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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APOTEX INC.,
`Petitioner
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`CELGENE CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2023-00512
`Patent 8,846,628
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`JOINT REQUEST THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS BE TREATED
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND BE KEPT
`SEPARATE PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner Apotex
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`Inc. (“Apotex” or “Petitioner”) and Patent Owner Celgene Corporation (“Celgene”
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`or “Patent Owner”) jointly request that the Settlement Agreement between the
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`parties (Ex. 1060) filed concurrently herewith, as referenced in the Joint Motion to
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`Terminate Proceeding, (a) be treated as business confidential information, (b) be
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`kept separate from the file of the involved patent, and (c) be made available only as
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`permitted pursuant to the provisions of 37 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`The Board previously provided authorization to file this Joint Request on January 3,
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`2024. (Jan. 3, 2024, email from E. Goldschlager on behalf of the Board).
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`January 4, 2024
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`January 4, 2024
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/s/ Vishal C. Gupta
`Vishal C. Gupta (Reg. No. 67,284)
`Steptoe LLP
`1114 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Tel: (212) 506-3900
`Counsel for Petitioner Apotex Inc.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/s/Heather M. Petruzzi/
`Heather M. Petruzzi (Reg. No. 71,270)
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
`LLP
`2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20037
`Tel: (202) 663-6000
`Counsel for Celgene Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on January 4, 2024, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing Joint Request that Settlement Agreements be Treated as Business
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`Confidential Information and be Kept Separate Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74 to be served via e-mail on all counsel of record.
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`/s/ Vishal Gupta
`By:
`Vishal Gupta (Reg. No. 67,284)
`Steptoe LLP
`1114 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Tel: (212) 506-3900
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