Trials@uspto.gov Paper 23
`571-272-7822 Date: December 15, 2025
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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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`PADAGIS US LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`NEURELIS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`[PR2025-00464 (Patent 8,895,546 B2)
`IPR2025-00465 (Patent 11,241,414 B2)
`IPR2025-00466 (Patent 11,793,786 B2)!
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`Before GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, ANNETTE R. REIMERS, and
`TIMOTHY G. MAJORS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MAJORS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Authorizing Patent Owner’s Request to File Motion to Pursue Certificate of
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`Correction on Patents Undergoing Inter Partes Review
`37 C.F.R. §42.20
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`I This Order addresses issues common to the listed cases. Therefore, we
`exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case. The
`parties are not authorized to use this style heading.
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`IPR2025-00464 (Patent 8,895,546 B2)
`[PR2025-00465 (Patent 11,241,414 B2)
`IPR2025-00466 (Patent 11,793,786 B2)
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`L. BACKGROUND
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`On December 4, 2025, Patent Owner requested the Board’s
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`authorization for a motion (under 37 C.F.R. § 1.323) asking that the Board
`permit Patent Owner to petition the Director for a certificate of correction of
`each of the above-referenced patents presently undergoing inter partes
`review. See Ex. 3002 (email to Board dated December 4, 2025). Patent
`Owner, in its request, states that it plansto seek correction of the patents to
`add references to the names of parties to a joint research agreement. Id.
`(citing MPEP § 717.02(a)(Il)). Patent Owner also seeks authorization to
`move to seal and for a protective order concerning confidential documents
`that are alleged to support the anticipated § 1.323 motion. /d. Petitioner
`opposes Patent Owner’s requests but, if the Board allows the motions to be
`filed, asks that Petitioner be permitted to file a written opposition. /d.
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`II. DISCUSSION
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`We authorize Patent Owner’s filing of a motion for relief under 37
`C.F.R. §1.323, as well as the related motion(s) to seal and for a protective
`order. Petitionerisauthorizedto file oppositions to the motions and such
`oppositions will not exceed the permitted page length of the corresponding
`motions. No other reply briefing is authorized at this time.
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`As it concerns the § 1.323 motion, we direct the parties’ attention to
`Honeywell Int’l Inc. v. Arkema Inc., 939 F.3d 1345, 1349-50 (Fed. Cir.
`2019), which explains the steps required by a patent owner seeking the
`Board’s leave to petition the Director for a certificate of correction for a
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`patent undergoing post-grant proceedings before the Board. See Mylan
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`IPR2025-00464 (Patent 8,895,546 B2)
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`IPR2025-00465 (Patent 11,241,414 B2)
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`IPR2025-00466 (Patent 11,793,786 B2)
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`Pharma. Inc. v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., IPR2020900040, Paper 76
`(PTAB Dec. 23, 2020) (applying the process set forth in Honeywell).
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`The § 1.323 motion must not exceed ten (10) pages in length and is
`due no later than December23,2025. Petitioner’s opposition to that motion
`mustnot exceed ten (10) pages and is due no later than January 9, 2026.
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`The motion(s) to seal and for a protective order and any opposition(s)
`from Petitionerare also due, respectively, no laterthan December 23, 2025,
`and January 9, 2026. Such motion(s)and opposition(s) are also each limited
`to ten (10) pages.?
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`III. ORDER
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file a motion
`requesting that the Board permit Patent Owner to petition the Director for a
`certificate of correction of the patents challenged in these proceedings,
`which motion must not exceed ten (10) pages and will be due no later than
`December 23, 2025;
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner 1s authorized to move to seal certain
`exhibits Patent Owner intendsto submit in support of the aforementioned
`motion concering the certificate of correction, and is further authorized to
`move for entry of a protective order, and any such motion(s) to seal and for a
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`protective order must not exceed ten (10) pages and will be due no later than
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`December 23, 2025; and
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`2 We encourage Patent Owner to combine the motion to seal and motion for
`a protective order in a single paper, if possible.
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`[PR2025-00464 (Patent 8,895,546 B2)
`[PR2025-00465 (Patent 11,241,414 B2)
`[PR2025-00466 (Patent 11,793,786 B2)
`ORDERED that Petitioner may file an opposition to each of Patent
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`Owner’s aforementioned motions, and each of those oppositions must not
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`exceed ten (10) pages and will be due no later than January 9, 2026.
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`IPR2025-00464 (Patent 8,895,546 B2)
`IPR2025-00465 (Patent 11,241,414 B2)
`[PR2025-00466 (Patent 11,793,786 B2)
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`James Murphy
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`Corey Casey
`POLSINELLI PC.
`jpmurphy@polsinelli.com
`ccasey@polsinelli.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Michael A Sitzman
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`Timothy Best
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`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`msitzman@mwe.com
`tbest@mwe.com
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`Raymond Miller
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`Nancy Stakleff
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`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`raymond.miller@us.dlapiper.com
`nicole.endejann(@us.dlapiper.com
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