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`Paper 27
`Entered: October 8, 2014
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
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`MICRO MOTION, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Cases: IPR2014-00167 (Patent 7,505,854)
`IPR2014-00170 (Patent 6,311,136)
`IPR2014-00178 (Patent 7,136,761)
`IPR2014-00179 (Patent 7,124,646)
`IPR2014-00390 (Patent 6,754,594)
`IPR2014-00392 (Patent 8,000,906)
`IPR2014-00393 (Patent 7,571,062)
`IPR2014-01409 (Patent 7,571,062)1
`____________
`
`Before WILLIAM V. SAINDON, MICHAEL R. ZECHER, and
`JENNIFER M. MEYER, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`MEYER, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`DECISION
`Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Kadie M. Jelenchick
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`
`
`1 This order addresses identical motions filed in each of the eight related
`cases. We exercise our discretion to issue one decision to be entered in each
`case. The parties are not authorized to use this style heading in their papers.
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`IPR2014-00167 (Patent 7,505,854)
`IPR2014-00170 (Patent 6,311,136)
`IPR2014-00178 (Patent 7,136,761)
`IPR2014-00179 (Patent 7,124,646)
`
`
`IPR2014-00390 (Patent 6,754,594)
`IPR2014-00392 (Patent 8,000,906)
`IPR2014-00393 (Patent 7,571,062)
`IPR2014-01409 (Patent 7,571,062)
`
`For each of these proceedings, Petitioner filed a motion requesting pro
`hac vice admission of Ms. Kadie M. Jelenchick (Paper 27, “Mot.”),2 as well
`as a supporting affidavit of Ms. Jelenchick (Ex. 1056). Patent Owner did not
`oppose the motion within the one-week period permitted for filing an
`opposition. For the reasons stated below, Petitioner’s motion is granted.
`The Board may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
`“upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead counsel be
`a registered practitioner and to any other conditions as the Board may
`impose.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). For example, where the lead counsel is a
`registered practitioner, a non-registered practitioner may be permitted to
`appear pro hac vice “upon showing that counsel is an experienced litigating
`attorney and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
`the proceeding.” Id. In authorizing a motion for pro hac vice admission, the
`Board requires the moving party to provide a statement of facts showing
`there is good cause for the Board to recognize counsel pro hac vice and an
`affidavit or declaration of the individual seeking to appear. See Unified
`Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, Case IPR2013-00639, slip op. at 3
`(PTAB Oct. 15, 2013) (Paper 7).
`Petitioner comes forward with evidence that Ms. Jelenchick is an
`experienced litigation attorney with an established familiarity with the
`subject matter at issue in this inter partes review. Mot. 2 (citing Ex. 1056
`¶ 10). In particular, Petitioner asserts that Ms. Jelenchick is a member of the
`trial team in Invensys Systems, Inc. v. Emerson Electric Co., Case No. 6:12-
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`2 Unless otherwise noted, citations to the record herein are in reference to
`IPR2014-00167. Similar papers may be found in the related cases.
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`IPR2014-00390 (Patent 6,754,594)
`IPR2014-00392 (Patent 8,000,906)
`IPR2014-00393 (Patent 7,571,062)
`IPR2014-01409 (Patent 7,571,062)
`
`IPR2014-00167 (Patent 7,505,854)
`IPR2014-00170 (Patent 6,311,136)
`IPR2014-00178 (Patent 7,136,761)
`IPR2014-00179 (Patent 7,124,646)
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`cv-00799 (E.D. TX), which involves the same patents as the instant
`proceedings. Id. (citing Ex. 1056 ¶ 11). Petitioner shows that Ms.
`Jelenchick is a member in good standing of the state bar of Wisconsin, and
`has never been suspended or disbarred from practice, denied application to
`practice, sanctioned, or cited for contempt by any court or administrative
`body. Id. (citing Ex. 1056 ¶¶ 3–6).
`Based on the facts set forth in support of the motion, we conclude that
`Ms. Jelenchick has sufficient legal and technical qualifications to represent
`Petitioner in this proceeding, and that there is a need for Petitioner to have
`its counsel in the related litigations involved in this proceeding.
`Accordingly, Petitioner has established good cause for Ms. Jelenchick’s pro
`hac vice admission.
`Ms. Jelenchick shall be subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction
`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the Office’s Rules of Professional Conduct
`set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 11.101 et seq. See Ex. 1056 ¶ 8. Furthermore, Ms.
`Jelenchick is directed to comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42
`of the C.F.R. See Ex. 1056 ¶ 7. Ms. Jelenchick will be permitted to appear
`pro hac vice in the instant proceedings as back-up counsel only. See
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
`
`
`
`ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for pro hac vice admission of
`Kadie M. Jelenchick is granted, and Ms. Jelenchick is authorized to
`represent Petitioner in the instant proceedings as back-up counsel only;
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`IPR2014-00167 (Patent 7,505,854)
`IPR2014-00170 (Patent 6,311,136)
`IPR2014-00178 (Patent 7,136,761)
`IPR2014-00179 (Patent 7,124,646)
`
`
`IPR2014-00390 (Patent 6,754,594)
`IPR2014-00392 (Patent 8,000,906)
`IPR2014-00393 (Patent 7,571,062)
`IPR2014-01409 (Patent 7,571,062)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceedings;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Jelenchick is to comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
`Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
`and
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Jelenchick is subject to the USPTO
`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and
`the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`IPR2014-00390 (Patent 6,754,594)
`IPR2014-00392 (Patent 8,000,906)
`IPR2014-00393 (Patent 7,571,062)
`IPR2014-01409 (Patent 7,571,062)
`
`IPR2014-00167 (Patent 7,505,854)
`IPR2014-00170 (Patent 6,311,136)
`IPR2014-00178 (Patent 7,136,761)
`IPR2014-00179 (Patent 7,124,646)
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`For PETITIONER:
`
`
`Andrew S. Baluch
`Jeffrey N. Costakos
`Angela Murch
`Michelle Moran
`Linda Hansen
`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`abaluch@foley.com
`jcostakos@foley.com
`amurch@foley.com
`mmoran@foley.com
`lhansen@foley.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Jeffrey L. Johnson
`James M. Heintz
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`Jeffrey.johnson@dlapiper.com
`Invensys_Micro_IPR@dlapiper.com
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