Case No. IPR2014-00578
`Docket No.: 0110198-00193 US1
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`Filed on behalf of The Gillette Company
`By: Michael A. Diener, Reg. No. 37,122
`Larissa Park, Reg. No. 59,051
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`Tel: (617) 526-6000
`Email: Michael.Diener@wilmerhale.com
`Larissa.Park@wilmerhale.com
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`THE GILLETTE COMPANY
`Petitioner
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`Patent Owner of
`U.S. Patent No. 6,896,775 to Roman Chistyakov
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`IPR Trial No. IPR2014-00578
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`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF
`COSMIN MAIER
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`Case No. IPR2014-00578; Docket No.: 0110198-00193 US1
`Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Cosmin Maier
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`I.
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and Paper No. 4 authorizing the parties to file motions
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`for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Petitioner The Gillette Company requests
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`that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) admit Cosmin Maier pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding, IPR2014-00578. Patent Owner Zond, LLC does not oppose.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause for the Board to Recognize Counsel Pro
`Hac Vice During the Proceeding
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel pro hac vice
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`during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead counsel be
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`a registered practitioner and to any other conditions as the Board may impose. Section 42.10(c)
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`indicates that “where lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by
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`counsel who is not a registered practitioner may be granted upon a showing that counsel is an
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`experienced litigating attorney and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue
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`in the proceeding.” The facts here establish good cause for the Board to recognize Cosmin
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`Maier pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Lead counsel, Michael Diener, is a registered practitioner. Backup counsel,
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`Larissa Park, is also a registered practitioner.
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`Counsel, Cosmin Maier, is an experienced litigator and has an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding. Accompanying this motion as
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`Exhibit 1027 is the November 11, 2014 Declaration of Cosmin Maier in Support of this Motion
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`for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Maier Decl.”). In his declaration, Mr. Maier states:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of New York, and am
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`admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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`and the Eastern District of New York, and all New York State courts. I have been
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`admitted pro hac vice in many district courts including the Eastern District of
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`Texas, the Northern and Central Districts of California, and the Western District
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`of Washington.
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`Maier Decl. ¶ 2 (Ex. 1027). Mr. Maier also states:
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I am counsel in
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`Zond, LLC v. The Gillette Co. and The Procter & Gamble Co., No. 1:13-CV-
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`11567-DJC (D. Mass.) (filed July 1, 2013), which is related to and involves the
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`same patent at issue in this proceeding. ... I received B.S.E. and M.S.E. degrees in
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`Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2003 and 2004,
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`respectively.
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`Maier Decl. ¶¶ 10-11 (Ex. 1027).
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`3.
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`The Board has recognized “that there is a need for [a party] to have its related
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`litigation counsel involved” in the inter partes review process. LKQ Corp. v. ClearLamp, LLC,
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`Case IPR2013-00020 (Dec. 5, 2012), Paper 13.
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`4.
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`In his declaration, Mr. Maier also attests to each of the listed items required by the
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`“Order—Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013--00639, Paper 7
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`and agrees to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Rules of
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`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. See Maier Decl. ¶¶ 1-12 (Ex.
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`1027).
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`5.
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`Finally, this proceeding is just one of six parallel proceedings before this Board
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`that involve the same Petitioners and Patent Owner, as well as the same lead and backup counsel.
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`See Case Nos. IPR2014-00477, IPR2014-00479, IPR2014-00604, IPR2014-00580, and
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`IPR2014-00726. Mr. Maier’s admission is necessary to enable him to assist lead and backup
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`counsel with litigation-related tasks—e.g., taking depositions of Patent Owner’s experts—in
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`these concurrent proceedings.
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`III. Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board admit Cosmin
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`Maier pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Michael A. Diener/
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`Michael A. Diener
`Registration No. 37,122
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
`HALE AND DORR LLP
`60 State Street
`Boson, MA 02109
`michael.diener@wilmerhale.com
`Tel.: 617-526-6000
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`Dated: November 11, 2014
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on November 11, 2014, I caused a true and correct copy of the
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`following materials:
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` Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Cosmin Maier
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` Exhibit 1027
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` Petitioner’s List of Exhibits
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`to be served via electronic mail on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`Bruce Barker, Lead Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 33,291
`Chao Hadidi Stark & Barker LLP
`176 East Main Street, Suite 6
`Westborough, MA 01581
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
`Tel.: 508-366-3800
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`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves, Backup Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 43,639
`2216 Beacon Lane
`Falls Church, Virginia
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
`Tel.: 571-419-7252
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`/Michael A. Diener/
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`Michael A. Diener
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`Registration No. 37,122
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`PETITIONER’S LIST OF EXHIBITS
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`Kouznetsov, U.S. Patent Publication 2005/0092596
`Certified translation of D.V. Mozgrin, High-Current Low-Pressure Quasi-
`Stationary Discharge in a Magnetic Field: Experimental Research, Thesis at
`Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, 1994 (“Mozgrin Thesis”)
`Mozgrin Thesis (Original Russian)
`Catalogue Entry at the Russian State Library for the Mozgrin Thesis
`Wang, U.S. Pat. No. 6,413,382
`Lantsman, U.S. Pat. No. 6,447,655
`N. Li et al., Enhancement of Aluminum Oxide Physical Vapor Deposition
`with a Secondary Plasma, Surface and Coatings, Tech. 149 (2002)
`Declaration of Richard DeVito
`Raizer, Gas Discharge Physics, Table of Contents pp. 1-35, Springer 1997
`(“Raizer”)
`Pan, U.S. Pat. No. 6,679,981
`Fu, U.S. Pat. No. 6,306,265
`Holland, U.S. Pat. No. 6,319,355
`Hauzer, U.S. Pat. No. 5,306,407
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`Thornton, J. and Hoffman, D.W. Stress related effects in thin films, Thin
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`Rossnagel, S. M., & Hopwood, J., Magnetron sputter deposition with high
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`Manos, et al., Etching: An Introduction, Academic Press, 1989.
`Lantsman, U.S. Pat. No. 6,190,512
`Declaration of Mark Matuschak
`Declaration of Cosmin Maier
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