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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822 Entered: March 25, 2020
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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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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. and PFIZER INC.,1
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`IPR2018-01675, IPR2018-01676 (Patent 8,603,044 B2)
`IPR2018-01678, IPR2018-01679, IPR2019-00122 (Patent 8,992,486 B2)
`IPR2018-01680, IPR2018-01682 (Patent 9,526,844 B2)
`IPR2018-01684 (Patent 9,604,008 B2)2
`____________
`
`
`Before LYNNE H. BROWNE, HYUN J. JUNG,
`BART A. GERSTENBLITH, and JAMES A. TARTAL, Administrative
`Patent Judges.
`
`BROWNE, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`
`ORDER
`Adjusting One-Year Pendency Due to Joinder
`35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11); 37 C.F.R § 42.100(c)
`
`
`1 Pfizer Inc. was joined as a petitioner in these proceedings.
`2 We exercise our discretion to issue one order to be filed in each
`proceeding. The parties may use this style heading only if the paper
`includes a statement certifying that the identical paper is being filed in each
`proceeding listed in the caption.
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`
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`
`
`IPR2018-01675, IPR2018-1676 (Patent 8,603,044 B2)
`IPR2018-01678, IPR2018-01679, IPR2019-00122 (Patent 8,992,486 B2)
`IPR2018-01680, IPR2018-01682 (Patent 9,526,844 B2)
`IPR2018-01684 (Patent 9,604,008 B2)
`
`
`On April 2, 2019, the Board instituted inter partes review in IPR2018-
`01675 and IPR2018-01676. Paper 28.3 The Board instituted inter partes
`review in the remaining proceedings on April 3, 2019. On August 15, 2019,
`the Board joined Pfizer Inc., to each of these proceedings. See Paper 48.
`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11), “the final determination in an
`inter partes review [shall] be issued not later than 1 year after the date on
`which the Director notices the institution of a review under this chapter,
`except that the Director . . . may adjust the time periods in this paragraph in
`the case of joinder under section 315(c).” The Director has delegated the
`authority to adjust the one-year period to the Board. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.100(c). In particular, 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(c) provides:
`An inter partes review proceeding shall be administered such
`that pendency before the Board after institution is normally no
`more than one year. The time can be . . . adjusted by the Board
`in the case of joinder.
`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(c), the Board adjusts the time
`of pendency before the Board in the present proceedings, which involve
`joinder, to permit the Board to consider and determine the pending issues.
`The Board shall issue a Final Written Decision in this proceeding no later
`than May 29, 2020.
`It is
`ORDERED that the time of pendency in these proceedings, which
`involve joinder, is adjusted; and
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`3 Citations are to IPR2018-01675. Similar papers have been entered in each
`of the proceedings subject to this Order.
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`2
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`
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`IPR2018-01675, IPR2018-1676 (Patent 8,603,044 B2)
`IPR2018-01678, IPR2018-01679, IPR2019-00122 (Patent 8,992,486 B2)
`IPR2018-01680, IPR2018-01682 (Patent 9,526,844 B2)
`IPR2018-01684 (Patent 9,604,008 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Board shall issue a Final Written
`Decision in each proceeding no later than May 29, 2020.
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`3
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`IPR2018-01675, IPR2018-1676 (Patent 8,603,044 B2)
`IPR2018-01678, IPR2018-01679, IPR2019-00122 (Patent 8,992,486 B2)
`IPR2018-01680, IPR2018-01682 (Patent 9,526,844 B2)
`IPR2018-01684 (Patent 9,604,008 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
`
`Richard Torczon
`Wesley Derryberry
`Douglas Carsten
`Jeffrey W. Guise
`Nicole W. Stafford
`Lorelei Westin
`Arthur Dykhuis
`Tasha Thomas
`Elham F. Steiner
`Lora Green
`Jad Mills
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`rtorczon@wsgr.com
`wderryberry@wsgr.com
`dcarsten@wsgr.com
`jguise@wsgr.com
`nstafford@wsgr.com
`lwestin@wsgr.com
`adykhuis@wsgr.com
`tthomas@wsgr.com
`esteiner@wsgr.com
`lgreen@wsgr.com
`jmills@wsgr.com
`
`Jovial Wong
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`jwong@winston.com
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`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Elizabeth Weiswasser
`Anish R. Desai
`Sudip K. Kundu
`Kathryn M. Kantha
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`IPR2018-01675, IPR2018-1676 (Patent 8,603,044 B2)
`IPR2018-01678, IPR2018-01679, IPR2019-00122 (Patent 8,992,486 B2)
`IPR2018-01680, IPR2018-01682 (Patent 9,526,844 B2)
`IPR2018-01684 (Patent 9,604,008 B2)
`
`Adrian C. Percer
`Brian C. Chang
`William S. Ansley
`Matthew D. Sieger
`Robert T. Vlasis
`Anna M. Dwyer
`Andrew Gesior
`WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
`elizabeth.weiswasser@weil.com
`anish.desai@weil.com
`sudip.kundu@weil.com
`kathryn.kantha@weil.com
`adrian.percer@weilcom
`brian.chang@weil.com
`sutton.ansley@weil.com
`matthew.sieger@weil.com
`robert.vlasis@weil.com
`anna.dwyer@weil.com
`andrew.gesior@weil.com
`
`W. Karl Renner
`John S. Goetz
`Joshua A. Griswold
`Matthew S. Colvin
`Kenneth W. Darby, Jr.
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`axf-ptab@fr.com
`goetz@fr.com
`colvin@fr.com
`kdarby@fr.com
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