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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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`WEST-WARD PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`NOVARTIS AG
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-01592
`U.S. Patent No. 8,410,131
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`PETITIONER’S OPPOSITION TO
`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Table of Authorities .................................................................................................. ii
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`I.
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`II.
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`The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Paragraphs Of
`The Pantuck Declarations And Exhibits Not Cited In The Petition Or
`Reply ................................................................................................................ 2
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`The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Paragraphs Of
`Dr. Pantuck’s Declarations That Provide Background And Context .............. 4
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`III. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude References
`That Novartis Alleges Are Not Prior Art ........................................................ 5
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`IV. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Exhibits First
`Cited In Petitioner’s Reply Or In Dr. Pantuck’s Reply Declaration ............... 6
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`V. Dr. Pantuck’s Reply Declaration Is Not Misleading With Respect To
`The Cited Testimony Of Dr. Burris ................................................................. 7
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`VI. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Dr. Pantuck’s
`Opinions Concerning A SciFinder Search ...................................................... 8
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`VII. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Exhibits For
`Lack Of Authentication And/Or Lack Of Public Availability ........................ 9
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`VIII. Novartis’s Catch-All Fails To Identify Any Objections Or Evidence
`Or Otherwise Demonstrate Anything Should Be Excluded ..........................11
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`IX. Conclusion .....................................................................................................12
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases
`Liberty Mutual Ins. v. Progressive Cas. Ins.,
`CBM2012-00002, Paper 66 (Jan. 23, 2014) ......................................................... 7
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`Mobile Tech, Inc. v. Invue Security Prods. Inc.,
`IPR2016-00892, Paper 33 (Sept. 28, 2017) .......................................................... 8
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`Other Authorities
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.20 ..................................................................................................... 11
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.22 ..................................................................................................... 11
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.62(a) ................................................................................................... 7
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1) ............................................................................................ 11
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.64(c) ............................................................................................. 7, 11
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`F.R.E. 901(a) .............................................................................................................. 9
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`F.R.E. 901(b)(4) ......................................................................................................... 9
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`FRE 106 ..................................................................................................................... 8
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`West-Ward Pharmaceuticals International Limited (“West-Ward” opposes
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`Patent Owner Novartis AG’s (“Novartis”) Motion To Exclude (Paper No. 61).
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`Novartis moves to exclude or strike the following seven categories of
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`evidence:
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`(1) Exhibits and paragraphs of Dr. Pantuck’s declarations not cited in the
`Petition or Reply (Mot. ¶ a. at 1 and 4);
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`Paragraphs of Dr. Pantuck’s declarations not specifically identified or
`discussed in detail in the Petition or Reply (Mot. ¶ b. at 1 and 4-6);
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`(3) Exhibits (both cited in the Petition or Reply and not cited in the
`Petition or Reply) that Novartis alleges Petitioner has failed to prove
`are prior art, and paragraphs of Dr. Pantuck’s declarations that rely on
`these exhibits (Mot. ¶ c. at 1-2 and 6-8);
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`(4) Exhibits that were first cited in Petitioner’s Reply or in Dr. Pantuck’s
`Reply Declaration (Mot. ¶ d. at 2-3 and 8-10);
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`(5)
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`(6)
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`Paragraphs in Dr. Pantuck’s Reply Declaration citing to Dr. Burris’s
`testimony as “incomplete and misleading” or considering portions of
`Exhibits 1126 and 1130 (Mot. ¶ e. at 3 and 10-12);
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`Paragraphs in Dr. Pantuck’s Reply Declaration concerning the results
`of a “SciFinder” search because Dr. Pantuck did not personally carry
`out the search (Mot. ¶ f. at 3 and 12); and
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`(7) Exhibits 1011, 1060, and 1147 on the basis that Ex. 1101 is
`unauthenticated and that none of these exhibits includes information
`sufficient to establish that these exhibits were publicly available as of
`the stated dates (Mot. ¶ g. at 3-4 and 13-14).
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`Finally, Novartis includes a vague and generic request to exclude evidence that
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`does not appear in instituted grounds other than evidence used for the limited
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`purposes of describing the state of the art or reinforcing the meaning of a prior art
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`reference included in the instituted grounds. Mot. at 14.
