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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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`COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS V LLC;
`HAYMAN CREDES MASTER FUND, L.P.;
`HAYMAN ORANGE FUND SPC – PORTFOLIO A;
`HAYMAN CAPITAL MASTER FUND, L.P.;
`HAYMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.;
`HAYMAN OFFSHORE MANAGEMENT, INC.;
`HAYMAN INVESTMENTS, LLC;
`NXN PARTNERS, LLC;
`IP NAVIGATION GROUP, LLC;
`J KYLE BASS; and ERICH SPANGENBERG,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BIOGEN MA INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`____________________________________________
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`Case: IPR2015-01993
`U.S. Patent No. 8,399,514
`____________________________________________
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`BIOGEN’S MOTION FOR OBSERVATIONS ON CROSS-EXAMINATION
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`As authorized by the March 22, 2016 Scheduling Order (Paper No. 21) and
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`modified by the August 2, 2016 Notice of Joint Stipulation to Modify Due Dates 2-
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`4 (Paper 44), Patent Owner Biogen MA Inc. respectfully submits the following
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`motion for observations regarding the cross-examination of Petitioner’s reply
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`expert, Dr. Samuel J. Pleasure, and requests that the Board enter this motion.
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756 at 48767-68 (August 14,
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`2012).
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`Observation 1.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 27, line 16 through page 28, line 18, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he did not know the substance of Biogen’s Patent Owner Response
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`(Paper 38) nor was he asked to substantively consider it in preparing his
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`declaration. This testimony is relevant to whether Dr. Pleasure’s declaration
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`contains arguments or evidence outside the scope of a proper reply in violation of
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.23(b), as raised in Exhibit 3001. This testimony is relevant because
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`it shows that Dr. Pleasure’s declaration was not intended to reply to Biogen’s
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`evidence and arguments relating to non-obviousness in its Patent Owner response.
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`(Ex. 3001.)
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`Observation 2.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 18, line 6 through page 22, line 7, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he could not recall reviewing the declarations of Drs. Brundage,
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`Rudick, Thisted, O’Neill, or Dawson; he did not know the substance of their
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`opinions; he had no specific knowledge of the declaration and opinions of Dr.
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`Wynn; and he did not review the deposition testimony of Drs. Wynn, Rudick, or
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`O’Neill. This testimony is relevant to whether Dr. Pleasure’s declaration contains
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`arguments or evidence outside the scope of a proper reply in violation of 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.23(b), as raised in Exhibit 3001. This testimony is relevant because it shows
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`that Dr. Pleasure’s declaration does not reply to any of Biogen’s expert
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`declarations. (Ex. 3001.)
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`Observation 3.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 26, line 7 through page 27, line 1, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he had no specific knowledge of the substance of the Petition (Paper
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`1), did not know whether he agreed or disagreed with it, and did not rely on it as a
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`basis for the opinions in his declaration. This testimony is relevant to whether Dr.
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`Pleasure’s declaration contains arguments or evidence outside the scope of a
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`proper reply in violation of 37 C.F.R. § 42.23(b), as raised in Exhibit 3001. This
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`testimony is relevant because it shows that Dr. Pleasure has no specific knowledge
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`of the Petition’s theories of unpatentability and supports Biogen’s position that Dr.
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`Pleasure’s declaration contains new obviousness positions that were not raised in
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`the Petition. (Ex. 3001.)
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`Observation 4.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 22, line 18 through page 26, line 6, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he had no specific knowledge of the substance of Dr. Linberg’s
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`declaration (Ex. 1005) and did not review Dr. Linberg’s deposition testimony (Ex.
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`2071), stating that instead he “was trying to come at this with [his] own thinking.”
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`This testimony is relevant to whether Dr. Pleasure’s declaration contains
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`arguments or evidence outside the scope of a proper reply in violation of 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.23(b), as raised in Exhibit 3001. This testimony is relevant because it shows
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`that Dr. Pleasure has no specific knowledge of Dr. Linberg’s original theories of
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`obviousness (Ex. 1005; Ex. 2071) and supports Biogen’s position that Dr.
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`Pleasure’s declaration contains new obviousness positions that were not raised in
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`the Petition. (Ex. 3001.)
