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` Entered: June 12, 2017
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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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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`ICOS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00323
`Patent 6,943,166 B1
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`Before SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, and
`ZHENYU YANG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`YANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`A. DUE DATES
`This order sets due dates for the parties to take action after institution
`of the proceeding. The parties may stipulate to different dates for DUE
`DATES 1 through 5 (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 6), except
`for requesting oral argument by Due Date 4. A notice of the stipulation,
`specifically identifying the changed due dates, must be promptly filed. The
`parties may not stipulate to an extension of DUE DATES 6 and 7.
`In stipulating to different times, the parties should consider the effect
`of the stipulation on times to object to evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)), to
`supplement evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2)), to conduct cross-
`examination (37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2)), and to draft papers depending on the
`evidence and cross-examination testimony (see section B, below).
`The parties are reminded that the Testimony Guidelines appended
`to the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,772
`(Aug. 14, 2012) (Appendix D), apply to this proceeding. The Board may
`impose an appropriate sanction for failure to adhere to the Testimony
`Guidelines. 37 C.F.R. § 42.12. For example, reasonable expenses and
`attorneys’ fees incurred by any party may be levied on a person who
`impedes, delays, or frustrates the fair examination of a witness.
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`1. INITIAL CONFERENCE CALL
`The parties are directed to contact the Board within a month of the
`Decision to Institute if there is a need to discuss proposed changes to this
`Scheduling Order or proposed motions. See Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,765–66 (Aug. 14, 2012) (guidance in
`preparing for the initial conference call).
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`2. DUE DATE 1
`The patent owner may file—
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`A response to the petition (37 C.F.R. § 42.120), and
`b.
`A motion to amend the patent (37 C.F.R. § 42.121).
`The patent owner must file any such response or motion to amend by DUE
`DATE 1. If the patent owner elects not to file anything, the patent owner
`must arrange a conference call with the parties and the Board. The patent
`owner is cautioned that any arguments for patentability not raised in the
`response will be deemed waived.
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`3. DUE DATE 2
`The petitioner must file any reply to the patent owner’s response and
`opposition to the motion to amend by DUE DATE 2.
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`4. DUE DATE 3
`The patent owner must file any reply to the petitioner’s opposition to
`patent owner’s motion to amend by DUE DATE 3.
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`5. DUE DATE 4
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`Each party must file any motion for an observation on the
`cross-examination testimony of a reply witness (see section C, below) by
`DUE DATE 4.
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`Each party must file any motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R
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`§ 42.64(c)) and any request for oral argument (37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)) by
`DUE DATE 4.
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`6. DUE DATE 5
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`Each party must file any response to an observation on cross-
`examination testimony by DUE DATE 5.
`b.
`Each party must file any opposition to a motion to exclude
`evidence by DUE DATE 5.
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`7. DUE DATE 6
`Each party must file any reply for a motion to exclude evidence by
`DUE DATE 6.
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`8. DUE DATE 7
`The oral argument (if requested by either party) is set for DUE
`DATE 7.
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`B. CROSS-EXAMINATION
`Except as the parties might otherwise agree, for each due date—
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`Cross-examination begins after any supplemental evidence is
`due. 37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2).
`2.
`Cross-examination ends no later than a week before the filing
`date for any paper in which the cross-examination testimony is expected to
`be used. Id.
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`C. MOTION FOR OBSERVATION ON CROSS-EXAMINATION
`A motion for observation on cross-examination provides the parties
`with a mechanism to draw the Board’s attention to relevant cross-
`examination testimony of a reply witness because no further substantive
`paper is permitted after the reply. See Office Patent Trial Practice Guide,
`77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,768 (Aug. 14, 2012). The observation must be a
`concise statement of the relevance of precisely identified testimony to a
`precisely identified argument or portion of an exhibit. Each observation
`should not exceed a single, short paragraph. The opposing party may
`respond to the observation. Any response must be equally concise and
`specific.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`INITIAL CONFERENCE CALL ............................................. Upon Request
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`DUE DATE 1 ......................................................................... August 28, 2017
`Patent owner’s response to the petition
`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2 ..................................................................... November 9, 2017
`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ................................................................... December 11, 2017
`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4 ......................................................................... January 8, 2018
`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of reply witness
`Motion to exclude evidence
`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5 ....................................................................... January 22, 2018
`Response to observation
`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6 ....................................................................... January 29, 2018
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7 ..................................................................... February 13, 2018
`Oral argument (if requested)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Steven W. Parmelee
`Michael T. Rosato
`Jad A. Mills
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`sparmelee@wsgr.com
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`jmills@wsgr.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Mark J. Feldstein
`Joshua L. Goldberg
`Yieyie Yang
`Maureen D. Queler
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`mark.feldstein@finnegan.com
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
`yieyie.yang@finnegan.com
`maureen.queler@finnegan.com
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`Mark J. Stewart
`Dan L. Wood
`Gerald P. Keleher
`ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
`stewart_mark@lilly.com
`wood_dan_l@lilly.com
`keleher_gerald@lilly.com
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