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`For the reasons discussed below, Novartis fails to establish that any evidence
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`should be excluded and Novartis’s motion should be denied.
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`I.
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`The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Paragraphs Of
`The Pantuck Declarations And Exhibits Not Cited In The Petition Or
`Reply
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`Novartis seeks to exclude portions of exhibits and expert testimony that are
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`not directly cited in Petitioners’ Petition or Reply. There is no requirement that
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`Petitioner directly cite every exhibit that an expert witness used to form his/her
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`considered opinions or cite each paragraph of an expert declaration.
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`Moreover, the exhibits cited by Novartis are cited or referred to in
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`Dr. Pantuck’s Declaration (Ex. 1010) or Reply Declaration (Ex. 1159). See, e.g.,
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`exhibits cited in the Pantuck Declaration (Ex. 1010) (Exs. 1028 at ¶ 8, 1029, n.2 at
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`p. 9, 1030 at ¶ 25, 1031 at ¶ 29, 1032 at 39, 1033-1034 at ¶ 53, 1035 at ¶ 57, 1036-
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`38 at ¶ 61, 1040 at ¶ 63, 1041-1042 at ¶ 72, 1043-1044 at ¶ 123, 1045-108 at ¶ 95,
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`1049-1052 at ¶ 96, 1053-54 at ¶ 97, 1056-1057 at ¶ 98, 1058 at ¶ 99, 1060-106 at
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`¶ 100, 1062-1067 at ¶ 102, 1068 n.4, p. 47, 1070-1071 at ¶ 107, 1072 at ¶ 108,
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`1073 at ¶ 109, 1074-1076 at ¶ 110, 1077 at ¶ 111, 1078 at ¶ 113, 1079-1083 at
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`¶ 114, 1084 at ¶ 115, 1086-1087 at ¶ 117, 1088-1089 at ¶ 118, 1090-1091 at ¶ 120,
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`1092 at ¶ 121, 1093-1099 at ¶ 122, 1100-1101 at ¶ 123, 1102-1103 at ¶ 140, 1104-
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`1106 at ¶ 141, 1107-1111 at ¶ 142); and exhibits cited in the Pantuck Reply
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`Declaration (Ex. 1159) (1121 at ¶ 141, 1122 at ¶ 4, 1123-1125 Burris deposition
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`exhibits, 1126 Burris deposition transcript at ¶ 4, 1128-1129 at ¶ 4, 1131 at ¶ 87,
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`1132 at ¶ 113, 1135 at ¶ 117, 1136 at ¶ 352, 1137 at ¶ 149, 1138 at ¶ 151, 1139 at
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`¶ 86, 1140 n.37 at pp. 125-126, 1041 at ¶ 86, 1143 at ¶ 4, 1144 at37, 1145 at ¶ 87
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`1146 at ¶ 130, 1148 at ¶ 87, 1149 at ¶ 88, 1150 n.4 at p. 33, 1151 at ¶ 113, 1152
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`n.20 at p. 83, 1153 at ¶ 139, 1154 n.7 at p. 39, 1155 at ¶ 81, 1156 specification
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`sheet for HTB-44 which relates to n.8 and ¶ 86, 1158 n.9 at p. 43).
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`Further, there is no requirement to directly cite each paragraph of an expert
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`declaration, such as those included for context and information used to form
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`conclusions, like the following paragraphs of the Pantuck Declaration (Ex. 1010)
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`(¶¶ 1-18 (personal experience and understanding of applicable law); 21-23, 25, and
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`27-30 (compound structures and descriptions), 66-67 (understanding of claim
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`terms), 139 (background on kidney tumors), 148 (understanding of applicable law),
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`236-239 (understanding of applicable law and conclusions)); or the following
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`paragraphs of the Pantuck Reply Declaration (Ex. 1159) (¶¶ 1-71 (background as
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`to materials considered, understanding of claim terms, understanding of state of the
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`art), 74 (understanding of Dr. Burris’s definition of a POSA), 76-82 and 104-109
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`(understanding of Dr. Burris’s testimony), 84-100 (understanding of the art), 111-
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`130 (summary of Dr. Burris citation errors), 147-225 (description of known
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`activity of mTOR inhibitors), 250-258 (description of prior art), 263-269
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`(description of prior art), 279-281 (understanding of applicable law and
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`conclusions), 288 (agrees with Board’s conclusions in Institution Decision), 300-
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`325 (understanding of Dr. Burris and Dr. Komanduri arguments and backgrounds)
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`and 383 (unaware of any secondary considerations)).