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`Observation 5.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 20, line 25 through page 21, line 15, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he did not recall reviewing Dr. Rudick’s declaration or deposition
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`testimony. In Exhibit 2384, page 22, lines 8 to 17, Dr. Pleasure further testified
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`that he did not review the prosecution history of the ’514 patent “in its full form.”
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`This testimony is relevant to the issues of unexpected results and long-felt but
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`unmet need, as raised in Biogen’s Opposition to the Petition (Paper 38 at pages 43
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`to 52), Dr. Rudick’s declaration submitted during prosecution (Ex. 2011 at ¶¶ 7 to
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`28), and Dr. Rudick’s declaration submitted with Biogen’s Opposition to the
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`Petition (Ex. 2044 at ¶¶ 37 to 55). The testimony is relevant because it shows that
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`Dr. Pleasure was unaware of arguments to which he was supposed to be
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`responding and supports Biogen’s position that Dr. Pleasure’s declaration does not
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`reply to Biogen’s evidence of unexpected results. (Ex. 3001; Paper 38 at pages 43-
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`52.)
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`Observation 6.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 21, lines 18 to 22, Dr. Pleasure testified that he did
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`not review Dr. Thisted’s declaration. In Exhibit 2384, page 53, lines 21 to 23, Dr.
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`Pleasure further testified that he is not an expert in biostatistics. In Exhibit 2384,
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`page 172, line 17 though page 173, line 15, Dr. Pleasure also testified that he has
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`not conducted any formal statistical analyses of any of the clinical trial results
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`reported in the DEFINE or CONFIRM phase 3 studies. This testimony is relevant
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`to the issue of unexpected results, as raised in Biogen’s Opposition to the Petition
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`(Paper 38 at pages 43 to 52) and Dr. Thisted’s declaration (Ex. 2038). This
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`testimony is relevant because it demonstrates that Dr. Pleasure was unaware of
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`evidence to which he was supposed to be responding and supports Biogen’s
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`position that Dr. Pleasure’s declaration does not reply to Biogen’s evidence of
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`unexpected results. (Ex. 3001; Paper 38 at pages 43-52.)
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`Observation 7.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 29, line 7 through page 30, line 2, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he spends only 20% of his time seeing patients and on page 36, lines
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`10 to 18, he stated that he treats MS patients only part-time, five to six hours per
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`week. In Exhibit 2384, page 33, line 16 through page 34, line 4 and page 36, lines
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`10 to 18, Dr. Pleasure further testified that on average, he sees “about five patients
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`a week who either have MS or [a] closely allied disorder,” resulting in about 200 to
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`300 patients a year. This testimony is relevant to whether Dr. Pleasure is qualified
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`to provide an opinion as to what a person of ordinary skill would have known and
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`concluded as of the 2007 filing date of the ’514 patent, as raised in Biogen’s
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`Opposition to the Petition (Paper 38), Dr. Rudick’s declaration (Ex. 2044 at ¶ 36),
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`and Dr. Wynn’s declaration (Ex. 2046 at ¶¶ 21 to 26). This testimony is relevant
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`because it suggests that Dr. Pleasure is not a person of ordinary skill or an expert
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`qualified to testify as to the conclusions of one of ordinary skill. (Cf. Ex. 2046 ¶ 7;
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`Ex. 1050 at 35:6-36:18.)
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`Observation 8.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 97, lines 7 to 14, Dr. Pleasure testified that 2005 “was
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`a couple of years before [he] was spending as much time seeing MS patients as [he
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`has] been.” This testimony is relevant to whether Dr. Pleasure is qualified to
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`provide an opinion as to what a person of ordinary skill would have known and
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`concluded as of the 2007 filing date of the ’514 patent, as raised in Biogen’s
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`Opposition to the Petition (Paper 38), Dr. Rudick’s declaration (Ex. 2044 at ¶ 36),
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`and Dr. Wynn’s declaration (Ex. 2046 at ¶¶ 21 to 26). This testimony is relevant
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`because it suggests that Dr. Pleasure was not a person of ordinary skill or an MS
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`expert as of the 2007 filing date of the ’514 patent. (Cf. Ex. 2044 ¶ 11.)
