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` Paper No. 19
` Filed: August 19, 2019
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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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`NEPTUNE GENERICS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AVENTIS PHARMA S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00136
`Patent 5,847,170
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`Before ANDREI IANCU, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
`and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
`ANDREW HIRSHFELD, Commissioner for Patents, and SCOTT R. BOALICK,
`Chief Administrative Patent Judge.
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`PER CURIAM.
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`ORDER
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`The Office received a request for Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) review
`of an issue raised in this case. See Ex. 3001. The request was referred to the POP
`panel referenced above.
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`IPR2019-00136
`Patent 5,847,170
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`Upon consideration of the request, it is
`ORDERED that the request for POP review is denied; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the original panel maintains authority over all
`matters, including considering the submitted rehearing request.
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`IPR2019-00136
`Patent 5,847,170
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Alexander E. Gasser
`agasser@skiermontderby.com
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`Sarah Spires
`sspires@skiermontderby.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Daniel J. Minion
`DMinion@Venable.com
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`Dominick A. Conde
`DConde@Venable.com
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