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`II. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Paragraphs Of
`Dr. Pantuck’s Declarations That Provide Background And Context
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`Novartis seeks to exclude portions of Dr. Pantuck’s declarations because
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`“numerous paragraphs are not specifically identified or discussed in any detail in
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`the Petition or Reply.” (Mot. 4-6.)
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`There is no requirement that Petitioner directly cite or discuss in detail each
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`paragraph of an expert declaration, even those included for context such as
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`background summaries of Dr. Burris’s Declaration and prosecution of the ’149
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`patent, art summaries, and conclusion (e.g., Ex. 1159 ¶¶ 134-146, 226-249, 326-
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`340, 341-382), as well as description of terms used in the declaration such as a
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`POSA, rapamycin, everolimus, understanding of claim terms, background state of
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`the art, background summaries of the art, description of the ’131 patent (e.g.,
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`Ex. 1010 ¶¶ 20, 24, 26, 31-65, 68-69; 71-73, 76-77, 79, 81-84, 87-88, 91-92, 94-
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`132, 134, 136-138, 140-147, 151-157, 159-161, 164-166, 168-172, 174-176, 179-
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`188, 190-192, 195-216, 219-222, 225-226, 228-233, 235, 244, 246-247, 280, 284,
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`290, 294-296, 306 and 308), and so forth.
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`III. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude References That
`Novartis Alleges Are Not Prior Art
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`Novartis asserts that Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that Exhibits 1023,
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`1024 and 1147 are prior art as of February 2001 and/or February 2002 and that
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`accordingly the Board should exclude those exhibits, the paragraphs of
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`Dr. Pantuck’s declarations that rely on those exhibits (Ex. 1010, ¶ 63 and Ex. 1159,
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`¶¶ 275, 299, 317) and the portions of the Petition (at pp. 20 and 59) and Reply (at
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`p. 18) that rely on those exhibits. In addition, Novartis asserts that Petitioner has
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`failed to demonstrate that Exhibits 1031, 1036, 1040, 1059-1061, 1076, 1092-
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`1096, 1140 and 1137, which are not cited in the Petition or Reply, are prior art as
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`of February 2001 and/or February 2002, and the Board should exclude these
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`exhibits and the paragraphs of Dr. Pantuck’s declarations that rely on these
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`exhibits, i.e., Ex. 1010 ¶¶ 29 (Ex. 1031), 61-62 (Ex. 1036), 63 (Ex. 1040), 100
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`(Exs. 1059-1061), 110-111, (Ex. 1076), 113 (Ex. 1040), 114 (Ex. 1031), 116
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`(Ex. 1040), 117 (Exs. 1040, 1076), 119 (Ex. 1031), 120 (Ex. 1076), 121
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`(Ex. 1092), 122 (Exs. 1093-1096), 186 (Exs. 1093-1096), and Ex. 1159 ¶¶ 67
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`(Ex. 1031), 73 (Ex. 1140), 79 (Ex. 1031), 81 (Exs. 1040, 1092), 83 (Ex. 1040), 84-
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`85 (Ex. 1092), 87-88, 92, 94-99, 101, and 113 (Ex. 1040), 149 (Ex. 1137), 152
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`(Ex. 1092), 215 (Exs. 1093-1096), 215 n.37 (Ex. 1140), 220 n.39 and 224 n.40
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`(Ex. 1059). Novartis’s motion presents substantive arguments about the
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`admissibility of these exhibits.1 A motion to exclude, however, is not an
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`opportunity to present substantive arguments. As set forth in the Trial Practice
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`Guide Update (August 2018): “A motion to exclude … may not be used to
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`challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to prove a particular fact.” Trial Practice
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`Guide Update (August 2018), II.K. Challenging Admissibility: Motions to
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`Exclude; Motions to Strike, at 16. For at least this reason, the Board should deny
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`this portion of Novartis’s motion to exclude.
