IPR2018-01055 - 3M Company Inc et al. v. Aptar France SASReport Error
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PATENT NUMBER
APPL. NUMBER
14510324
STATUS
Final Written Decision
FILING DATE
2018-05-10
INSTITUTION DATE
2018-11-08
TERMINATION DATE
2019-11-07
AUTHOR JUDGE
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Docket
| 1 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Petition | Petition for Inter Partes Review |
| 2 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Power of Attorney | 3M Companys Power of Attorney |
| 3 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Power of Attorney | Merck & Co. Inc.s Power of Attorney |
| 4 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Power of Attorney | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.s Power of Attorney |
| 1001 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 9,370,631 (the 631 patent) | |
| 1002 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Declaration of S. David Piper | |
| 1003 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Curriculum Vitae of S. David Piper | |
| 1004 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Prosecution History of Application No. 10/556,432 that led to U.S. Patent No. 8,936,177, the parent of the 631 Patent | |
| 1005 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Prosecution History of Application No. 14/510,324 that led to the 631 Patent | |
| 1006 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | International Publication No. WO 00/59806 (Allsop) | |
| 1007 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 6,283,365 (Bason) | |
| 1008 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | European Patent No. EP 0480488 (Marelli) | |
| 1009 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 3,205,863 (Rhoades) | |
| 1010 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 6,474,331 | |
| 1011 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 6,752,153 | |
| 1012 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Pulmonary and Allergy Drug Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Draft Guidance for Industry Integration of Dose-Counting Mechanisms into MDI Drug Products (November 2001) | |
| 1013 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | United States Food and Drug Administration, Division of Pulmonary and Allergy Drug Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Final Guidance for Industry Integration of Dose-Counting Mechanisms into MDI Drug Products (March 2003) | |
| 1014 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | International Publication No. WO 95/26769 | |
| 1015 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | International Publication No. WO 96/03172 | |
| 1017 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | European Publication No. EP 0949584 A2 (Bason Publication) | |
| 1018 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | A.R. Clark, Medical Aerosol Inhalers: Past, Present, and Future, 22 AEROSOL SCI. & TECH., 374 (1995) | |
| 1019 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 2,721,010 | |
| 1020 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 5,290,539 | |
| 1021 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 5,992,309 | |
| 1022 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 2,126,626 | |
| 1023 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 4,414,891 | |
| 1024 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 7,195,134 | |
| 1027 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Andrew G. Weinstein, When Should Your Asthmatic Patients Refill Their MDI Propelled with Chlorofluorocarbons?, 70 DEL. MED. J., 293 (1998) | |
| 1028 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Tina Penick Brock et al., Accuracy of Float Testing for Metered-Dose Inhaler Canisters, 42 J. OF THE AM. PHARM. ASSN, 582 (2002) | |
| 1029 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Excerpt from Joseph Edward Shigley and Larry D. Mitchell, Mechanical Engineering Design, 16 (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 4th ed., 1983) | |
| 1030 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Excerpt from Robert E. Parr, Principles of Mechanical Design, 112-113 (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1970) | |
| 1031 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 5,243,970 | |
| 1032 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 7,090,662 | |
| 1033 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | International Publication No. WO 2007/045904 | |
| 1034 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 9,439,648 | |
| 1036 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | British Patent GB 1317315 | |
| 1037 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 5,349,945 | |
| 1038 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 6,142,339 | |
| 1039 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | U.S. Patent No. 6,161,724 | |
| 1040 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | International Publication No. WO 1998/56444 | |
| 1041 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Lewis, Metered-dose inhalers: actuators old and new, 4(3) EXPERT OPIN. DRUG. DELIV. 235 (May 2007) | |
| 1042 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Stein and Thiel, The History of Therapeutic Aerosols: A Chronological Review 2017 | |
| 1043 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Excerpts from Federal Register Vol. 66 | |
| 1044 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Excerpts from Federal Register Vol. 68 | |
| 1045 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | W. Travis Cain & John J. Oppenheimer, The misconception of using floating patterns as an accurate means of measuring the contents of metered-dose inhaler devices, 87 ANNALS OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA, & IMMUNOLOGY, 417 (2001) | |
| 1047 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | Excerpt of Douglas M. Bryce, Plastic Injection Molding, Vol. 1 (1996) | |
| 1048 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | R. K. Schultz, Drug delivery characteristics of metered-dose inhalers, 96 J. ALLERGY CLIN. IMMUNOL. 284 (1995) | |
| 1049 | 2018-05-10 | Petitioner | D. B. Price et al., Historical cohort study examining comparative effectiveness of albuterol inhalers with and without integrated dose counter for patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 9 J. ASTHMA & ALLERGY 145 (2016) | |
| 5 | 2018-05-15 | Board | Notice of Filing Date | Notice of Accord Filing Date |
| 6 | 2018-05-31 | Potential Patent Owner | Mandatory Notice | Mandatory Notice of Patent Owner |
| 7 | 2018-05-31 | Potential Patent Owner | Power of Attorney | Patent Owner's Power of Attorney |
| 8 | 2018-06-01 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Ryan Hargrave |
| 9 | 2018-06-01 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Robert Manley |
| 2001 | 2018-06-01 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2001 | |
| 2002 | 2018-06-01 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2002 | |
| 2003 | 2018-06-01 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2003 | |
| 2004 | 2018-06-01 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2004 | |
| 10 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Preliminary Response | 8-15-2018 Patent Owner's Preliminary Response |
| 2005 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2005 | |
