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`PATENT APPLICATION
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
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`JATIN PATEL ET AL.
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`Application No.: N.Y.A.
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`Int'l Appln No. PCT/US2011/025994
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`Filed: February 24, 2011
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`For: APIXABAN FORMULATIONS
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`Sir:
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`Prior to calculating the filing fee and conducting the examination on the
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`merits, please amend the above-captioned application as follows.
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`MYLAN EXHIBIT 1003
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`SPECIFICATION
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`Below the title, and before the FIELD OF THE INVENTION section, please
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`--This application is the National Stage oflntemational Application No.
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`PCT/US2011/025994, filed February 24, 2011, which claims the benefit of U.S.
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`Provisional Application No. 61/308,056, filed February 25, 2010.--
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`CLAIMS
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`A complete listing of all the claims appears below; this listing replaces all
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`earlier amendments and listings of the claims.
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`1.
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`(Original) A composition comprising crystalline apixaban particles
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`having a mean particle size equal to or less than about 89 µm and a pharmaceutically
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`acceptable diluent or carrier.
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`2.
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`(Original) A composition comprising crystalline apixaban particles
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`having a mean particle size equal to or less than about 85 µm and a pharmaceutically
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`acceptable diluent or carrier.
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`3.
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`(Currently Amended) A composition as defined in claim 1 or claim
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`2-, wherein said composition comprises Form N-1 of apixaban.
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`4.
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`(Original) A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein particles
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`with a D90 equal to or less than 89 µm.
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`5.
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`(Original) A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein particles
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`with a D90 equal to or less than 85 µm.
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`6.
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`(Currently Amended) A composition as defined in any one of claims
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`-!-§.claim 1, wherein particles with a D 90 equal to or less than 50 µm.
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`7.
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`(Currently Amended) A composition as defined in any one of claims
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`-!-§.claim 1, wherein particles with a D90 equal to or less than 30 µm.
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`8.
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`(Currently Amended) A composition as defined in any one of elaims
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`-!-§.claim 1, wherein particles with a D90 equal to or less than 25 µm.
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`9.
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`(Original) A composition as defined in claim 1 which exhibits an
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`AUC and/or Cmax that is at least 80% of the mean AUC and/or Cmax observed for an
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`equivalent formulation differing only in that the apixaban mean particle size is 89 µm.
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`10.
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`(Original) A composition as defined in claim 1 which exhibits an
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`AUC and/or Cmax that is at least 80% of the mean AUC and/or Cmax observed for an
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`equivalent formulation differing only in that the apixaban mean particle size is 85 µm.
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`11.
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`( Currently Amended) A composition as defined in any one of claims
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`-1-1-0claim 1, further comprising:
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`from 1 % to 2 % by weight of a surfactant.
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`12.
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`(Original) A composition as defined in claim 11, wherein the
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`surfactant is sodium lauryl sulfate.
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`13.
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`(Currently Amended) A composition as defined in any one of claims
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`1 12 for use in treating method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a thromboembolic
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`disorder, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment or prophylaxis a
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`therapeutically effective amount of a composition as defined in claim 1.
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`14-15. (Cancelled)
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`16.
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`(Currently Amended) A process of manufacturing apixaban tablets
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`having a composition as defined in any one of claims 1 12claim 1, comprising the steps of:
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`(1)
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`blending raw materials prior to granulation;
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`(2)
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`granulating the raw materials from the step (1) using a wet or dry
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`granulation process;
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`(3)
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`blending the granules obtained in the step (2) with extragranular raw
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`materials;
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`( 4)
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`compressing the blend from the step (3) into tablets; and
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`( 5)
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`film coating the tablets from the step ( 4 ).
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`17.
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`(Currently Amended) A process of manufacturing apixaban tablets
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`having a composition as defined in any one of claims 1 12claim 1, comprising the steps of:
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`(1)
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`blending raw materials with apixaban of controlled particle size to
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`form a mix;
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`(2)
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`adding intragranular portions of a binder, a disintegrant and at least
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`one filler to the mix from the step (1) to form a blend;
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`(3)
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`granulating the materials from the step (2) using a dry granulation
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`process or a wet granulation process,
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`wherein the dry granulation process comprises:
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`delumping an intragranular lubricant using a screen or mill;
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`adding the intragranular lubricant to the blend from the step (2) and
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`blending to form a lubricated blend;
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`compacting the lubricated blend to ribbons of density in a range of 1.1 to 1.2
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`glee and sizing the compacted ribbons using a roller compactor, and
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`wherein the wet granulation process comprises:
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`wet granulating the blend from the step (2) using water to a target end point
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`and, optionally, sizing the wet-granules by passing through a screen or mill;
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`removing the water from the granulation by drying in a convection oven or a
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`fluid-bed dryer; and
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`sizing the dried granules by passing through a screen or mill;
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`( 4)
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`blending the granules obtained in the step (3) and an extragranular
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`disintegrant in a blender;
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`( 5)
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`delumping an extragranular lubricant using a screen or mill and
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`blending with granules from the step ( 4);
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`( 6)
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`(7)
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`compressing the blend from the step ( 5) into tablets; and
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`film coating the tablets from the step ( 6).
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`18.
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`(Original) A process of manufacturing apixaban tablets according to
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`claim 1 7, wherein the dry granulation process is used.
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`19.
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`(New) A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said
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`composition comprises Form N-1 of apixaban.
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`20.
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`(New) A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein particles with a
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`D90 equal to or less than 50 µm.
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`21.
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`(New) A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein particles with a
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`D90 equal to or less than 30 µm.
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`22.
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`(New) A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein particles with a
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`D90 equal to or less than 25 µm.
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`23.
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`(New) A composition as defined in claim 2, further comprising:
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`from 1 % to 2 % by weight of a surfactant.
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`24.
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`(New) A composition as defined in claim 23, wherein the surfactant
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`is sodium lauryl sulfate.
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`25.
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`(New) A method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a
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`thromboembolic disorder, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment
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`or prophylaxis a therapeutically effective amount of a composition as defined in claim 2.
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`REMARKS
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`The claims are 1-13 and 16-25, with claims 1 and 2 being independent.
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`Claims 14 and 15 have been cancelled without prejudice or disclaimer. Claims 3, 6-8, 11,
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`13, 16, and 17 have been amended to remove multiple dependencies without prejudice or
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`disclaimer as to any excised subject matter. Claim 13 has also been revised to better
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`comply with formal requirements. Support for the changes in claim 13 may be found, for
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`example, in the specification at paragraph [0009]. New claims 19-25 have been added
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`based on original claims 3, 6-8, and 11-13. The specification has been amended to recite
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`the benefit claims to a prior provisional application.
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`No new matter has been added. Favorable consideration of the claims is
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`respectfully requested.
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`Applicants' undersigned attorney may be reached in our New York office by
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`telephone at (212) 218-2100. All correspondence should continue to be directed to our
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`below listed address.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jason M. Okun/
`Jason M. Okun
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