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`IV. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Exhibits First
`Cited In Petitioner’s Reply Or In Dr. Pantuck’s Reply Declaration
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`Novartis argues that several exhibits were not cited in the June 12, 2017
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`Petition but instead were first cited in the Reply and that this constitutes “a
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`prolonged and unexplained delay.” These exhibits were cited in Petitioner’s Reply
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`and in the Declaration of Dr. Pantuck as timely rebuttal to the First Burris
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`Declaration (Ex. 2001), corrected second declaration of Dr. Burris (Ex. 2092)
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`dated April 4, 2018, and deposition testimony of Dr. Burris which took place on
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`May 24, 2018 (Ex. 1126). Petitioner’s timely citation of these exhibits in rebuttal
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`to Patent Owner’s arguments does not constitute a prolonged and unexplained
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`February 18, 2002.
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`delay, and Patent Owner’s assertion that Petitioner should have made these
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`arguments in the Petition is without merit.
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`V. Dr. Pantuck’s Reply Declaration Is Not Misleading With Respect To
`The Cited Testimony Of Dr. Burris
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`Novartis contends that the Board should exclude portions of the Pantuck
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`Reply Declaration that rely on allegedly “incomplete and misleading citations” to
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`the testimony of Dr. Burris. In making this argument, Novartis improperly
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`attempts to engage in self-help and garner additional briefing on the merits by
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`making arguments regarding its own expert’s testimony. Novartis’s arguments
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`regarding its own expert’s testimony seek to bolster its as-filed Response,
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`impermissibly taking another shot at the merits of the petition. Liberty Mutual Ins.
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`v. Progressive Cas. Ins., CBM2012-00002, Paper 66 at 62 (Jan. 23, 2014). The
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`Board should deny Novartis’s motion rather than reward Novartis’s self-help
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`efforts, a reward that would encourage future parties to do the same.
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`A motion to exclude is not a motion for observations on the testimony of a
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`party’s own expert or an opportunity to present additional substantive arguments.
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`See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.62(a), 42.64(c). To present such substantive argument,
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`Novartis required permission from the Board—permission that Novartis lacks. See
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`e.g. email denying request to substitute sur-reply for observations on cross
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`examination dated August 17, 2018.
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`Moreover, Novartis’s invocation of FRE 106 does not substitute for the
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`leave that would be required from the Board to make the substantive arguments
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`that Novartis attempts to make through its motion. FRE 106 provides that “[i]f a
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`party introduces all or part of a writing or recorded statement, an adverse party
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`may require the introduction, at that time, of any other part—or any other writing
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`or recorded statement—that in fairness out to be considered at the same time.”
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`(Emphasis added.) The full transcript of Dr. Burris’s testimony is already in the
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`record (Ex. 1126), and no “other part” of the transcript needs to be “introduced.”
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`Further, FRE 106 “provides a basis for including, rather than excluding, evidence.”
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`Mobile Tech, Inc. v. Invue Security Prods. Inc., IPR2016-00892, Paper 33 at 68-69
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`(Sept. 28, 2017). As such, Novartis’s substantive arguments presented under the
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`guise of FRE 106 should be disregarded.
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`VI. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Dr. Pantuck’s
`Opinions Concerning A SciFinder Search
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`Novartis asserts that that several paragraphs of Dr. Pantuck’s Reply
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`Declaration concerning a SciFinder search (Ex. 1150) should be excluded because
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`Dr. Pantuck did not himself conduct the “SciFinder” search. As support, Novartis
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`cites Power Integrations in which “the expert could not clearly identify the source
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`of the data on which he relied.” Mot. at 12. As can be clearly seen, Exhibit 1150
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`includes the legend “SciFinder® Search Results for Rapamycin References
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`limited to Tumor or Cancer (1980-2002)” and the footer “Copyright © 2018
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`American Chemical Society (ACS). All Rights Reserved.” The source of the
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`SciFinder Search results, a search for rapamycin references limited to tumor or
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`cancer date limited to 1980-2002, is apparent on the face of Exhibit 1150.
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`Moreover, as noted above in Section III, a motion to exclude is not an
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`opportunity to present substantive arguments.
