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` Entered: October 26, 2015
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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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`ALTAIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`PARAGON BIOTECK, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2015-00011
`Patent 8,859,623 B1
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`Before SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, ZHENYU YANG, and
`CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`YANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Petitioner’s Motion to Seal
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14, 42.54
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`PGR2015-00011
`Patent 8,859,623 B1
`Petitioner filed a Motion to seal its Reply to Patent Owner’s
`Preliminary Statement and Exhibit 1022. Paper 9, 1. Petitioner’s Motion is
`granted.
`Referring to Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal and Motion for entry of
`Protective Order (Paper 6), Petitioner asserts that Exhibit 1022 and the
`Reply contain information that Patent Owner “considers highly confidential
`and extremely sensitive and does not wish made publicly available.” Paper
`9, 1. Petitioner has filed a redacted version of Exhibit 1022 and the Reply.
`See id. at 2.
`In the concurrently issued Decision on Patent Owner’s Motion to
`Seal, we have determined that Patent Owner has shown good cause for
`sealing confidential and sensitive information related to Patent Owner’s
`financial matters that is not publicly available. Paper 12, 1. The redactions
`to Exhibit 1022 and Petitioner’s Reply appear to be limited to isolated
`passages that consist of similar, Patent Owner’s confidential information.
`They would not inhibit a reader’s understanding of the substance of the
`Petitioner’s position.
`Upon considering the content of Exhibit 1022 and the Reply, we
`determine that good cause exists for sealing the redacted portions of the
`Reply and Exhibit 1022.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Seal is GRANTED.
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`PGR2015-00011
`Patent 8,859,623 B1
`PETITIONER:
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`Dipu A. Doshi
`DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
`doshid@dicksteinshapiro.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Michael Rosato
`Steven W. Parmelee
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`sparmelee@wsgr.com
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