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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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`PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS, S.A.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________________
`Case IPR2020-01602
`Patent 9,901,123
`_______________
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Patent Owner, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. (“Patent Owner”), provides the
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`Case IPR2020-01602
`Patent 9,901,123
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`following mandatory notices pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2).
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`I.
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`REAL PARTIES-IN-INTEREST
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), Patent Owner identifies RAI
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`Strategic Holdings, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, RAI Innovations
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`Company, and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as real parties-in-interest.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), Patent Owner states the following:
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`A.
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`Proceedings Before the USPTO Involving the Patent at Issue
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,901,123 (“’123 patent”), which is the subject of this
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`proceeding, is at issue in the following inter partes review proceeding:
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`
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`Proceeding
`IPR2020-00919
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`Petitioner
`Philip Morris Products, S.A.
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`B.
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`Proceedings Before the USPTO Involving Related Patents
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`The following proceedings before the USPTO involve patents related to the
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`’123 patent:
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`Proceeding
`IPR2020-00921
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`Petitioner
`Philip Morris Products, S.A.
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`U.S. Patent No.
`9,814,268
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`Both the ’123 patent and U.S. Patent No. 9,814,268 claim priority to U.S.
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`Serial No. 11/550,634 filed on October 18, 2006, now issued as U.S. Patent No.
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`7,726,320.
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`C.
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`Litigations Involving the Patent at Issue
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`Case IPR2020-01602
`Patent 9,901,123
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`The ’123 patent is involved in litigation in RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. v.
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`Altria Client Services LLC, No. 1:20-cv-00393-LO-TCB (E.D. Va.), filed April 9,
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`2020, and at the United States International Trade Commission, Investigation No.
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`337-TA-1199, Certain Tobacco Heating Articles and Components Thereof, filed
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`on April 9, 2020 and instituted by the Commission on May 11, 2020.
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`III. LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL AND SERVICE INFORMATION
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.8(b)(3), 42.8(b)(4), and 42.10(a), Patent
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`Owner identifies the following lead and backup counsel and service information:
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`Lead counsel:
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`Backup counsel:
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`David M. Maiorana (Reg. No. 41,449)
`Jones Day
`901 Lakeside Avenue
`Cleveland, OH 44114
`Tel: (216) 586-3939
`Fax: (216) 579-0212
`Email: dmaiorana@jonesday.com
`
`
`Anthony M. Insogna (Reg. No. 35,203)
`Jones Day
`4655 Executive Drive, Suite 1500
`San Diego, CA 92121-3134
`Tel: (858) 314-1200
`Fax: (844) 345-3178
`Email: aminsogna@jonesday.com
`
`
`Kenneth S. Luchesi (Reg. No. 58,673)
`Jones Day
`901 Lakeside Avenue
`Cleveland, OH 44114-1190
`Tel: (216) 586-3939
`Fax: (216) 579-0212
`Email: kluchesi@jonesday.com
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`Case IPR2020-01602
`Patent 9,901,123
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`Joshua R. Nightingale (Reg. No. 67,865)
`Jones Day
`500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514
`Tel: (412) 391-3939
`Fax: (412) 394-7959
`Email: jrnightingale@jonesday.com
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`
`Geoffrey K. Gavin (Reg. No. 47,591)
`Jones Day
`1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800
`Atlanta, GA 30309-3053
`Tel: (404) 521-3939
`Fax: (404) 581-8330
`Email: ggavin@jonesday.com
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`David B. Cochran (Reg. No. 39,142)
`George N. Phillips (Reg. No. 68,001)
`Jones Day
`Jones Day
`901 Lakeside Avenue
`250 Vesey Street
`Cleveland, OH 44114
`New York, NY 10281-1047
`Tel: (216) 586-3939
`Tel: (212) 326-3939
`Fax: (216) 579-0212
`Fax: (212) 755-7306
`Email: dcochran@jonesday.com
`Email: gphillips@jonesday.com
`Patent Owner consents to electronic service by email at the email addresses
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`listed above.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b), a Power of Attorney is being submitted to
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`the Board herewith.
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`Dated: October 9, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`
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`
` /David M. Maiorana/
`David M. Maiorana (Reg. No. 41,449)
`JONES DAY
`901 Lakeside Avenue
`Cleveland, OH 44114
`Telephone: (216) 586-3939
`Facsimile: (216) 579-0212
`Email: dmaiorana@jonesday.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, the undersigned certifies that a copy of the
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`Case IPR2020-00919
`Patent 9,901,123
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`foregoing “Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices” was served on October 9, 2020 by
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`electronic mail upon the following counsel of record for Petitioner, Philip Morris
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`Products, S.A.:
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`Jonathan M. Strang, Reg. No. 61,724
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20004-1304
`Tel: (202) 637-2362
`Fax: (202) 637-2201
`Email: jonathan.strang@lw.com
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`
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`Dated: October 9, 2020
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`Matthew J. Moore, Reg. No. 42,012
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20004-1304
`Tel: (202) 637-2278
`Fax: (202) 637-2201
`Email: matthew.moore@lw.com
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`Christopher W. Henry, Reg. No. 60,907
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`200 Clarendon Street
`Boston, MA 02116
`Tel: (617) 880-4550
`Fax: (617) 948-6001
`Email: christopher.henry@lw.com
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`/David M. Maiorana/
`David M. Maiorana (Reg. No. 41,449)
`JONES DAY
`901 Lakeside Avenue
`Cleveland, OH 44114
`Telephone: (216) 586-3939
`Facsimile: (216) 579-0212
`Email: dmaiorana@jonesday.com
`
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
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