more
`prejudicial than probative as to any fact of consequence.
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`Exhibits 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2031, 2035, 2043, 2044, 2050, and 2051
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`are inadmissible for at least the following reasons:
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`Exhibit 2010: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2010 purports to be a website printout but there is no
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`evidence establishing that it contains true and correct content. Accordingly, Patent
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`Owner has not provided evidence sufficient to support a finding that Exhibit 2010
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`“is what [Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE 901.
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`Exhibit 2010 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2010
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`purports to be a website printout showing a July 23, 2012 date. But there is no
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`evidence that Exhibit 2010 is a prior-art publication that is available to the public.
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`Therefore, Exhibit 2010 is inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2010 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the dates in Exhibit 2010 for the truth of the matter asserted.
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`Patent Owner cannot rely on any date shown in Exhibit 2010 because these dates
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`are not evidence that the reference was a printed publication as of a particular date.
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`No exception applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2012: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2012 purports to be a World Health Organization
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`document, but there is no evidence establishing that it contains true and correct
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`content. Accordingly, Patent Owner has not provided evidence sufficient to
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`support a finding that Exhibit 2012 “is what [Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE
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`901.
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`Exhibit 2012 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2012
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`purports to be a World Health Organization document dated March 4, 2008. But
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`there is no evidence that Exhibit 2012 is a prior-art publication that is available to
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`the public. Therefore, Exhibit 2012 is inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2012 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the March 4, 2008 date in Exhibit 2012 for the truth of the matter
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`asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on the March 4, 2008 date shown in Exhibit
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`2012 because there is no evidence that the reference was a printed publication as of
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`a particular date. No exception applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2014: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2014 purports to be the Prescribing Information for
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`Azcone Gel, 5%, but there is no evidence establishing that it contains true and
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`correct content. Accordingly, Patent Owner has not provided evidence sufficient to
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`support a finding that Exhibit 2014 “is what [Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE
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`901.
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`Exhibit 2014 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2014
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`purports to be the Prescribing Information for Azcone Gel, 5% with a “March
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`2008” date on the document. But there is no evidence that Exhibit 2014 is a prior-
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`art publication that is available to the public. Therefore, Exhibit 2014 is
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`inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2014 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the “March 2008” date in Exhibit 2014 for the truth of the matter
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`asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on the “March 2008” date shown in Exhibit
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`2014 because there is no evidence that the reference was a printed publication as of
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`a particular date. No exception applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2018: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2018 purports to be a listing of excipients approved by the
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`U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but there is no evidence establishing that it
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`contains true and correct content. Accordingly, Patent Owner has not provided
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`evidence sufficient to support a finding that Exhibit 2018 “is what [Patent Owner]
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`claims it is.” See FRE 901.
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`Exhibit 2018 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2018
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`purports to be a listing of excipients approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
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`Administration but the document is undated. But there is no evidence that Exhibit
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`2018 is a prior-art publication that is available to the public. Therefore, Exhibit
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`2018 is inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2018 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the information in Exhibit 2018 for the truth of the matter asserted.
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`Patent Owner cannot rely on this information because there is no evidence that the
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`reference was a printed publication as of a particular date. No exception applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2031: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2031 purports to be an excerpt from the Physicians’ Desk
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`Reference 66th Ed. (2012), but there is no evidence establishing that it contains true
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`and correct content. Accordingly, Patent Owner has not provided evidence
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`sufficient to support a finding that Exhibit 2031 “is what [Patent Owner] claims it
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`is.” See FRE 901.
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`Exhibit 2031 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2031
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`purports to be an excerpt from the Physicians’ Desk Reference 66th Ed. from 2012.
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`But there is no evidence that Exhibit 2031 is a prior-art publication that is available
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`to the public. Therefore, Exhibit 2031 is inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2031 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the “2012” date in Exhibit 2031 for the truth of the matter
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`asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on the “2012” date shown in Exhibit 2031
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`because there is no evidence that the reference was a printed publication as of a
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`particular date. No exception applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2035: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2035 purports to be a publication from 2012 but there is
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`no evidence establishing that it contains true and correct content. Accordingly,
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`Patent Owner has not provided evidence sufficient to support a finding that Exhibit
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`2035 “is what [Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE 901.
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`Exhibit 2035 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2035
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`purports to be a publication from 2012. But there is no evidence that Exhibit 2035
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`is a prior-art publication that is available to the public. Therefore, Exhibit 2035 is
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`inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2035 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the “2012” date in Exhibit 2035 for the truth of the matter
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`asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on the “2012” date shown in Exhibit 2035
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`because there is no evidence that the reference was a printed publication as of a
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`particular date. No exception applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2043: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2043 purports to be clinical study report dated “05
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`February 2007.” There is no evidence establishing that it contains true and correct
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`content. Accordingly, Patent Owner has not provided evidence sufficient to
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`support a finding that Exhibit 2043 “is what [Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE
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`901.
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`Exhibit 2043 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2043
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`purports to be a clinical study report from 2007. But there is no evidence that
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`Exhibit 2043 is a prior-art publication that is available to the public. Therefore,
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`Exhibit 2043 is inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2043 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the “05 February 2007” date and the signature dates in Exhibit
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`2043 for the truth of the matter asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on this date
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`because there is no evidence that the reference was a printed publication as of a
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`particular date. No exception applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2044: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2044 purports to be clinical study document. There is no
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`evidence establishing that it contains true and correct content. Accordingly, Patent
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`Owner has not provided evidence sufficient to support a finding that Exhibit 2044
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`“is what [Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE 901.
