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`Paper 20
`Entered: October 30, 2015
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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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`PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`INO THERAPEUTICS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00529
`Patent 8,846,112 B2
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, TINA E. HULSE,
`and ROBERT A. POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`On October 29, 2015, Patent Owner filed a motion to withdraw Dominick A.
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`Conde, Raymond R. Mandra, and William E. Solander as counsel; appoint Robert
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`Steinberg as lead counsel; and appoint Daniel Brown as back-up counsel.
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`Paper 19. Patent Owner represents that Mr. Steinberg and Mr. Brown meet the
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`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, and that Petitioner does not object to their
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`appointment. Id. at 2. Patent Owner’s motion was accompanied by an executed
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`Power of Attorney. Ex. 2019; see 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b).
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`It is, therefore,
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s motion to withdraw Dominick A. Conde,
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`Raymond R. Mandra, and William E. Solander as counsel, and to designate Robert
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`Steinberg and Daniel Brown as lead and back-up counsel, respectivly, is granted.
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner promptly shall update its
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`mandatory notices to reflect the changes in lead counsel and back-up counsel, in
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`accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner promptly shall update counsel
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`information in the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) to reflect this change.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Sanjay K. Murthy
`sanjay.murthy@klgates.com
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`Sara Kerrane
`Sara.kerrane@klgates.com
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`Margaux Nair
`margaux.nair@klgates.com
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`Maria Doukas
`maria.doukas@klgates.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Dominick Conde
`dconde@fchs.com
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`Raymond Mandra
`rmandra@fchs.com
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