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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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`HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC and
`HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
`Patent Owner.
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`CASE IPR2015-00060
`Patent 7,421,032
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO
`WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL AND SUBSTITUTE NEW COUNSEL
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`CASE IPR2015-00060
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`I. RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e), and as authorized by the Board via an email
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`dated December 16, 2014 (see 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b)), counsel for Patent Owner,
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`California Institute of Technology, respectfully requests authorization to withdraw as
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`counsel for Patent Owner in this inter partes review proceeding.
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`II. STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
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`Patent Owner wishes for new counsel, Michael T. Rosato (Reg. No. 52,182)
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`and Matthew A. Argenti (Reg. No. 61,836) to be designated as lead and back-up
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`counsel, respectively, and represent Patent Owner going forward in this proceeding.
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`Patent Owner’s new counsel meet the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) as
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`registered practitioners.
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`No extension of time will be needed upon grant of this Motion. It is believed
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`that granting this Motion will not hinder the economy, the integrity of the patent
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`system, the efficient administration of the Office, or the ability of the Office to timely
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`complete this proceeding. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(b).
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`An executed updated Power of Attorney and updated Mandatory Notices Under
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3) are being filed concurrently.
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`Dated: December 18, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Matthew A. Traupman
`Matthew A. Traupman
`Registration No. 50832
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN LLP
`51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
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`Telephone: (212) 849-7000
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that the foregoing Patent Owner’s MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS
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`COUNSEL AND SUBSTITUTE NEW COUNSEL was served on this 18th day of
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`December, 2014, on the Petitioner at the correspondence address of the Petitioner as
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`follows:
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`Eliot D. Williams
`G. Hopkins Guy
`BAKER BOTTS LLP
`1001 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
`hop.guy@bakerbotts.com
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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
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`/s/ Matthew A. Traupman
`Matthew A. Traupman
`Registration No. 50832
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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