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`Exhibit 2044 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2044
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`purports to be a clinical study document, but it is undated. There is no evidence
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`that Exhibit 2044 is a prior-art publication that is available to the public. Therefore,
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`Exhibit 2044 is inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2044 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the dates of enrollment in Exhibit 2044 for the truth of the matter
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`asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on these dates because there is no evidence that
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`the reference was a printed publication as of a particular date. No exception
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`applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2050: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2050 purports to be a communication from the U.S. Food
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`and Drug Administration purportedly sent on “7/7/05.” There is no evidence
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`establishing that it contains true and correct content. Accordingly, Patent Owner
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`has not provided evidence sufficient to support a finding that Exhibit 2050 “is what
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`[Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE 901.
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`Exhibit 2050 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2050
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`purports to be a communication from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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`purportedly sent on “7/7/05.” There is no evidence that Exhibit 2050 is a prior-art
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`publication that is available to the public. Therefore, Exhibit 2050 is inadmissible
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`as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2050 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the “7/7/05” signature date in Exhibit 2050 for the truth of the
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`matter asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on this date because there is no evidence
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`that the reference was a printed publication as of a particular date. No exception
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`applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`Exhibit 2051: This exhibit lacks authentication, and this is inadmissible
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`under FRE 901. Exhibit 2051 purports to be a communication from the U.S. Food
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`and Drug Administration purportedly sent on “3/14/2008.” There is no evidence
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`establishing that it contains true and correct content. Accordingly, Patent Owner
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`has not provided evidence sufficient to support a finding that Exhibit 2051 “is what
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`[Patent Owner] claims it is.” See FRE 901.
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`Exhibit 2051 is also inadmissible under FRE 401 and 403. Exhibit 2051
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`purports to be a communication from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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`purportedly sent on “3/14/2008.” There is no evidence that Exhibit 2051 is a prior-
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`art publication that is available to the public. Therefore, Exhibit 2051 is
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`inadmissible as not relevant.
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`Exhibit 2051 is inadmissible as hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. Patent
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`Owner relies on the “3/14/2008” signature date in Exhibit 2051 for the truth of the
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`matter asserted. Patent Owner cannot rely on this date because there is no evidence
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`that the reference was a printed publication as of a particular date. No exception
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`applies.
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`To the extent that the Patent Owner relies on the contents of this document
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`to prove the content of the original document, Petitioners object to this document
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`as not being an original document under FRE 1002, an authentic duplicate under
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`FRE 1003, or a document that falls under any exception to the original-document
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`requirement, including those of FRE 1004.
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`C. The Warner Declaration in Exhibit 1017 and Dr. Klibanov’s
`reliance on the Warner Declaration in Exhibit 2003 are
`inadmissible hearsay.
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`Petitioners object to the Warner Declaration in Exhibit 1017 (pp. 350-355)
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`as inadmissible hearsay under FRE 801 and 802. The document is relied upon for
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`the truth of the matter asserted (POR at 6-7, 47; Ex. 2003 at ¶¶ 204-217) and
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`Petitioner has not had the opportunity to subject the declarant (Dr. Kevin Warner)
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`to cross examination. No exception applies. In addition, Dr. Klibanov, in ¶¶ 204-
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`217 of Exhibit 2003, relies on the Warner Declaration for the truth of the matter
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`asserted, and is therefore inadmissible under FRE 801, 802, and 805. No exception
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`applies.
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`D. Exhibit 2011 violates 37 C.F.R. § 42.63(b) because it contains
`untranslated foreign language.
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`Petitioners object to Exhibit 2011 because it fails to comply with FRE 401,
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`403, 1002, and 1003, as well as 37 C.F.R. § 42.63(b), which states that “when a
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`party relies on a document … in a language other than English, a translation of the
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`document into English and an affidavit attesting to the accuracy of the translation
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`must be filed with the document.” Portions of Exhibit 2011 are written in foreign
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`language, and Patent Owner has not provided either a translation and/or an
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`affidavit regarding the foreign language contained in Exhibit 2011. Because Patent
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`Owner failed to provide a translated copy, Patent Owner has also failed to provide
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`a complete and relevant copy of the original document pursuant to the FRE 1002.
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`Exhibit 2025 is irrelevant.
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`Petitioners object to the use of Exhibit 2025 under FRE 401. Pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.120 and § 42.23, Patent Owner’s opposition is required to comply with
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`the requirements for motions. Accordingly, Patent Owner’s Response was required
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`to address the relevance of submitted evidence by “including a detailed explanation
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`of the significance of the evidence.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.22(a)(2). Yet the Patent
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`Owner’s Response cites to Exhibit 2025 only once (see POR at 49), yet the citation
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`to Exhibit 2025 is nonsensical. Because Patent Owner failed to provide a relevant
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`citation to Exhibit 2025, and the parallel citation to Exhibit 2022 at paragraphs
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`168-170 also fails to explain the relevance of Exhibit 2025, Patent Owner has
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`failed to properly explain the significance of Exhibit 2025.
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`F. Any paragraphs in Exhibits 2003 and/or 2022 that rely on the
`exhibits identified above should be excluded.
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`Any paragraph of Exhibit 2003 and/or any paragraph of Exhibit 2022 that
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`relies on any of the exhibits identified above is objected to for the same reason as
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`Petitioners’ objection to the underlying exhibit.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`Date: December 6, 2018
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`Dennies Varughese, Pharm.D.
`Registration No. 61,868
`Attorney for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned "Petitioners’
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`Objections to Evidence as of December 6, 2018," were served in their entirety on
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`December 6, 2018, via email on the following:
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`James Trainor: jtrainor@fenwick.com
`Ewa Davidson: edavidson@fenwick.com
`Elizabeth Hagan: ehagan@fenwick.com
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: December 6, 2018
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`_______________________
` Dennies Varughese, Pharm.D.
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W. Registration No. 61,868
`Washington, D.C.20005-3934
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`(202) 371-2600
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