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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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`ARGENTUM PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
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`Petitioner
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`CIPLA LIMITED
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`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2017-00807
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,168,620
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (EX. 2183)
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND KEEP SEPARATE
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(B) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(C)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner
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`Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC and Patent Owner Cipla Limited jointly request
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`that the settlement agreement filed concurrently as Exhibit 2183, and referenced in
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`the concurrently filed Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding Pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 317, be treated as business confidential information and kept separate from the
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`files of the involved patent and IPR2017-00807, and only made available to
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`Federal Government agencies upon written request or to any other person upon
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`written request and a showing of good cause.
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`Dated: May 17, 2018
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`/Michael Houston/
`Michael R. Houston
`Reg. No. 58,486
`Lead Attorney for Petitioner
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`/Dennies Varughese/
`Dennies Varughese
`Registration No. 61,868
`Lead Attorney for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing “Joint Request
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`To Treat Settlement Agreement (Ex. 2183) As Business Confidential Information
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`and Keep Separate Under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)” was served
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`in its entirety on May 17, 2018, via email upon the following counsel of record for
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`the Patent Owner:
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`Michael R. Houston: mhouston@foley.com
`Joseph P. Meara: jmeara@foley.com
`James P. McParland: jmcparland@foley.com
`Tyler C. Liu: TLiu@agpharm.com
`ARG-dymista@foley.com
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`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`321 North Clark Street
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`Chicago, IL 60654
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` STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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` Dennies Varughese
`Date: May 17, 2018
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W. Registration No. 61,868
`Washington, D.C.20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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