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` Entered: June 18, 2019
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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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`GRÜNENTHAL GMBH,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2018-00001
`Patent 9,539,268 B2
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`Before TONI R. SCHEINER and GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Authorizing Petitioner’s Response
`To Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`PGR2018-00001
`Patent 9,539,268 B2
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`The Board entered a Final Written Decision on April 29, 2019.
`Paper 48. Patent Owner filed a Request for Rehearing on June 3, 2019.
`Paper 49. We determine that a response from Petitioner may be helpful to
`the Board.
`Accordingly, we authorize Petitioner to file a Response to Patent
`Owner’s Request for Rehearing (Paper 49) subject to the conditions set forth
`below.
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`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file a Response to Patent
`Owner’s Request for Rehearing (Paper 49);
`FURTHER ORDERED that any Response filed pursuant to this Order
`shall be limited to 15 pages (excluding the caption, table of contents, table of
`authorities, counsel contact information, and proof of service);
`FURTHER ORDERED that any Response filed pursuant to this Order
`shall be limited to arguments responsive to those presented in Patent
`Owner’s Request for Rehearing (Paper 49);
`FURTHER ORDERED that no new evidence is authorized;
`FURTHER ORDERED that any Response filed pursuant to this Order
`shall be filed no later than close of business on July 3, 2019, and
`FURTHER ORDERED that no other briefing is authorized at this
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`PGR2018-00001
`Patent 9,539,268 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
`Bruce Haas
`Stephen Yam
`VENABLE LLP
`grunenthalpgr@venable.com
`syam@venable.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Brent Johnson
`Parrish Freeman
`MASCHOFF BRENNAN
`bjohnson@mabr.com
`pfreeman@mabr.com
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