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`Observation 9.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 38, line 13 through page 41, line 10, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he has not designed a clinical trial or served as a principal investigator
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`for a human clinical trial of an MS drug. In Exhibit 2384, page 52, line 8 though
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`page 53, line 20, Dr. Pleasure further testified that he is not an expert in clinical
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`trial design. This testimony is relevant because it demonstrates that Dr. Pleasure’s
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`opinions about clinical trials based on Kappos 2006 (Ex. 1003A), ClinicalTrials
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`NCT00168701 (Ex. 1022), or ICH Guideline E4 (Ex. 1004) should be given little
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`or no weight.
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`Observation 10.
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`
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 44, line 24 through page 45, line 9, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he is not an expert in clinical pharmacology. This testimony is
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`relevant because it shows that Dr. Pleasure’s analysis of the results in Kappos 2006
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`(Ex. 1003A) and opinions about the dose-response information obtainable from
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`Kappos 2006 (Ex. 1003A) should be given little or no weight. (Ex. 1045 ¶ 68; cf.
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`Ex. 2042 ¶¶ 31-39.)
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`Observation 11.
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`
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 59, line 19 through page 60, line 9 and page 130, line
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`5 through page 135, line 7, Dr. Pleasure testified that none of his publications
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`discuss the idea of a “point dose”; he could not identify any other literature that
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`used that term; and he does not recall where he first heard of the term. This
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`testimony is relevant to Petitioner’s point-dose theory of obviousness. (Paper 46 at
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`pages 22 to 24.) This testimony is relevant because it tends to show that
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`Petitioner’s point-dose theory was not known or available in the prior art and is
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`unsupported by any evidence.
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`Observation 12.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 45, line 25 through page 46, line 14, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he did not “have an opinion that’s truly informed” about whether the
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`efficacy of DMF is driven by its Cmax. He also testified that the relationship
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`between the levels of DMF (e.g., Cmax) and its effects is not totally clear. This
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`testimony is relevant to Petitioner’s point-dose theory of obviousness, as raised in
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`Petitioner’s Reply to Biogen’s Opposition (Paper 46) at pages 22 to 24 and Dr.
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`Pleasure’s declaration (Ex. 1045) at paragraphs 66 to 78. Specifically, it
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`contradicts Dr. Pleasure’s assertion that “a drug’s in vivo effect links point dose-
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`concentration [i.e., the Cmax] to the effect site (here, the immune system)
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`concentration.” (Paper 46 at 22-23; Ex. 1045 ¶ 70.)
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`Observation 13.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 139, line 6 through page 141, line 9, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that Kappos 2006 was not designed to determine whether the efficacy of
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`DMF in treating MS resulted from the point dose (e.g., 240 mg) or the daily dose
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`(e.g., 720 mg/day) and that the only conclusion one could draw from Kappos 2006
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`is that 720 mg/day is effective. This testimony is relevant to Petitioner’s point-dose
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`theory of obviousness. (Paper 46 at pages 22 to 24.) This testimony is relevant
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`because it contradicts Dr. Pleasure’s declaration, which states that a point dose of
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`240 mg was a “key finding” in Kappos; that Kappos was designed to identify point
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`doses; and that Kappos established an effective point dose of 240 mg. (Ex. 1045 at
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`¶¶ 69-70.) This testimony is also relevant because it contradicts Petitioner’s point-
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`dose theory that one of ordinary skill would have concluded that the efficacy of
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`DMF in treating MS resulted from the point dose (e.g., 240 mg). (Paper 46 at pages
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`22 to 24.)
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`Observation 14.
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`
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 155, lines 3-12, Dr. Pleasure testified that Kappos
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`2006 does not report any Cmax, AUC, or half-life data. This testimony is relevant to
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`Petitioner’s point-dose theory. This testimony is relevant because it shows that Dr.
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`Pleasure’s point-dose theory regarding Kappos 2006 lacks support in that
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`document.
