`571-272-7822
`Date: March 23, 2022
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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., CELLTRION, INC., and
`APOTEX, INC.
`Petitioners,
`v.
`REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-00880, Patent No. 9,669,069 B21
`IPR2021-00881, Patent No. 9,254,338 B22
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`Before ERICA A. FRANKLIN, JOHN G. NEW, and
`SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`NEW, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`REVISED JOINT SCHEDULING ORDER3
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`1 IPR2022-00257 and IPR2022-00301 have been joined with this
`proceeding.
`2 IPR2022-00258 and IPR2022-00298 have been joined with this
`proceeding.
`3 This Scheduling Order sets due dates that are identical in the listed cases.
`The combined caption is for administrative convenience only and does not
`indicate that IPR2021-00880 and IPR2021-00881 have been joined. The
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`IPR2021-00880, Patent No. 9,669,069 B2
`IPR2021-00881, Patent No. 9,254,338 B2
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`parties are not authorized to use this caption without express permission of
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`IPR2021-00880, Patent No. 9,669,069 B2
`IPR2021-00881, Patent No. 9,254,338 B2
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`A. DUE DATES
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`This Revised Scheduling Order sets the remaining due dates for
`the parties to take action over the remaining course of this proceeding.
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`1. DUE DATE 2
`Petitioners may file a reply to the Patent Owner’s response.
`Petitioners may file an opposition to the motion to amend.
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`2. DUE DATE 3
`Patent Owner may file a sur-reply to Petitioners’ reply.
`Patent Owner may also file either:
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`a reply to the opposition to the motion to amend
`and preliminary board guidance (if provided); or
`a revised motion to amend.
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`NOTE: If Patent Owner files neither of the above papers (a
`reply to the opposition or a revised motion to amend), and the Board
`has issued preliminary guidance, Petitioners may file a reply to the
`preliminary guidance, no later than three (3) weeks after DUE DATE
`3. Patent Owner may file a sur-reply to Petitioners’ reply to the
`preliminary guidance no later than three (3) weeks after Petitioners’
`reply.
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`3. DUE DATE 4
`Either party may file a request for oral argument (may not be
`extended by stipulation).
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`IPR2021-00881, Patent No. 9,254,338 B2
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`4. DUE DATE 5
`Either party may file a motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.64(c)).
`Petitioners may file a sur-reply to the opposition to the motion
`to amend.
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`5. DUE DATE 6
`Either party may file an opposition to a motion to exclude
`evidence.
`Either party may request that the Board hold a pre-hearing
`conference.
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`6. DUE DATE 7
`Either party may file a reply to an opposition to a motion to
`exclude evidence.
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`7. DUE DATE 8
`The oral argument (if requested by either party) shall be held on
`this date. Approximately one month prior to the argument, the
`Board will issue an order setting the start time of the hearing
`and the procedures that will govern the parties’ arguments.
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`IPR2021-00880, Patent No. 9,669,069 B2
`IPR2021-00881, Patent No. 9,254,338 B2
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`DUE DATE 2 ............................................................................. May 27, 2022
`Petitioners’ reply to Patent Owner’s response to the petition
`Petitioners’ opposition to Patent Owner’s motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ................................................................................ July 6, 2022
`Patent Owner’s sur-reply to Petitioners’ reply to the response to the
`petition
`Patent Owner’s reply to Petitioners’ opposition to the motion to
`amend OR Patent Owner’s revised motion to amend4
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`DUE DATE 4 ................................................................................ July 8, 2022
`Request for oral argument (may not be extended by stipulation)
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`DUE DATE 5 .............................................................................. July 20, 2022
`Petitioners’ sur-reply to the opposition to the motion to amend
`Motion to exclude evidence
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`DUE DATE 6 .............................................................................. July 27, 2022
`Opposition to motion to exclude
`Request for pre-hearing conference
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`DUE DATE 7 ........................................................................... August 2, 2022
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 8 ......................................................................... August 10, 2022
`Oral argument (if requested)
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`4 If Patent Owner files neither a reply to Petitioners’ opposition to the MTA
`nor a revised MTA, the parties are directed to Section A(2) above.
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`IPR2021-00880, Patent No. 9,669,069 B2
`IPR2021-00881, Patent No. 9,254,338 B2
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`For Petitioners:
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`William Rakoczy
`Neil McLaughlin
`Pal Molino
`RAKOCZY MOLINO MAZZOCHI SIWIK LLP
`wrakoczy@rmmslegal.com
`nmclaughlin@rmmslegal.com
`paul@rmmslegal.com
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`For Patent Owner:
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`Deborah Fishman
`Alice Sin Yu Ho
`ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`Deborah.fishman@kayescholer.com
`Alice.ho@arnoldporter.com
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