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Elekta Inc. v. Best Medical International, Inc.

IPR2020-00073 | Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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Filed Oct. 18, 2019

Judges John Hudalla, Karl Easthom, and William Saindon

Case Type Inter Partes Review

Status Institution Denied

Challenged Patent 10/887,966

Patent No. 7,266,175 assignments

Tech Center 2800

Art Unit 2882

Inventors Merle E. Romesberg III

Last Updated: 5 months ago

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5/29/2020	05-29-2020-Board	Board Refund Approval 22: Notice of Refund
5/26/2020	05-26-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Refund Request 21: Petitioner¿¿¿s Request For Refund Of Post-Institution Fees
4/17/2020	04-17-2020-Board	Board Institution Decision 19: EXPUNGED Event: Petition Institution (Denied) Board Institution Decision 20: Trial Instituted Document
3/30/2020	03-30-2020-Board	Board Order 16: ORDER Conditionally Granting Patent Owner¿¿¿s Motion to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel 37 C.F.R. ¿¿ 42.10
3/30/2020	03-30-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Power of Attorney 17: Patent Owner¿¿¿s Updated Power of Attorney Patent Owner Notice 18: Patent Owner¿¿¿s Updated Mandatory Notices
3/20/2020	03-20-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 15: Motion to Withdraw and Substitution of Counsel
2/26/2020	02-26-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 12: Petitioner's Motion to File Under Seal Petitioner Reply 13: Petitioner's Reply to PO's Surreply Petitioner Exhibit List 14: Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List Petitioner Exhibit 1037: Ex. 1037 REDACTED Fraizer Declaration Petitioner Exhibit 1037: Ex. 1037 SEALED Fraizer Declaration Petitioner Exhibit 1038: Ex. 1038 Proposed Protective Order
2/11/2020	02-11-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Reply 10: Patent Owner's Sur-Reply Patent Owner Exhibit List 11: Patent Owner's Exhibit List as of February 11, 2020 Patent Owner Exhibit 2036: Exhibit 2036 - Proof of Service Impac Medical Systems 18-cv-1600 Patent Owner Exhibit 2037: Exhibit 2037 - Reply Brief
2/6/2020	02-06-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Reply 8: Petitioner's Preliminary Reply Petitioner Exhibit List 9: Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List Petitioner Exhibit 1035: Ex. 1035 - Bhakar Declaration ISO Petitioner Preliminary Reply Petitioner Exhibit 1036: Ex. 1036 - Fraizer Declaration ISO Petitioner Preliminary Reply
2/3/2020	02-03-2020-Board	Board Order 7: Order - Authorizing Reply and Sur-reply - 37 CFR 42.5, 42.20
1/23/2020	01-23-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Exhibit List 5: Patent Owner's Exhibit List as of January 23, 2020 Event: Preliminary Response Patent Owner Preliminary Response 6: Patent Owner Preliminary Response Patent Owner Exhibit 2001: Exhibit 2001 - Daniel Chase CV Patent Owner Exhibit 2002: Exhibit 2002 - Chase Declaration IPR2020-00073 Patent Owner Exhibit 2003: Exhibit 2003 - Wu-2000 Patent Owner Exhibit 2004: Exhibit 2004 - Mohan 2000 Patent Owner Exhibit 2005: Exhibit 2005 - Wang US 7,015,490 Patent Owner Exhibit 2006: Exhibit 2006 - Mohan 1988 Patent Owner Exhibit 2007: Exhibit 2007 - Ma 1999 Patent Owner Exhibit 2009: Exhibit 2009 - Bortfeld Patent Owner Exhibit 2010: Exhibit 2010 - Purdy 1996 Patent Owner Exhibit 2011: Exhibit 2011 - WEBB 1998 Patent Owner Exhibit 2012: Exhibit 2012 - Nutting Patent Owner Exhibit 2013: Exhibit 2013 - Klein Patent Owner Exhibit 2014: Exhibit 2014 - Proof of Service (IPR2020-00073) Patent Owner Exhibit 2015: Exhibit 2015 - Box labels (IPR2020-00073) Patent Owner Exhibit 2016: Exhibit 2016 - Priority Mail Express Information Patent Owner Exhibit 2017: Exhibit 2017 - USPS Tracking Results (IPR2020-00073) Patent Owner Exhibit 2018: Exhibit 2018 - USPS Registered Mail Tracking Results (IPR2020-00073) Patent Owner Exhibit 2019: Exhibit 2019 - Xing 2000
11/5/2019	11-05-2019-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Mandatory Notice 4: Patent Owner Mandatory Notice Information
10/23/2019	10-23-2019-Board	Board Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition 3: Notice of Accord Filing Date
