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`Paper No.
`Filed: December 4, 2018
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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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`BENSON HILL BIOSYSTEMS, INC.,
`Petitioner
`v.
`THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., PRESIDENTS AND FELLOWS OF
`HARVARD COLLEGE, AND MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
`TECHNOLOGY
`Patent Owner
`______________________
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`Case PGR2018-00072
`Patent No. 9,790,490
`______________________
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`PETITIONER’S UPDATED EXHIBIT LIST, SUBMISSION OF
`NOVEMBER 27, 2018 TRANSCRIPT, AND ERRATA
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`Case PGR2018-00072
`Patent No. 9,790,490
`Further to 37 C.F.R. § 42.63(e), Petitioner hereby submits a current listing of
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`its exhibits to counsel for Patent Owner. Exhibits 1072 (Transcript of Teleconference
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`with the Board, taken November 27, 2018) and 1073 (Errata to Transcript of
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`Teleconference with the Board, taken November 27, 2018) were filed on PTAB E2E
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`and served via email to counsel of record for the Patent Owner.
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`Filed
`Exhibits
`1001
`1002
`1003
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`1004
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`1005
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`1006
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`1007
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`1008
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`1009
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`1010
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`1011
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`Description
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`United States Patent No. 9,790,490
`Prosecution History of the ’490 patent
`Declaration of Dr. Chase L. Beisel and accompanying Appendices
`A-C
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`Karvelis et al., “Rapid characterization of CRISPR-Cas9
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`Lowder et al., “Rapid Evolution of Manifold CRISPR Systems for
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`(2016)
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`Filed
`Exhibits
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`Description
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`Case PGR2018-00072
`Patent No. 9,790,490
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`1012
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`1013
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`1014
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`1015
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`1016
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`1017
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`1018
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`1019
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`1020
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`1021
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`1022
`1023
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`1024
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`1025
`1026
`1027
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`(2016)
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`Kleinstiver et al., “Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with
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`Filed
`Exhibits
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`Description
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`Case PGR2018-00072
`Patent No. 9,790,490
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`1028
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`1029
`1030
`1031
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`1032
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`1033
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`1034
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`1035
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`1036
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`1037
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`1038
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`1039
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`1040
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`Senís et al., “CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome engineering: an
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`Shukla et al., “Precise genome modification in the crop species Zea
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`Ishino et al., “Nucleotide Sequence of the iap Gene, Responsible
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`repeats in prokaryotes,” Molecular Microbiology, 43(6):1565-75
`(2002)
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`Filed
`Exhibits
`1041
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`1042
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`1043
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`1044
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`1045
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`1046
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`1047
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`1048
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`1049
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`1050
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`1051
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`1052
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`1053
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`Case PGR2018-00072
`Patent No. 9,790,490
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`Description
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`Bolotin et al., “Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome
`repeats (CRISPRs) have spacers of extrachromosomal origin,”
`Microbiology, 151(Pt 8):2551-61 (2005)
`Mojica et al., “Intervening sequences of regularly spaced
`prokaryotic repeats derive from foreign genetic elements,” J Mol
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`Pourcel, “CRISPR elements in Yersinia pestis acquire new repeats
`by preferential uptake of bacteriophage DNA, and provide
`additional tools for evolutionary studies,” Microbiology, 151(Pt
`3):653-3 (2005)
`Barrangou et al., “CRISPR provides acquired resistance against
`viruses in prokaryotes,” Science, 315(5819):1709-12 (2007)
`Haft et al., “A Guild of 45 CRISPR-Associated (Cas) Protein
`Families and Multiple CRISPR/Cas Subtypes Exist in Prokaryotic
`Genomes,” PLOS Computational Biology, 1(6):474-83 (2005)
`Brouns et al., “Small CRISPR RNAs Guide Antiviral Defense in
`Prokaryotes,” Science, 321(5891):960-64 (2008)
`Garneau et al., “The CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system cleaves
`bacteriophage and plasmid DNA,” Nature, 468(7320):67-71 (2010)
`Deveau et al., “Phage Response to CRISPR-Encoded Resistance in
`Streptococcus thermophilus,” Journal of Bacteriology,
`190(4):1390-1400 (2008)
`Mojica et al., “Short motif sequences determine the targets of the
`prokaryotic CRISPR defence system,” Microbiology, 155(Pt
`3):733-40 (2009)
`Anders et al., “Structural basis of PAM-dependent target DNA
`recognition by the Cas9 endonuclease,” Nature, 215(7219):569-73
`(2014)
`Nishimasu et al., “Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with
`Guide RNA and Target RNA,” Cell, 156(5):935-49 (2014)
`Deltcheva et al., “CRISPR RNA maturation by trans-encoded
`small RNA and host factor RNase III,” Nature, 471(7341):602-07
`(2011)
`Makarova et al., “Unification of Cas protein families and a simple
`scenario for the origin and evolution of CRISPR-Cas systems,”
`Biology Direct, 6:38, pp. 1-27 (2011)
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`Filed
`Exhibits
`1054
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`1055
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`1056
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`1057
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`1058
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`1059
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`1060
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`1061
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`1062
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`1063
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`1064
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`1065
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`1066
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`1067
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`Case PGR2018-00072
`Patent No. 9,790,490
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`Description
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`Nam et al., “Cas5d protein process pre-crRNA and assembles into a
`Cascade-like interference complex in Subtype I-C/Dvulg CRISPR-
`Cas system,” Structure, 20(9):1574-84 (2012)
`Haurwitz et al., “Sequence- and structure-specific RNA processing
`by a CRISPR endonuclease,” Science, 329(5997):1355-58 (2010)
`Hatoum-Aslan et al., “Mature clustered, regularly interspaced, short
`palindromic repeats RNA (crRNA) length is measured by a ruler
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`Shmakov et al., “Diversity and evolution of class 2 CRISPR-Cas
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`Aravind et al., “Holliday junction resolvases and related nucleases:
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`Description
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`Patent No. 9,790,490
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`1069
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`1070
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`1071
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`1072
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`1073
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`(2000)
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`the CRISPR PAM,” J Mol Biol., 429(2):177-91 (2017)
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`Transcript of Teleconference with the Board, taken November 27,
`2018
`Errata to Transcript of Teleconference with the Board, taken
`November 27, 2018
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`Dated: December 4, 2018
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`By:/Howard W. Levine/
`Howard W. Levine, Lead Counsel
`Reg. No. 41,453
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Petitioner’s
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`Case PGR2018-00072
`Patent No. 9,790,490
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`Updated Exhibit List and Exhibits 1072-1073 were served on December 4, 2018,
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`via email directed to counsel of record for the Patent Owner at the following:
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`Steven R. Trybus
`strybus@jenner.com
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`Stephen B. Maebius
`smaebius@foley.com
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`Raymond N. Nimrod
`raynimrod@quinnemanuel.com
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`Sandra L. Haberny
`sandrahaberny@quinnemanuel.com
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`DL_PGR2018-00072@jenner.com
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`Dated: December 4, 2018
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