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` Date filed: February 26, 2016
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`Filed on behalf of: Finchimica S.p.A.
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`By: E. Anthony Figg, Lead Counsel
`R. Danny Huntington, Back-up Counsel
`Sharon E. Crane, Ph.D., Backup Counsel
`Seth E. Cockrum, Ph.D., Backup Counsel
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`Emails: efigg@rothwellfigg.com
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` dhuntington@rothwellfigg.com
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` scrane@rothwellfigg.com
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` scockrum@rothwellfigg.com
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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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`ADAMA MAKHTESHIM LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`FINCHIMICA S.P.A.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`Case IPR2016-00577
`Patent 8,304,559 B2
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`MANDATORY NOTICES OF PATENT OWNER
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`Case IPR2016-00577
`Patent 8,304,559 B2
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Patent Owner Finchimica S.p.A. (“Patent
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`Owner”) submits the following Mandatory Notices in response to the Petition for
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`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,304,559.
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`1. Real Party-In-Interest
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), Patent Owner identifies the real
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`parties-in-interest as Finchimica S.p.A., an Italian corporation, having a place of
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`business at Via Lazio, 13, I-25025, Manerbio, Brescia, Italy.
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`2. Related Matters
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), Patent Owner identifies the
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`following related matters:
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`a. Anat Levin and Michael Grabarnick v. Andrea Pastorio and Paulo
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`Betti (Levin v. Pastorio), Interference No. 105,995 (PTAB);
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`b. Finchimica S.p.A. v. Adama Makhteshim Ltd., Makhteshim Agan of
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`North America, Inc., and Control Solutions, Inc., Case No. 1:14-
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`cv-01516-GMS (D. Del.); and
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`c. U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 14/534,001, filed on
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`November 5, 2014.
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`Case IPR2016-00577
`Patent 8,304,559 B2
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`3. Lead Counsel
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), Patent Owner identifies E.
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`Anthony Figg as lead counsel:
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`E. Anthony Figg, Lead Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 27,195
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`Email: efigg@rothwellfigg.com
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`Patent Owner identifies R. Danny Huntington, Sharon E. Crane and Seth E.
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`Cockrum as back-up counsel:
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`R. Danny Huntington, Back-up Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 27,903
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`Email: dhuntington@rothwellfigg.com
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`Sharon E. Crane, Back-up Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 36,113
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`Email: scrane@rothwellfigg.com
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`Case IPR2016-00577
`Patent 8,304,559 B2
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`Seth E. Cockrum, Back-up Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 70,873
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`Email: scockrum@rothwellfigg.com
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b), a Power of Attorney for the involved
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`patent, previously filed in the related Interference No. 105,995, is being submitted
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`herewith.
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`4. Service Information
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4), Patent Owner identifies the
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`following service information.
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`Postal & Hand-Delivery Address, Phone & Facsimile Numbers:
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`E. Anthony Figg, Lead Counsel
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
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`In addition, Patent Owner consents to service by electronic mail.
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`Electronic Mail Addresses:
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`efigg@rothwellfigg.com
`dhuntington@rothwellfigg.com
`scrane@rothwellfigg.com
`scockrum@rothwellfigg.com
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`Case IPR2016-00577
`Patent 8,304,559 B2
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ E. Anthony Figg /
`By:
`Date: February 26, 2016
`E. Anthony Figg, Reg. No. 27,195
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`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST &
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` MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Finchimica S.p.A.
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`Case IPR2016-00577
`Patent 8,304,559 B2
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 26th day of February, 2016, a true and correct
`copy of the foregoing MANDATORY NOTICES OF PATENT OWNER was
`served, via electronic mail upon the following counsel for Petitioner Adama
`Makhteshim Ltd.:
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`Gary J. Gershik, Esq.
`Norman H. Zivin, Esq.
`Cooper & Dunham LLP
`30 Rockefeller Plaza
`New York, NY 10112
`Phone: 212-278-0400
`Facsimile: 212-391-0525
`Emails: ggershik@cooperdunham.com
`nzivin@cooperdunham.com
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`/ Erik van Leeuwen /
`Erik van Leeuwen
`Litigation Operations Coordinator
`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
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