`571-272-7822
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`Entered: June 19, 2014
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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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`SEQUENOM, INC.
`Petitioner
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`THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
`THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00390
`Patent 8,195,415 B2
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, FRANCISCO C. PRATS, and SCOTT E. KAMHOLZ,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion to Withdraw
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`Case IPR2013-00390
`Patent 8,195,415 B2
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`On June 6, 2014, Petitioner filed a Motion to authorize withdraw its current
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`lead and back-up counsel, Steven P. O’Connor and Michele C. Bosch, pursuant to
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). Petitioner filed contemporaneously a new power of attorney
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`(Paper 27), designating Michael J. Wise (Reg. No. 39,389) as new lead counsel,
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`and Patrick D. Morris (Reg. No. 53,351) as new backup counsel (Paper 26).
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`Counsel may withdraw from an inter partes review proceeding with
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`authorization from the Board. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). Counsel for Petitioner
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`obtained permission to file the motion to withdraw in a conference call on
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`June 5, 2014. As the motion designates new lead counsel, who is a registered
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`practitioner, and does not seek any time extensions, we see no reason to deny the
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`motion.
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`The new power of attorney includes no revocation of prior powers of
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`attorney. See Paper 2. Consequently, the power of attorney granted to all
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`practitioners associated with Customer Number 22,852 (Finnegan, Henderson,
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`Frabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.), including Steven P. O’Connor and Michele C.
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`Bosch, has not been revoked. All practitioners associated with Customer
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`Number 22,852 remain of record in this proceeding.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Withdraw is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Steven P. O’Connor and Michele C. Bosch are
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`permitted to withdraw as counsel in this proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Michael J. Wise is recognized as Petitioner’s
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`lead counsel in this proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patrick D. Morris is recognized as Petitioner’s
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`backup counsel in this proceeding;
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`Case IPR2013-00390
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall update the Board’s electronic
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`filing system to reflect the change in lead counsel.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Kushan
`jkushan@sidley.com
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`Michael Wise
`mwise@perkinscoie.com
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`Patrick Morris
`pmorris@perkinscoie.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`R. Danny Huntington
`dhuntiongton@rfem.com
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`Sharon E. Crane
`scrane@rfem.com
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