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`Paper 13
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` Date June 7, 2023
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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,
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`v.
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`MERCK SERONO SA,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2023-00049 (Patent 7,713,947 B2)
`IPR2023-00050 (Patent 8,377,903 B2)
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`Before KATHERINE K. VIDAL, Under Secretary of Commerce for
`Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office, SCOTT R. BOALICK, Chief Administrative Patent
`Judge, and JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, Deputy Chief
`Administrative Patent Judge.
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`PER CURIAM.
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`IPR2023-00049 (Patent 7,713,947 B2)
`IPR2023-00050 (Patent 8,377,903 B2)
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`ORDER
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`The Office received a rehearing request and a request for Precedential
`Opinion Panel (POP) review of an issue raised in each of the above-listed
`proceedings. See Paper 11; Ex. 3001.1 The requests were referred to the
`POP panel referenced above.
`Upon consideration of the requests, it is:
`ORDERED that the requests for POP review are denied; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the original panel maintains authority
`over all matters, including considering the submitted rehearing requests.
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`1 All citations are to the papers and exhibits in IPR2023-00049.
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`IPR2023-00049 (Patent 7,713,947 B2)
`IPR2023-00050 (Patent 8,377,903 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
`Philip Segrest
`Nathan Sportel
`Stephen Howe
`HUSCH BLACKWELL, LLP
`Philip.segrest@huschblackwell.com
`Nathan.sportel@huschblackwell.com
`Steve.howe@huschblackwell.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`Emily Whelan
`Deric Geng
`Cindy Kan
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
`Emily.whelan@wilmerhale.com
`Deric.geng@wilmerhale.com
`Cindy.kan@wilmerhale.com
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