10/18/2019	10-18-2019-Petitioner	Petitioner Power of Attorney 1: Elekta Power of Attorney Event: Petition Petitioner Petition 2: IPR2020-00073 Petition Petitioner Exhibit 1001: Ex. 1001 U.S. Patent No. 7,266,175 (175 patent) Petitioner Exhibit 1002: Ex. 1002 Prosecution History of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/887,966 which matured into U.S. Patent No. 7,266,175 (175 File History) Petitioner Exhibit 1003: Ex. 1003 Declaration of Joao Seco, PhD (Seco Declaration) Petitioner Exhibit 1004: Ex. 1004 US Patent No. 6,393,096 (096 patent) Petitioner Exhibit 1005: Ex. 1005 US Patent No. 6,038,283 (283 patent) Petitioner Exhibit 1006: Ex. 1006 Webb, Steve. A simple method to control aspects of fluence modulation in IMRT planning. Physics in Medicine & Biology 46.7 (2001): N187. PubMed P.M.I.D.: 11474945 (Webb 2001) Petitioner Exhibit 1007: Ex. 1007 Physics in Medicine and Biology Online Publication History of Webb 2001, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-9155/46/7/403/meta Petitioner Exhibit 1008: Ex. 1008 Siebers, Jeffrey V., et al. Incorporating multi leaf collimator leaf sequencing into iterative IMRT optimization. International Journal of Medical Physics Research and Practice 29.6 (2002): 952-959. PubMed P.M.I.D.: 12094990 (Siebers 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1009: Ex. 1009 International Journal of Medical Physics Research and Practice Online Publication History of Siebers 2002, https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1118/1.1477230 Petitioner Exhibit 1010: Ex. 1010 Shepard, D. M., et al. Direct aperture optimization: a turnkey solution for step and shoot IMRT. Medical physics 29.6 (2002): 1007-1018, PubMed P.M.I.D.: 12094970 (Shepard 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1011: Ex. 1011 AAPM Online Publication History of Shepard 2002, https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1118/1.1477415 Petitioner Exhibit 1012: Ex. 1012 Que, William. Comparison of algorithms for multileaf collimator field segmentation. International Journal of Medical Physics Research and Practice 26.11 (1999): 2390-2396. PubMed P.M.I.D.: 10587222 (Que 1999) Petitioner Exhibit 1013: Ex. 1013 AAPM Online Publication History of Que 1999, https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1118/1.598755 Petitioner Exhibit 1014: Ex. 1014 Bar, W., M. Alber, and F. Nusslin. A variable fluence step clustering and segmentation algorithm for step and shoot IMRT. Physics in Medicine & Biology 46.7 (2001): 1997. PubMed P.M.I.D.: 11474940 (Bar 2001) Petitioner Exhibit 1015: Ex. 1015 IOP Publishing Ltd. publication history of Bar 2001, https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/0031-9155/46/7 Petitioner Exhibit 1016: Ex. 1016 Alber, M., and F. Nusslin. Optimization of intensity modulated radiotherapy under constraints for static and dynamic MLC delivery. Physics in Medicine & Biology 46.12 (2001): 3229 (Alber 2001) Petitioner Exhibit 1017: Ex. 1017 IOP Publishing Ltd. publication history of Alber 2001, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-9155/46/12/311/meta Petitioner Exhibit 1018: Ex. 1018 Karzmark, Clarence J., and Robert J. Morton. Primer on theory and operation of linear accelerators in radiation therapy. No. FDA--82-8181. Bureau of Radiological Health, 1981 Petitioner Exhibit 1020: Ex. 1020 Curriculum vitae of Arthur L. Boyer Petitioner Exhibit 1021: Ex. 1021 Arthur L. Boyer Declaration # 1 on the State of the Art in the 1990s Petitioner Exhibit 1022: Ex. 1022 Google Scholar Report for Shepard 2002 (date limited: -2003) Petitioner Exhibit 1023: Ex. 1023 Google Scholar Report for Que 1999 (date limited: -2003) Petitioner Exhibit 1024: Ex. 1024 Google Scholar Report for Webb 2001 (date limited: -2003) Petitioner Exhibit 1025: Ex. 1025 Google Scholar Report for Siebers 2002 (date limited: -2003) Petitioner Exhibit 1026: Ex. 1026 Google Scholar Report for Alber 2001 (date limited: -2003) Petitioner Exhibit 1027: Ex. 1027 Google Scholar Report for Bar 2001 (date limited: -2003) Petitioner Exhibit 1028: Ex. 1028 Carol, M. P. Where we go from here: one persons vision. Sternick ES: The Theory and Practice of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Madison, WI, Advanced Medical Publishing (1997): 243-252. (Carol 1997) Petitioner Exhibit 1029: Ex. 1029 Declaration of Marla Hirth Petitioner Exhibit 1030: Ex. 1030 Dai, Jianrong, and Yunping Zhu. Minimizing the number of segments in a delivery sequence for intensity modulated radiation therapy with a multileaf collimator. Medical Physics 28.10 (2001): 2113-2120. (Dai 2001) Petitioner Exhibit 1031: Ex. 1031 Seco, J., Evans, P. M., & Webb, S. (2001). Analysis of the effects of the delivery technique on an IMRT plan: comparison for multiple static field, dynamic and NOMOS MIMiC collimation. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 46(12), 3073. Petitioner Exhibit 1032: Ex. 1032 Seco, J., Evans, P. M., & Webb, S. (2002). An optimization algorithm that incorporates IMRT delivery constraints. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 47(6), 899. Petitioner Exhibit 1033: Ex. 1033 Attachments to Ex. 1029 (Hirth Declaration) p. 1-288 Petitioner Exhibit 1034: Ex. 1034 Attachments to Ex. 1029 (Hirth Declaration) p. 290-end

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