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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`CHROMADEX, INC. and TRUSTEES OF
`DARTMOUTH COLLEGE,
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`Case No. 1:21-cv-04241-ER
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`THORNE RESEARCH, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY
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`This stipulation is made by and between Plaintiffs ChromaDex, Inc. (“ChromaDex”) and
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`Trustees of Dartmouth College (“Dartmouth”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Thorne
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`Research, Inc. (“Thorne”) (all collectively, “the Parties”).
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`WHEREAS Plaintiffs filed a Complaint on May 12, 2021, against Thorne alleging
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`infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,197,807 (“the ’807 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 8,383,086
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`(“the ’086 patent”);
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`WHEREAS Thorne filed inter partes review (“IPR”) petitions challenging all asserted
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`claims of both patents-in-suit;
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`WHEREAS, on June 10, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted
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`Thorne’s requested IPR of the ’086 patent; and
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`WHEREAS on August 12, 2021, the PTAB instituted Thorne’s requested IPR of the ’807
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`patent.
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`Plaintiff and Defendant by and through their respective undersigned counsel, and subject
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`to the approval of the Court, stipulate and agree as follows:
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`Case 1:21-cv-04241-ER Document 26 Filed 08/20/21 Page 2 of 3
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`1.
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`This action, including all deadlines, is stayed pending the issuance of final written
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`decisions in, or other resolution or termination of, the IPR proceedings involving the ’807 patent
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`and the ’086 patent; and
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`2.
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`Within fourteen (14) days of the PTAB issuing the final written decisions in, or
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`other resolution or termination of, the IPR proceedings involving the ’807 patent or the ’086
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`patent, whichever occurs later, the Parties will submit a joint status report to the Court setting
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`forth the results of both IPR proceedings and the Parties’ proposal for how the litigation should
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`proceed.
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`Case 1:21-cv-04241-ER Document 26 Filed 08/20/21 Page 3 of 3
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`Dated: August 19, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`Professional Corporation
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`s/ Jennifer D. Cieluch
`Jennifer D. Cieluch
`The New York Times Building
`620 Eighth Avenue
`New York, New York 10018
`Telephone: (212) 841-1000
`Email: jcieluch@cov.com
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`Christopher N. Sipes
`R. Jason Fowler
`One City Center
`850 Tenth Street, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20001
`Telephone: (202) 662-6000
`Email: csipes@cov.com
`Email: jfowler@cov.com
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`Yale Fu
`3000 El Camino Real
`5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor
`Palo Alto, California 94306
`Telephone: (650) 632-4700
`Email: yfu@cov.com
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`s/ Kristina M. Hanson
`Michael S. Sommer
`1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor
`New York, New York 10019
`Telephone: (212) 999-5800
`Facsimile: (212) 999-5899
`Email: msommer@wsgr.com
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`T.O. Kong (pro hac vice forthcoming)
`Wendy L. Devine (pro hac vice forthcoming)
`Kristina M. Hanson
`One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 3300
`San Francisco, California 94105
`Telephone: (415) 947-2000
`Facsimile: (415) 947-2099
`Email: tkong@wsgr.com
`Email: wdevine@wsgr.com
`Email: thanson@wsgr.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiffs ChromaDex, Inc.
`and Trustees of Dartmouth College
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`Counsel for Defendant Thorne Research, Inc.
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`SO ORDERED this ________ day of ______________________________, 2021.
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`_____________________________________
`HONORABLE EDGARDO RAMOS
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`3
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`20th
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`August
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