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` Paper 63
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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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`INNOPHARMA LICENSING, INC., INNOPHARMA LICENSING LLC,
`INNOPHARMA INC., INNOPHARMA LLC,
`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC., and MYLAN INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., BAUSCH & LOMB, INC., and
`BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA HOLDINGS CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,669,290 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00903 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)1
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`Before FRANCISCO C. PRATS, ERICA A. FRANKLIN, and
`GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`HEARING ORDER
`Request for Oral Argument
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`1 IPR2015-01871 has been joined with IPR2015-00903. This Order
`addresses issues common to all cases identified in the caption.
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`IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,669,290 B2)
`IPR2015-00903 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)
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`The parties filed a joint request for an oral hearing pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.70. Paper 61, 1.2 The parties request a consolidated hearing for
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`these proceedings, “which involve some common parties and related
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`patents.” Id. We grant the parties’ request for an oral hearing of “two hours
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`total” in duration, subject to the following conditions. Id.
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`The hearing will commence at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time on
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`April 19, 2016, on the ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany
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`Street, Alexandria, VA. The Board will provide a court reporter for the
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`hearing, and the transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
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`Each party shall have 60 minutes of total argument time. Petitioner
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`bears the ultimate burden of proof that the patent claims at issue are
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`unpatentable. Petitioner will proceed first and, pursuant to the parties’
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`agreement, shall have 45 minutes to present its case with regard to the
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`challenged claims. Id. at 2–3. Patent Owner shall then have 60 minutes to
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`respond to Petitioner’s case. After that, Petitioner shall have 15 minutes of
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`rebuttal time to reply to Patent Owner’s arguments. Any argument or
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`evidence presented by a party at the consolidated oral hearing shall be
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`applied only in a proceeding in which the record provides a proper
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`foundation for such argument or evidence.
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`Patent Owner requests additional hearing time to present arguments
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`relating to motions to exclude, whereas Petitioner does not believe that a
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`hearing on such motions is necessary. Id. at 2. Either party is free to
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`dedicate a portion of their allotted time to procedural issues, including
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`motions to exclude and objections; however, no additional time shall be
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`2 The requests filed in each proceeding are substantially identical. For
`convenience, we refer to the paper filed in IPR2015-00902.
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`IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,669,290 B2)
`IPR2015-00903 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)
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`provided for those purposes. Petitioner is reminded that rebuttal time may
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`not be used to raise new issues, but shall be limited strictly to responding to
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`arguments raised and discussed by Patent Owner.
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`The oral hearing shall be open to the public for in-person attendance.
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`To the extent that counsel for any party intends to present arguments related
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`to information filed under seal, counsel shall not, at oral argument, reveal
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`such sealed information. Instead, counsel shall make reference to such
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`information without actually disclosing the information.
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`The parties both seek to reserve seats in the hearing room. Id. at 3.
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`Due to hearing room scheduling constraints, however, the hearing room
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`assigned to these proceedings may not have capacity to accommodate all
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`twenty (20) anticipated attendees identified in the request. Id. In-person
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`attendance shall be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
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`The parties are directed to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
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`v. The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, Case IPR2013-00041
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`(PTAB Jan. 27, 2014) (Paper 65), for guidance regarding the appropriate
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`content of demonstrative exhibits. See also CBS Interactive Inc. v. Helferich
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`Patent Licensing, LLC, Case IPR2013-00033 (PTAB Oct. 23, 2013)
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`(Paper 118) (The Board has discretion to limit the parties’ demonstratives to
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`pages in the record should there be no easy resolution to objections over
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`demonstratives.).
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`Demonstrative exhibits, if any, must be served no later than five
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`business days before the hearing. 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b). The parties are
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`instructed, however, to refrain from filing any demonstrative exhibits in
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`these proceedings. The parties shall provide a courtesy copy of any
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`demonstrative exhibits to the Board no later than two business days prior to
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`the hearing by emailing them to Trials@uspto.gov.
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`The parties shall confer with each other regarding any objections to
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`demonstrative exhibits in each proceeding. The parties are instructed to
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`refrain from raising unreasonable objections to demonstrative exhibits.
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`Specifically, the panel is capable of distinguishing evidence and arguments
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`that are of record from those that are not. Any final decisions issued in these
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`proceedings will incorporate only evidence and argument that are of record
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`in these proceedings.
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`For any issue that cannot be resolved after conferring, the parties may
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`file jointly a one-page list of objections at least three business days prior to
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`the hearing. The list should identify with particularity which demonstrative
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`exhibits are subject to objection and include a short statement (no more than
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`one sentence) of the reason for each objection. No argument or further
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`explanation is permitted. The Board will consider the objections and
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`schedule a telephone conference if deemed necessary.
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`Any objection to demonstrative exhibits that is not timely presented
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`will be deemed waived. Neither party shall be permitted to interrupt their
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`opponent’s presentation to lodge objections to demonstrative exhibits during
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`the oral hearing. A hard copy of the demonstratives should be provided to
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`the court reporter at the hearing.
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`Questions regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be
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`directed to the Board at 571-272-9797. Requests for audio-visual equipment
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`are to be made no later than 5 days in advance of the hearing date. The
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`request is to be sent directly to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not
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`received timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the
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`IPR2015-00903 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)
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`hearing. The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly
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`and specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
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`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
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`reporter’s transcript.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present in person
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`at the oral hearing. However, lead or backup counsel may present the
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`party’s argument. If either party anticipates that its lead counsel will not be
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`attending the oral hearing, the parties should initiate a joint telephone
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`conference with the Board no later than two business days prior to the oral
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`hearing to discuss the matter.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that oral arguments in this proceeding shall take place
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`beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time on April 19, 2016, on the
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`ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
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`Virginia.
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`IPR2015-00902 (Patent 8,669,290 B2)
`IPR2015-00903 (Patent 8,129,431 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jitendra Malik
`Bryan L. Skelton
`Lance Soderstrom
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`Jitty.Malik@alston.com
`bryan.skelton@alston.com
`lance.soderstrom@alston.com
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`Jonathan Lindsay
`Shannon Lintz
`CROWELL & MORING LLP
`jLindsay@Crowell.com
`SLentz@Crowell.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Bryan Diner
`M. Andrew Holtman
`Justin Hasford
`Jonathan R. Stroud
`Joshua Goldberg
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`bryan.diner@finnegan.com
`andy.holtman@finnegan.com
`justin.hasford@finnegan.com
`jonathan.stroud@finnegan.com
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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