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`Observation 15.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 151, line 10 through page 152, line 7, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he is not aware of anyone else concluding that Kappos 2006
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`determined that the efficacy of DMF in treating MS resulted from the point dose
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`(e.g., 240 mg). This testimony is relevant to Petitioner’s point-dose theory of
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`obviousness. (Paper 46 at pages 22 to 24.) This testimony is relevant because it
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`supports Biogen’s position that no one but Dr. Pleasure, including no one of
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`ordinary skill in 2007, would have concluded from Kappos 2006 that the efficacy
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`of DMF in treating MS resulted from the point dose (e.g., 240 mg) of DMF.
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`Observation 16.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 137, line 9 through page 139, line 5, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that he would have thought that identifying the effective dosage in the
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`Results section of Kappos 2006 as 240 mg of DMF administered three times a day
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`was “dispensable.” This testimony is relevant to Petitioner’s point-dose theory of
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`obviousness (Paper 46 at pages 22 to 24) and Dr. Pleasure’s declaration (Ex. 1045
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`at ¶¶ 66 to 78). This testimony is relevant because it contradicts Dr. Pleasure’s
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`assertion that “the finding of a point dose of 240 mg DMF was the key finding of
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`Kappos 2006.” (Ex. 1045 ¶ 70, emphasis added.)
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`Observation 17.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 170, line 3 through page 171, line 17, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that the 2008 Lancet publication (Ex. 2058), reporting the results of the
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`Kappos 2006 phase 2 clinical trial, would not have been available to a person of
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`ordinary skill in the art in February 2007. This testimony is relevant because in his
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`declaration (Ex. 1045) in paragraph 73, Dr. Pleasure relied on Exhibit 2058 to
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`support his obviousness opinion.
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`Observation 18.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 159, line 18 through page 165, line 2, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that without testing, one of ordinary skill would not know whether 120 mg
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`of DMF administered six times a day; 180 mg of DMF administered once or twice
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`a day; 240 mg of DMF administered once a day; or 360 mg of DMF administered
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`once, twice, or three times a day would be more effective in treating MS than
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`240 mg two times a day, let alone efficacious at all. This testimony is relevant to
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`Petitioner’s point-dose theory of obviousness. (Paper 46 at pages 22 to 24.) This
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`testimony is relevant because it shows that even under Petitioner’s theory, there
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`were many unknowns and no identified, predictable solutions at the time of the
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`claimed invention.
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`Observation 19.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 167, line 7 through page 169, line 6, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that a research paper from 2016 (Ex. 2387) reflected that as of 2016,
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`scientists were continuing to investigate the molecular target or targets of DMF in
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`treating MS. This testimony is relevant to Dr. Pleasure’s opinion that the point-
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`dose (e.g., 240 mg) of DMF is responsible for its efficacy as purportedly taught by
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`Kappos 2006. This testimony is also relevant because it shows that even today,
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`scientists have not determined the mechanism of action responsible for the efficacy
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`of DMF in treating MS.
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`Observation 20.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 91, line 10 through page 96, line 17, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that interferon beta-1a (Avonex® and Rebif®), interferon beta-1b
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`(Betaseron®), glatiramer acetate (Copaxone®), and natalizumab (Tysabri®) have
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`different chemical structures than DMF, which is a small molecule. In Exhibit
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`2384, page 91, line 10 through page 96, line 17, Dr. Pleasure further testified that
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`Avonex®, Rebif®, Betaseron®, Copaxone®, and Tysabri® are administered at
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`different dosages and via different routes of administration than Tecfidera®. This
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`testimony is relevant to Petitioner’s argument that one of ordinary skill would try a
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`dose of about 480 mg/day of DMF because such person would “be aware of
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`examples in the MS field, e.g., Copaxone®, wherein less frequent dosing of the
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`drug provided essentially equally effective therapeutic results, while lowering the
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`frequency of side effects.” (Paper 46 at pages 20 to 21.) This testimony is relevant
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`because it shows that Avonex®, Rebif®, Betaseron®, Copaxone®, and Tysabri®
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`cannot be directly compared to Tecfidera® as they have different chemical
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`structures, doses, and routes of administration.
