−Removed: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: To our knowledge, neither the Company
−Removed: nor any of our officers or directors is a party to any material legal proceeding or litigation and such persons know of no material
−Removed: legal proceeding or contemplated or threatened litigation, other than as described below.
−Removed: There are no judgments against us or
−Removed: our officers or directors.
−Removed: None of our officers or directors has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor relating to securities
−Removed: or performance in corporate office.
−Removed: On November 13, 2019, the Patent Trial
−Removed: and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTAB”) issued a written decision in the inter
−Removed: partes review action that was brought by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited (“Mallinckrodt”) against
−Removed: In that action, Mallinckrodt sought to invalidate our previously-issued patent (U.S.
−Removed: 9,655,945, “Treatment of
−Removed: Ascites”) (the “’945 Patent”).
−Removed: In its decision, the PTAB determined that all claims of the ‘945 Patent
−Removed: were not patentable because they were either anticipated or obvious in light of prior art.
−Removed: The PTAB also denied our Motion to Amend
−Removed: the claims on similar grounds.
−Removed: The result of the PTAB’s decision is that the ‘945 patent is no longer valid or enforceable.
−Removed: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
+Added: our knowledge, neither the Company nor any of our officers or directors is a party to any material legal proceeding or litigation and
+Added: such persons know of no material legal proceeding or contemplated or threatened litigation, other than as described below.
+Added: no judgments against us or our officers or directors.
+Added: None of our officers or directors has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor
+Added: relating to securities or performance in corporate office.
+Added: SAFETY DISCLOSURES
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