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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` HOPEWELL PHARMA VENTURES, INC.,
`Petitioner
`v.
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` MERCK SERONO S.A.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2023-00481
`U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
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`PETITIONER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Case IPR2023-00481
`U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
`Petitioner Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc. (“Petitioner”), hereby files
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`Updated Mandatory Notices pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3) to add Pratibha
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`Khanduri, Tyler C. Liu, and Madeleine C. Bond to the list of Petitioner’s back-up
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`counsel. No other information in Petitioner’s Mandatory Notices has changed.
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`I.
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`LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Lead and back-up counsel for Petitioner are:
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`Lead Counsel
`Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Esq. (Reg.
`No. 39,967)
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX
`PLLC
`1101 K Street NW, 10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20005
`202.772.8508 (telephone)
`202.371.2540 (facsimile)
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`eellison-PTAB@sternekessler.com
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`Back-Up Counsel
`Olga A. Partington, Ph.D., Esq. (Reg.
`No. 65,326)
`Chandrika Vira, Esq. (Reg. No. 60,607)
`John Christopher Rozendaal, Esq. (pro
`hac vice)
`Christina E. Dashe, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Pratibha Khanduri, Ph.D., Esq. (Reg. No.
`81,318)
`Tyler C. Liu, Esq. (Reg. No. 72,126)
`Madeleine C. Bond, Esq. (Reg. No.
`81,485)
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX
`PLLC
`1101 K Street NW, 10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20005
`202.371.2600 (telephone)
`202.371.2540 (facsimile)
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`opartington-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`cvira-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`jcrozendaal-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`cdashe-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`pkhanduri-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`tliu-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`mbond-PTAB@sternekessler.com
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`SERVICE INFORMATION
`Please address all correspondence to the lead and backup counsel as shown
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`above. Petitioner consents to electronic service by email at
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`PTAB@sternekessler.com and all of the email addresses provided above.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
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`/Eldora L. Ellison/
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`Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Esq.
`Registration No. 39,967
`Lead Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: February 12, 2024
`1101 K Street, NW, 10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
`I certify that the above-captioned PETITIONER’S UPDATED
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`MANDATORY NOTICES was served in its entirety on February 12, 2024, upon
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`the following parties via electronic mail:
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`Emily R. Whelan (Lead Counsel) Emily.Whelan@wilmerhale.com
`Deric Geng (Back-up Counsel) Deric.Geng@wilmerhale.com
`Cindy Kan (Back-up Counsel) Cindy.Kan@wilmerhale.com
`David B. Bassett (Back-up Counsel) David.Bassett@wilmerhale.com
`Vinita Ferrera (Back-up Counsel) Vinita.Ferrera@wilmerhale.com
`David Mlaver (Back-up Counsel) David.Mlaver@wilmerhale.com
`Mary.Pheng (Back-up Counsel) Mary.Pheng@wilmerhale.com
`Asher McGuffin (Back-up Counsel) Asher.McGuffin@wilmerhale.com
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
`WHMerckMavencladIPRs@wilmerhale.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
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`/Eldora L. Ellison/
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`Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Esq.
`Registration No. 39,967
`Lead Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: February 12, 2024
`1101 K Street, NW, 10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`21812255.1
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