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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`___________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`___________________
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`HOPEWELL PHARMA VENTURES, INC.,
`Petitioner
`v.
`MERCK SERONO SA,
`Patent Owner
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`___________________
`
`Case IPR2023-00481
`U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
`___________________
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`NOTICE OF JOINT STIPULATION TO
`MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER
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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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`
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`Case IPR2023-00481
`U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
`On September 22, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued
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`a Scheduling Order for this inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
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`(Paper 11), setting forth due dates for the parties. On November 6, 2023, the
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`parties jointly stipulated to adjust DUE DATES 1, 2, and 3. Paper 14. On March
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`19, 2024, the parties jointly stipulated to further adjust DUE DATES 2 and 3.
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`Paper 39.
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`The Scheduling Order provides that the “parties may stipulate different dates
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`for DUE DATES 1, 5, and 6, as well as the portion of DUE DATE 2 related to
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`Petitioner’s reply (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 3 for Patent
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`Owner’s sur-reply) and the portion of DUE DATE 3 related to Patent Owner’s sur-
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`reply (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 7).” Paper 11 at 8.
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`The Parties hereby stipulate to further modify DUE DATE 3 as follows:
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`
`
`Filing
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`Adjusted Due
`Date
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`Further Modified
`Date Pursuant to
`Stipulation
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`Due Date 3
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`Patent Owner’s
`Sur-Reply
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`May 17, 2024
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`May 21, 2024
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`
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`Patent Owner did not file a motion to amend the claims, so the deadlines
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`pertaining to a motion to amend are not applicable.
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`All other due dates remain unchanged. For the Board’s convenience, below
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`is a table identifying the original dates set forth in the Scheduling Order (Paper 11)
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`for DUE DATES 4-8:
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`Due Date 4
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`Due Date 5
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`Due Date 6
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`Due Date 7
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`Due Date 8
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`Original Due Date
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`May 10, 2024
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`May 31, 2024
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`June 7, 2024
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`June 14, 2024
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`June 25, 2024
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`Modified Date Pursuant
`to Stipulation
`Unchanged
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`Unchanged
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`Unchanged
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`Unchanged
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`Unchanged
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`
`
`
`
`
`Date: April 15, 2024
`1101 K Street, NW, 10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`
`/Eldora L. Ellison/
`
`Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Esq.
`Registration No. 39,967
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Case IPR2023-00481
`U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
` WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND
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`DORR LLP
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`
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`/Emily R. Whelan/
`
`Emily R. Whelan
`Registration No. 50,391
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Date: April 15, 2024
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`(617) 526-6567
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`Case IPR2023-00481
`U.S. Patent No. 8,377,903
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
`I certify that the above-captioned NOTICE OF JOINT STIPULATION
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`TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER was served in its entirety on April
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`15, 2024, upon 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
`Scott Bertulli (Back-up Counsel) Scott.Bertulli@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
`
`/Eldora L. Ellison/
`
`Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D., Esq.
`Registration No. 39,967
`Lead Attorney for Petitioner
`
`Date: April 15, 2024
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`1101 K Street, NW, 10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`22194789.1
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