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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,
`Petitioner
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`ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-00943
`Patent 7,919,499
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AND
`LICENSE AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Patent Owner
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`Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited and Petitioner Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
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`(collectively, “the Parties”) jointly request that a true copy of the Settlement and
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`License Agreement filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2058 be treated as
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`“business confidential” and be kept separate from the publicly available files of the
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`above-captioned IPR and of the ’499 patent. Exhibit 2058 is being submitted on
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`the PTAB E2E system as “Parties and Board Only.” The Parties further request
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`the Board to not make Exhibit 2058 available to any third party, except as provided
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`for in 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Dated: July 30, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Tedd W. Van Bustkirk/
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`Tedd W. Van Buskirk (Reg. No. 46,282)
`Counsel for Petitioner
`Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
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`By: /Naveen Modi/
`Naveen Modi (Reg. No. 46,224)
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that I caused to be served on the
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`counsel for Petitioner a true and correct copy of the foregoing JOINT REQUEST
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`TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AND LICENSE AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
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`CONFIDENTIAL, by electronic means, on July 30, 2019, at the following address
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`of record:
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`Dated: July 30, 2019
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`Michael H. Teschner
`Tedd W. Van Buskirk
`Lerner, David, Littenberg,
`Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
`600 South Avenue West
`Westfield, NJ 07090
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`MTeschner.ipr@ldlkm.com
`tvanbuskirk@lernerdavid.com
`litigation@lernerdavid.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Naveen Modi/
`Naveen Modi
`Reg. No. 46,224
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`Counsel for Alkermes
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