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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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`BASF SE,
`Petitioner,
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`FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01948
`Patent 9,353,220 B2
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`Before JO-ANNE M. KOKOSKI, CHRISTOPHER M. KAISER, and
`JEFFREY W. ABRAHAM, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ABRAHAM, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court held that a final written
`decision under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) must decide the patentability of all claims
`challenged in the petition. SAS Inst., Inc. v. Iancu, No. 16-969, 2018 WL
`1914661, at *10 (U.S. Apr. 24, 2018). In our Decision on Institution, we
`determined that Petitioner demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that it would
`establish that at least one of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent No.
`9,353,220 B2 is unpatentable. Paper 13, 29. Pursuant to the holding in SAS,
`we modify our institution decision to institute on all of the challenged claims
`and all of the grounds presented in the Petition.
`The parties remain free to stipulate to changes in the schedule under
`the terms of the Scheduling Order. If, after conferring, the parties wish to
`otherwise change the schedule or submit briefing not set forth in the
`Scheduling Order, the parties must, within one week of the date of this
`Order, request a conference call with the panel to seek authorization for such
`changes or briefing.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), we modify our
`institution decision to include review of all challenged claims and all
`grounds presented in the Petition; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner and Patent Owner shall confer
`to determine whether they desire any changes to the schedule or briefing not
`already permitted under the Scheduling Order, and, if so, request a
`conference call with the panel to seek authorization for such changes or
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`PETITIONER:
`Greg Gardella
`ggardella@gardellagrace.com
`Eric Myers
`em@gandmpatent.com
`Kirsten Gruneberg
`kg@gandmpatent.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Thomas Engellenner
`engellennert@pepperlaw.com
`Reza Mollaaghababa
`mollaaghababar@pepperlaw.com
`Andrew Schultz
`schultza@pepperlaw.com
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