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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEALS BOARD
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`RICETEC, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BASF SE,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2021-00113
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`U.S. Patent 11,096,345
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`Title: Method for Treating Post-Emergent Rice
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`SUPPLEMENTAL MANDATORY NOTICE OF CHANGE IN
`REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3)
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`PGR2021-00113
`Petitioner’s Supplemental Mandatory Notices
`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3), Petitioner submits the following
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`mandatory notice in connection with the above-captioned Post Grant Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 11,096,345 (the “’345 patent”).
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`I.
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`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`Petitioner hereby provides notice that, because of a corporate reorganization
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`that was registered on August 30, 2021, RiceTec AG has ceased to exist as a legal
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`entity and is no longer a real party-in-interest. As of the same date, Liechtenstein
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`Group Holding AG is a real party-in-interest.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
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`A petition for Post Grant Review of U.S. Patent No. 11,096,346, a child of
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`the ’345 patent, is currently pending. See RiceTec, Inc. v. BASF SE, PGR2021-
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`00114 (P.T.A.B. filed Aug. 24, 2021).
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`III. LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL UNDER 37 C.F.R. §42.8(B)(3)
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`There is no change to lead and back-up counsel. See Petition, Paper 2, at 5.
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
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`There is no change to service information. See Petition, Paper 2, at 5.
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`Dated: September 8, 2021
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`PGR2021-00113
`Petitioner’s Supplemental Mandatory Notices
`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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` / Ryan N. Miller /
`Gerard P. Norton, Reg. No. 36,621
`Ryan N. Miller, Reg. No. 68,262
`FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
`Princeton Pike Corporate Center
`997 Lenox Drive
`Lawrenceville NJ 08648-2311
`Tele: (609) 844-3020
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON PATENT OWNER
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on the 8th day
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`of September 2021 a complete and entire copy of this Petition for Post Grant
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`Review and all supporting exhibits was provided via Federal Express to Patent
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`Owner at the following address(es):
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`LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / BASF
`Patent Docket Administrator
`One Lowenstein Drive
`Roseland, NJ 07068
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`Dated: September 8, 2021
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` / Ryan N. Miller /
`Gerard P. Norton, Reg. No. 36,621
`Ryan N. Miller, Reg. No. 68,262
`FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
`Princeton Pike Corporate Center
`997 Lenox Drive
`Lawrenceville NJ 08648-2311
`Tele: (609) 844-3020
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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