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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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`INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ETHICON LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2018-01247
`U.S. Patent No. 8,479,969
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`PATENT OWNER’S LIST OF IMPROPER REPLY ARGUMENTS
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`Page 5, line 5 (the beginning of Section II.B) through page 8, line 2
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`(“Petitioner has met its burden.”):
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`Petitioner makes new arguments concerning its prima facie burden to show
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`how the limitation “tool mounting portion operably coupled to the distal end of the
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`proximal spine portion” is disclosed by the prior art, whereas Petitioner’s only
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`argument for this limitation in the Petition was: “Anderson’s tool mounting
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`portion would be operably coupled to the distal end of the proximal spine portion
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`of Timm’s shaft assembly via the structure of the distal spine portion itself.” See
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`Petition at 52; Ex. 1004, ¶ 104 (same argument, except substituting “proximal
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`spine portion itself” for “distal spine portion itself”).
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`Page 8, line 14 (“Moreover, the cable …”) through page 9, line 6
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`(“This action requires the claimed operable coupling.”):
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`See item 1, above.
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`3.
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`Page 9, line 18 (“Accordingly, the Anderson/Timm combination
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`…”) through page 10, line 3 (“…and is used to lock the joint.”):
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`See item 1, above.
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`Dated: August 14, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Anish R. Desai/
`Anish R. Desai
`Reg. No. 73,760
`WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
`T: 212-310-8730
`E: anish.desai@weil.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that on August 14, 2019, a copy of PATENT OWNER’S
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`LIST OF IMPROPER REPLY ARGUMENTS and any accompanying exhibits
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`was served by filing this document through the PTAB’s E2E Filing System as well
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`as delivering a copy via electronic mail upon the following:
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`Steven R. Katz
`John C. Phillips
`Ryan P. O’Connor
`FISH & RICHARDSON
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`katz@fr.com
`phillips@fr.com
`oconnor@fr.com
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`IPR11030-0049IP5@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`/Timothy J. Andersen/
`Timothy J. Andersen
`Case Manager
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street, N.W., Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20036
`T: 202-682-7075
`E: timothy.andersen@weil.com
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