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`VII. The Board Should Deny Novartis’s Motion To Exclude Exhibits For
`Lack Of Authentication And/Or Lack Of Public Availability
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`Novartis asserts that Exhibit 1011 should be excluded because there is no
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`evidence that this document is authentic or was publicly available as of February
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`2001 or February 2002, that Exhibit 1060 fails on its face to demonstrate that the
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`information was published in the American Journal of Transplantation and was
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`publicly available as of February 2001 or February 2002, and that Exhibit 1147
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`fails on its face to demonstrate that the information relied upon therein was
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`publicly available as of February 2001 or February 2002.
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`“To satisfy the requirement of authenticating, or identifying an item of
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`evidence, the proponent must produce evidence sufficient to support a finding that
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`the item is what the proponent claims it is.” F.R.E. 901(a). This authentication
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`requirement may be satisfied by the “appearance, contents, substance, internal
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`patterns, or other distinctive characteristics of the item, taken together with all the
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`circumstances.” F.R.E. 901(b)(4).
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`The “distinctive characteristics” of Exhibit 1011 “taken together with all the
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`circumstances” provide sufficient authentication here. Exhibit 1011 includes a
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`cover letter and prescribing information or package insert for Rapamune®
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`(sirolimus) Oral Solution. The cover letter in Exhibit 1011 is electronically signed
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`by an FDA (a United States government agency) official, Dr. Sandra L. Kweder,
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`Acting Director, Office of Drug Evaluation IV, Center for Drug Evaluation and
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`Research, and refers to submissions for a new drug application for Rapamune®
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`(sirolimus) Oral Solution. Further, Novartis has itself cited exhibit 2025, the
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`prescribing information or package insert for Rapamune® (sirolimus) Oral Solution
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`which is essentially identical to the package insert in Exhibit 1011. See e.g. (Ex.
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`2025 and pp. 39 and 69 of Corrected Patent Owner Response, Paper No. 33 ).
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`With respect to Novartis’s assertions that Exhibits 1011, 1060 and 1147
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`were not publicly available as of February 2001 or February 2002, as noted above
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`a motion to exclude is not an opportunity to present substantive arguments, such as
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`whether the evidence proves that an Exhibit was publicly available.2
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`2 West-Ward contends that the ‘131 patent is only entitled to a priority date of
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`February 18, 2002.
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`VIII. Novartis’s Catch-All Fails To Identify Any Objections Or Evidence Or
`Otherwise Demonstrate Anything Should Be Excluded
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`Without pointing to any specific exhibits, Novartis seeks to exclude “any
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`evidence that does not appear in the instituted grounds, other than evidence used
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`for the limited purposes of describing the state of the art or reinforcing the meaning
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`of a prior art reference included in the instituted grounds.” Novartis’s motion is
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`deficient and should be denied because Novartis failed to meet any requirements
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`for a motion to exclude. For example, Novartis failed to point to and explain any
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`timely raised objections “identify[ing] the grounds for the objection with sufficient
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`particularity to allow correction in the form of supplemental evidence” because
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`there are none. 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1), (c). Novartis also failed to include any
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`explanation, much less the required detailed explanation, of any particular
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`evidence and material facts at issue or the relief requested. 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.20,
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`42.22). Finally, Novartis failed to demonstrate that any of the unidentified
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`evidence was not properly submitted in reply to Novartis’s own arguments. For at
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`least these reasons, Novartis’s deficient motion should be denied.
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`IX. Conclusion
`For the above reasons, the Board should deny Novartis’s motion to exclude.
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`Date: August 22, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Marta E. Delsignore/
`Marta E. Delsignore (Reg. No. 32,689)
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`620 Eighth Avenue
`New York, NY 10018
`212-813-8822
`mdelsignore@goodwinprocter.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner West-Ward
`Pharmaceuticals International Limited
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that on this 22nd day of August,
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`2018, a true and correct copy of the foregoing PETITIONERS’ OPPOSITION
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`TO PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE was served by electronic
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`mail on Patent Owner’s lead and backup counsel at the following email address:
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`Laura K. Fishwick
`Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
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`ZortressAfinitorIPR@fchs.com
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`By: /Marta E. Delsignore/
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`Marta E. Delsignore (Reg. No. 32,689)
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`620 Eighth Avenue
`New York, NY 10018
`212-813-8822
`mdelsignore@goodwinprocter.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner West-Ward
`Pharmaceuticals International Limited
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