| 2006 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2006 | |
| 2007 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2007 | |
| 2008 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2008 | |
| 2009 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2009 | |
| 2010 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2010 | |
| 2011 | 2018-08-21 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2011 | |
| 11 | 2018-11-08 | Board | Institution Decision | Trial Instituted Document |
| 12 | 2018-11-08 | Board | Other | Scheduling Order |
| 13 | 2018-11-08 | Board | Other | Order - 37 C.F.R. 42.10(c) |
| 14 | 2018-11-15 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Corrected Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Ryan Hargrave |
| 15 | 2018-11-15 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Corrected Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Robert Manley |
| 2012 | 2018-11-15 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2012 | |
| 2013 | 2018-11-15 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2013 | |
| 16 | 2018-11-26 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Objections to Evidence |
| 17 | 2018-12-06 | Board | Other | Granting Patent Owner¿¿¿s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Ryan A. Hargrave and Robert M. Manley 37 C.F.R. ¿¿ 42.10(c) |
| 18 | 2018-12-11 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Ron N. Sklar |
| 19 | 2018-12-11 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Updated Exhibit List |
| 1050 | 2018-12-11 | Petitioner | Declaration of Ron N. Sklar in support of Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice | |
| 1051 | 2018-12-11 | Petitioner | Biography of Ron N. Sklar | |
| 20 | 2019-01-11 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of S. David Piper |
| 21 | 2019-01-15 | Board | Other | ORDER Granting Petitioner¿¿¿s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Ron N. Sklar |
| 22 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Benjamin Murray |
| 23 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Response | Patent Owner's Response |
| 2014 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2014 | |
| 2015 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2015 | |
| 2016 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2016 | |
| 2017 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2017 | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2018 | |
| 2019 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2019 | |
| 2020 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2020 | |
| 2021 | 2019-02-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Ex. 2021 | |
| 24 | 2019-02-21 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Objections to Evidence Under 37 C.F.R. 42.64 |
| 25 | 2019-02-28 | Board | Other | ORDER Granting Patent Owner¿¿¿s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Benjamin G. Murray |
| 26 | 2019-03-28 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Notice of Deposition of Charles E. Clemens |
| 27 | 2019-03-29 | Potential Patent Owner | Response | Patent Owner's Corrected Response |
| 28 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Reply | Petitioners Reply to Patent Owners Response |
| 29 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Petitioners Updated Exhibit List | |
| 1055 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | May 9, 2018 Declaration of Charles E. Clemens in IPR2018-01159, West Phar, Svcs., Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH | |
| 1056 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Excerpt of Transcript of Video Deposition of Charles E. Clemens, taken October 25, 2007, in Novo NorDisk v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, et al., No-3:07-cv-03206 (Dkt No. 233-25) | |
| 1057 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Deposition Transcript of Charles E. Clemens, taken April 24, 2019 | |
| 1058 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Declaration of S. David Piper | |
| 1059 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Declaration of Charles E. Clemens in related IPR2018-01054 | |
| 1061 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Jill Matzke, Chapter 16 Dfe for Engineering Managers: Making it Count Dfe and the Bottom Line, GREEN ELECTRONICS/GREEN BOTTOM LINE (2000) | |
| 1062 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | C. Manoharan, et. al., An Expert System for Design for Robotic Assembly, 1 J. INTELL. MANUF. 17 (1990) | |
| 1064 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | IEEE 100 The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms (7th ed.) 2000 | |
| 1065 | 2019-05-13 | Petitioner | Merriam-Webster¿¿¿s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) 2012 | |
| 30 | 2019-05-20 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Objections to Evidence |
| 31 | 2019-06-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Sur-Reply | Patent Owner's Sur-Reply |
| 2023 | 2019-06-13 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit 2023 | |
| 32 | 2019-06-18 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Motion to Strike Portions of Petitioners' Reply to Patent Owner's Response |
| 33 | 2019-06-25 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Response to Patent Owners Motion to Strike |
| 34 | 2019-06-26 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Notice of Deposition of Charles E. Clemens |
| 35 | 2019-06-28 | Board | Other | Order - Conduct of the Proceeding - 37 CFR 42.5(a) |
| 36 | 2019-07-03 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Updated Notice of Deposition of Charles E. Clemens |
| 37 | 2019-07-15 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Motion to Exclude |
| 38 | 2019-07-15 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Request for Oral Argument |
| 39 | 2019-07-15 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Motion to Exclude Evidence |
| 40 | 2019-07-15 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Request for Oral Hearing |
| 41 | 2019-07-19 | Board | Trial Hearing Order | Order Granting Oral Request |
| 42 | 2019-07-22 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioners' Motion to Exclude Evidence |
| 43 | 2019-07-22 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Opposition to Patent Owners Motion to Exclude |
| 44 | 2019-07-23 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Sur-Sur-Reply |
| 45 | 2019-07-23 | Petitioner | Petitioners Updated Exhibit List | |
| 1077 | 2019-07-23 | Petitioner | Deposition Transcript of Charles E. Clemens, taken July 16, 2019 | |
| 46 | 2019-07-29 | Petitioner | Other | Petitioners Reply in Support of Motion to Exclude |
| 47 | 2019-07-29 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner's Reply in Support of its Motion to Exclude Evidence |
| 48 | 2019-08-01 | Potential Patent Owner | Exhibit | Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibits |
| 49 | 2019-08-01 | Petitioner | Petitioners Updated Exhibit List | |
| 1078 | 2019-08-01 | Petitioner | Petitioners Demonstrative Exhibits | |
| 50 | 2019-08-08 | Potential Patent Owner | Other | Patent Owner¿¿¿s and Petitioners¿¿¿ Joint Objections to Demonstratives |
| 51 | 2019-09-09 | Board | Other | Hearing Transcript |
| 52 | 2019-11-07 | Board | Final Decision | Termination Decision Document |
Grounds Asserted