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Filed: May 21, 2024
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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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`TWI PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`MERCK SERONO SA,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2023-00049 (Patent 7,713,947 B2)
`IPR2023-00050 (Patent 8,377,903 B2)1
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`Before ULRIKE W. JENKS, ZHENYU YANG and TINA HULSE,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`NOTICE OF STIPULATION TO MODIFY DUE DATES 2 AND 3
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`1 The identical paper is filed in each proceeding identified in the caption.
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`Petitioner TWi Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Patent Owner Merck
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`Serono SA (“Patent Owner”) (collectively, “the parties”) hereby notify the Board
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`that the parties have stipulated to modify certain dates set forth in the Scheduling
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`Order (Paper 16 in IPR2023-00049; Paper 14 in IPR2023-00050). The parties have
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`conferred and reached agreement regarding modification of DUE DATE 2 (as it
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`relates to Petitioner’s reply to Patent Owner’s response to petition) and DUE DATE
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`3 (as it relates to Patent Owner’s sur-reply to reply), and hereby stipulate to the
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`following adjustments to the schedule:
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`DUE DATE 2
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`Original Date
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`New Agreed Date
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`June 5, 2024
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`June 20, 2024
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`Petitioner’s reply to Patent Owner’s
`response to petition
`DUE DATE 3
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`Patent Owner’s sur-reply to reply
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`July 17, 2024
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`August 16, 2024
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`The revised deadlines above do not impact any other due dates, and do not
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`unduly delay these proceedings.
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`/Philip D. Segrest, Jr./
`Philip D. Segrest, Jr. (Reg. No. 39,021)
`philip.segrest@huschblackwell.com
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Nathan P. Sportel
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Emily R. Whelan/
`Emily R. Whelan (Reg. No. 50,391)
`Emily.Whelan@wilmerhale.com
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Vinita Ferrera (pro hac vice)
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`Stephen R. Howe
`Don J. Mizerk (pro hac vice)
` Backup Counsel for Petitioner
`HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP
`120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Tel. 312-655-1500
`Fax. 312-644-1501
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`Deric X. Geng, Ph.D. (Reg. No. 73,434)
`Scott Bertulli (Reg. No. 75,886)
`Asher S. McGuffin (Reg. No. 81,206)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
`HALE AND DORR LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`Tel: (617) 526-6000
`Fax: (617) 526-5000
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`David B. Bassett (pro hac vice)
`Cindy Kan (Reg. No. 76,385)
`Mary Pheng (pro hac vice)
`Gillian T. Farrell (pro hac vice)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
`HALE AND DORR LLP
`7 World Trade Center
`250 Greenwich Street
`New York, NY 10007
`Tel: (212) 230-8800
`Fax: (212) 230-8888
`Backup Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.105, Petitioner certifies that the foregoing
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`document was served via electronic mail to the attorneys of record in this proceeding
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`at the following:
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`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
`WHMerckMavencladIPRs@wilmerhale.com
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Emily R. Whelan (Reg. No. 50,391)
`Emily.Whelan@wilmerhale.com
`Vinita Ferrera (pro hac vice)
`Vinita.Ferrera@wilmerhale.com
`Deric X. Geng, Ph.D. (Reg. No. 73,434)
`Deric.Geng@wilmerhale.com
`Scott Bertulli (Reg. No. 75,886)
`Scott.Bertulli@wilmerhale.com
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`May 21, 2024
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`Asher S. McGuffin (Reg. No. 81,206)
`Asher.McGuffin@wilmerhale.com
`David B. Bassett (pro hac vice)
`David.Bassett@wilmerhale.com
`Cindy Kan (Reg. No. 76,385)
`Cindy.Kan@wilmerhale.com
`Mary Pheng (pro hac vice)
`Mary.Pheng@wilmerhale.com
`Gillian T. Farrell (pro hac vice)
`Gillian.Farrell@wilmerhale.com
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`/Philip D. Segrest, Jr./
`Philip D. Segrest, Jr. (Reg. No. 39,021)
`philip.segrest@huschblackwell.com
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Nathan P. Sportel
`Stephen R. Howe
`Don J. Mizerk (pro hac vice)
` Backup Counsel for Petitioner
`HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP
`120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Tel. 312-655-1500
`Fax. 312-644-1501
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