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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.
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`Petitioner
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`ETHICON LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-01247
`U.S. Patent No. 8,479,969
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`PETITIONER’S OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE
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`Proceeding No. IPR2018-01247
`Attorney Docket No. 11030-0049IP5
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1), Petitioner, Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
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`(“Petitioner”), hereby submits its notice of objections to certain evidence that
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`Patent Owner, Ethicon LLC (“Patent Owner”), submitted with its Patent Owner’s
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`Sur-Reply dated August 19, 2019, in connection with IPR2018-01247.
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`Petitioner objects to Exhibit No. 2023 (“Defendants’ Opening Claim
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`Construction Brief, Ethicon v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., C.A. 17-871, D.I. 116 (D.
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`Del. June 28, 2018”), Exhibit 2024 (“Defendants’ Responsive Claim Construction
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`Brief, Ethicon v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., C.A. 17-871, D.I. 127 (D. Del. Aug. 1,
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`2018)”) and Exhibit 2027 (“Notice of Waiver of Appeal Regarding the Court’s
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`Order Invalidating the January 2018 Certificate of Correction Relating to U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,479,969, Ethicon v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., C.A. 17-871, D.I. 311 (D.
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`Del.)”). The bases for objecting to these exhibits is under Rules 402/403 and that
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`they were filed untimely and without prior Board authorization.
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`Dated: August 23, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Steven R. Katz/
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`Steven Katz, Reg. No. 43,706
`John C. Phillips, Reg. No. 35,322
`Ryan O'Connor, Reg. No. 60,254
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`T: 858-678-5070
`F: 877-769-7945
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`Proceeding No. IPR2018-01247
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(1) and 42.6(e)(4)(iii), the undersigned
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`certifies that on August 23, 2019, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s
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`Objections to Evidence was provided via email to the Patent Owner by serving the
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`email correspondence addresses of record as follows
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`Anish R. Desai
`Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser
`Adrian Percer
`Christopher T. Marando
`Christopher M. Pepe
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
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`Ethicon.IPR.Service@weil.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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