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`Observation 21.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 77, line 4 through page 91, line 2, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that Avonex®, Rebif®, Betaseron®, Copaxone®, and Tysabri® have
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`different mechanisms of action than Tecfidera®. In Exhibit 2384, page 67 lines 2
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`to 11 and page 98, line 23 through page 99, line 23, Dr. Pleasure further testified
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`that the mechanisms of actions of these disease-modifying MS treatments are not
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`fully understood and that one would probably win a Nobel Prize if one could prove
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`that commonalities existed among them. This testimony is relevant to Petitioner’s
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`argument that one of ordinary skill would try a dose of about 480 mg/day of DMF
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`because such person would “be aware of examples in the MS field, e.g.,
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`Copaxone®, wherein less frequent dosing of the drug provided essentially equally
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`effective therapeutic results, while lowering the frequency of side effects.” (Paper
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`46 at pages 20 to 21.) This testimony is relevant because it shows that Avonex®,
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`Rebif®, Betaseron®, Copaxone®, and Tysabri® cannot be directly compared to
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`Tecfidera® as their mechanisms of action are unknown and likely different.
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`Observation 22.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 91, lines 3 to 6, Dr. Pleasure testified that all of the
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`disease-modifying MS treatments available in the United States in 2005 were
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`administered by injection. In Exhibit 2384, page 81, line 21 through page 82, line
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`20, Dr. Pleasure further testified that “most patients do not prefer intramuscular
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`injections.” This testimony is relevant to the issue of long-felt but unmet need as
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`raised in Biogen’s Opposition to the Petition. (Paper 38 at pages 49 to 52.) This
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`testimony is relevant because it supports Biogen’s evidence that the claimed
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`invention met a long-felt need for a safe and effective oral MS treatment. (Paper 38
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`at pages 49-52.)
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`Observation 23.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 102, line 16 through page 103, line 7, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that the standard he applied for written description was “whether the
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`application can reasonably convey to one of ordinary skill in the art that the
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`inventor had possession, that is, had made the invention as of the application’s
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`filing date.” This testimony is relevant to the standard of written description
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`applied by Dr. Pleasure and Petitioner. (Ex. 1045 at ¶¶ 49 to 58; Paper 46 at 5.)
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`This testimony is relevant because it shows that Dr. Pleasure and Petitioner applied
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`the wrong legal standard in conducting their written description analysis. (Paper 38
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`at 7.)
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`Observation 24.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 64, line 25 through page 65, line 12, Dr. Pleasure
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`testified that 80 to 85% of patients have relapsing forms of MS and that it is
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`controversial whether progressive MS is a different disease. This testimony is
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`relevant to the issue of enablement. (Paper 38 at 14-15; Paper 46 at 12.) This
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`testimony is relevant because it supports a conclusion that the provisional
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`application enables the full scope of the ’514 patent claims.
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`Observation 25.
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`In Exhibit 2384, page 119, lines 15-23 Dr. Pleasure testified that paragraph
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`116 of the provisional application describes a range of doses including 480
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`mg/day. This testimony is relevant to the issue of written description. (Paper 38 at
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`7-14; Paper 46 at 5-11.) This testimony is relevant because it supports a conclusion
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`that the provisional application provides written-description support for 480
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`mg/day of DMF as a therapeutically effective amount to treat MS. This testimony
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`is relevant despite Petitioner’s attempt to cure Dr. Pleasure’s admission on re-
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`direct with a leading question in Exhibit 2384 at page 173, line 25 to page 174,
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`Dated: November 2, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Michael J. Flibbert /
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`Michael J. Flibbert, Reg. No. 33,234
`Maureen D. Queler, Reg. No. 61,879
`Erin M. Sommers, Reg. No. 60,974
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`Counsel for Patent Owner in
`IPR2015-01993
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing BIOGEN’S
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`MOTION FOR OBSERVATIONS ON CROSS-EXAMINATION was served
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`electronically via e-mail on November 2, 2016, in its entirety on the following:
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`James T. Carmichael
`Carol A. Spiegel
`Carmichael IP, PLLC
`8000 Towers Crescent Drive, 13th Floor
`Tysons Corner, VA 22182
`jim@carmichaelip.com
`carol@carmichaelip.com
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`Petitioner has agreed to electronic service.
`
`By: / Maureen D. Queler /
`Maureen D. Queler
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
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`
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`
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`
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`Dated: November 2, 2016

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