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`Paper 61
`Entered: May 9, 2014
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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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`GNOSIS S.P.A., GNOSIS BIORESEARCH S.A., and GNOSIS U.S.A., INC.
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION and MERCK & CIE
`Patent Owners
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`Case IPR2013-00116 (Patent 5,997,915)
`Case IPR2013-00117 (Patent 6,011,040)
`Case IPR2013-00118 (Patent 6,673,381)
`Case IPR2013-00119 (Patent 7,172,778)1
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`Before JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, SCOTT E. KAMHOLZ, and
`SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KAMHOLZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 South Alabama Medical Science Foundation (“SAMSF”) is the Patent Owner in
`cases IPR2013-00116, -00117, and -00119. Merck & Cie (“Merck”) is the Patent
`Owner in case IPR2013-00117.
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`IPR2013-00116; IPR2013-00117;
`IPR2013-00118; IPR2013-00119
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`By email dated May 6, 2014 (copy attached), Patent Owners requested
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`correction of an error in the oral argument transcript. In particular, Patent Owners
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`request correction of the word “either” at page 102, line 8 to --neither--.
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`Petitioners oppose on the ground that the transcript should stand, absent access to
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`the audio recording of the hearing.
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`Upon review of the audio recording of the hearing, the Court Reporter has
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`determined that the following corrections to the transcript are to be made:
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`1. At page 102, line 5: replace “high methods” with --high levels--;
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`2. At page 102, line 8: replace “either” with --neither--; and
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`3. At page 102, line 9: replace “5-MTHFs. 5-MTHF” with
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`--5-MTHFs -- 5-MTHF--.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the transcript of the oral argument be corrected as indicated
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`above;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that a corrected transcript shall be entered in the
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`record of each case; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the original transcript entered in each case shall
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`be expunged.
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`IPR2013-00116; IPR2013-00117;
`IPR2013-00118; IPR2013-00119
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`For PETITIONERS:
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`Jonathan J. Krit
`Janine A. Moderson
`Amin Talati, LLC
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`Joseph E. Cwik
`Erik B. Flom
`Husch Blackwell LLP
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`For PATENT OWNERS:
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`Thomas Parker
`Jitendra Malik
`Alston & Bird, LLP
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`(SAMSF)
`Peter Rogalskyj
`The Law Office of Peter Rogalskyj
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`(Merck)
`Anthony J. Zelano
`Brion P. Heaney
`Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.
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`IPR2013-00116; IPR2013-00117;
`IPR2013-00118; IPR2013-00119
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`______________________________________________________________________________
`From: Sterling, Andrew [mailto:Andrew.Sterling@alston.com]
`Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:40 AM
`To: Trials
`Cc: Parker, Thomas; Malik, Jitty; Peter Rogalskyj (pr@prpatent.com) (pr@prpatent.com); 'Tony
`Zelano' (Zelano@mwzb.com); heaney@mwzb.com; Cwik, Joseph
`<Joseph.Cwik@huschblackwell.com> (Joseph.Cwik@huschblackwell.com); Jonathan J. Krit
`(jonathan@amintalati.com) (jonathan@amintalati.com); Flom, Erik
`(Erik.Flom@huschblackwell.com); Norton, Dwayne
`Subject: IPR2013-00116, IPR2013-00117, IPR2013-00118, and IPR2013-00119
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`Dear PTAB:
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`We are counsel for Patent Owners in the above-listed four IPRs. We write
`to report a transcription error at page 102, lines 8-9 in the transcript of the
`Oral Hearing held on March 20, 2014. Case IPR2013-00116, Paper 64;
`Case IPR2013-00117, Paper 67; Case IPR2013-00118, Paper 60; Case
`IPR2013-00119, Paper 61. The transcript was first made available on April
`24, 2014.
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`There, the transcript incorrectly recorded statements from Patent Owners’
`counsel, Mr. Parker, regarding the Ueland reference (Ex.
`1013). Specifically, the transcript states “First on the list is folic acid, either
`folinic acid or 5-MTHFs. 5-MTHF is on the list.” (Underscoring
`added.) Instead, Mr. Parker stated “First on the list is folic acid, neither
`folinic acid or 5-MTHFs, 5-MTHF is on the list.” Evidence that Mr.
`Parker’s statements were mistranscribed is readily apparent from the Ueland
`reference itself (Ex. 1013) at Table II.
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`Patent Owners raised this matter with Petitioners, who indicated that the
`transcript should stand as-is absent access to the audio recording from the
`hearing.
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`Patent Owners seek guidance from the Board regarding how Patent Owners
`may address this issue, as it is unclear whether the Board’s prior decisions
`regarding transcription errors in deposition transcripts are applicable
`here. See, e.g., Apple Inc. v. Achates Reference Publishing, Inc., IPR2013-
`00081, Paper 52 at 3-5 (Jan. 21, 2014).
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`Respectfully,
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`IPR2013-00116; IPR2013-00117;
`IPR2013-00118; IPR2013-00119
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`Andrew Sterling
`Associate
`Alston & Bird LLP
`90 Park Avenue
`New York, NY 10016
`Tel: 212-210-9453
`Fax: 212-210-9444
`andrew.sterling@alston.com
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