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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`ETHICON LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01248
`U.S. Patent No. 8,479,969
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`PATENT OWNER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Patent Owner Ethicon LLC hereby submits the following updated mandatory
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`notices pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2).
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`A. Real Party-In-Interest (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)) - Unchanged
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`Ethicon LLC (the assignee of U.S. Pat. No. 8,479,969 (“the 969 Patent”)) is
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`an indirect subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Ethicon LLC has exclusively licensed
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`Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. to sell products in the United States that would infringe
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`the 969 Patent absent a license. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. has exclusively
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`sublicensed that right to Ethicon US, LLC. Ethicon US, LLC and Ethicon Endo-
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`Surgery, Inc. are indirect subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson.
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`B. Related Matters (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)) - Updated
`Patent Owner identifies the following judicial and/or administrative matters
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`that may be deemed related under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2):
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`The 969 Patent is presently asserted in Ethicon LLC et al. v. Intuitive
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`Surgical, Inc. et al., C.A. No. 1:17-cv-00871-LPS (D. Del.) (“the first Delaware
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`litigation”). U.S. Pat. Nos. 9,585,658 (“the 658 Patent”), 8,616,431 (“the 431
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`Patent”), 9,113,874 (“the 874 Patent”), 9,084,601 (“the 601 Patent”), 8,991,677
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`(“the 677 Patent”), and 8,998,058 (“the 058 Patent”) are also asserted in the first
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`Delaware litigation.
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`Patent Owner has also filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint
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`in Ethicon LLC et al. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. et al., C.A. No. 1:18-cv-01325-LPS
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`(D. Del.) (“the second Delaware litigation”) to assert the 969 Patent and U.S. Pat.
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`No. 9,844,379 (“the 379 Patent”) and withdraw infringement allegations relating to
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`U.S. Pat. No. 9,326,770 (“the 770 Patent”). On July 17, 2019, Patent Owner’s
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`motion was denied without prejudice in light of the parties’ joint stipulation to stay
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`the second Delaware litigation. U.S. Pat. Nos. 9,844,369 (“the 369 Patent”),
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`8,602,288 (“the 288 Patent”), 8,602,287 (“the 287 Patent”), and 7,490,749 (“the
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`749 Patent”) are also asserted in the second Delaware litigation.
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`The 969 Patent is also presently asserted in Certain Reload Cartridges for
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`Laparoscopic Surgical Staplers, Inv. No. 337-TA-1167 (USITC), along with the
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`874, 369, 379, and 749 Patents.
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`The following petitions for inter partes review have been filed against the
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`969 Patent:
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`• IPR2018-01247
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`• IPR2018-01254
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`The 969 Patent is a continuation of U.S. Patent Application No. 13/118,259,
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`now U.S. Patent No. 8,684,253, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent
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`Application No. 11/651,807, now U.S. Patent No. 8,459,520. .
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`No U.S. patents or applications claim priority to U.S. Patent Application No.
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`13/369,609, which issued as the 969 Patent.
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`The following additional U.S. patents and patent applications claim priority
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`to one or more of the same application(s) to which the 969 Patent claims priority:
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 13/026,493, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,517,243
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 13/037,498 (abandoned)
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 13/631,346, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,746,530
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/176,671
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`• PCT/US12/39156
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/303,049
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/559,172
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/559,188
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/559,224
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/559,251
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/847,864
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/848,557
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 14/848,572
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/140,671
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/650,185
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/652,621
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/652,677
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/652,916
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/652,978
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/653,073
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/807,836
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/808,327
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`• U.S. Patent Application No. 15/808,383
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`C. Lead and Back-Up Counsel and Service Information (37 C.F.R. §
`42.8(b)(3)-(4)) - Unchanged
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`Patent Owner identifies the following lead and back-up counsel and service
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`information:
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`Lead Counsel
`Anish R. Desai
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
`T: 212-310-8730
`F: 212-310-8007
`anish.desai@weil.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 73,760
`Customer No. 506,499
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`Back-Up Counsel
`Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
`T: 212-310-8022
`F: 212-310-8007
`elizabeth.weiswasser@weil.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 55,721
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`Adrian Percer
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`201 Redwood Shores Parkway
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`T: 650-802-3141
`F: 650-802-3100
`adrian.percer@weil.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 46,986
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`Christopher T. Marando
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street, N.W., Suite 600
`Washington, D.C. 20036
`T: 202-682-7094
`F: 202-857-0940
`christopher.marando@weil.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 67,898
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`Christopher M. Pepe
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street, N.W., Suite 600
`Washington, D.C. 20036
`T: 202-682-7153
`F: 202-857-0940
`christopher.pepe@weil.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 73,851
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`Please address all correspondence to lead and backup counsel. Patent Owner
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`consents to service by electronic mail at the following address:
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`Ethicon.IPR.Service@weil.com.
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`Date: July 22, 2019
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`/Anish R. Desai/
`Anish R. Desai
`Reg. No. 73,760
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
`T: 212-310-8730
`anish.desai@weil.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on July 22, 2019, the foregoing
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`PATENT OWNER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8 was served 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
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`katz@fr.com
`phillips@fr.com
`oconnor@fr.com
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`IPR11030-0049IP9@fr.com
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`/Timothy J. Andersen/ a
`Timothy J. Andersen
`Case Manager
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street, N.W., Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20036
`T: 202-682-7075
`timothy.andersen@weil.com
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