`Date: January 31, 2017
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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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`US ENDODONTICS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`GOLD STANDARD INSTRUMENTS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00632
`Patent 8,727,773 B2
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`Before JOSIAH C. COCKS, HYUN J. JUNG, and
`TIMOTHY J. GOODSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`COCKS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Patent Owner’s Motion to Withdraw Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`Counsel may withdraw from an inter partes review proceeding only
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`with authorization from the Board. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). In this
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`proceeding, Patent Owner designated Joseph Hynds of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst
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`& Manbeck, P.C. (“RFEM”) as lead counsel and Jason Nolan, R. Elizabeth
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`Brenner-Leifer, C. Nichole Gifford, Steven Lieberman, and Derek Dahlgren,
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`all of RFEM, as back-up counsel. Paper 80, 4–5.
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`After receiving our authorization to do so, Patent Owner filed a
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`Motion to Withdraw Counsel seeking the withdrawal of Mr. Nolan as back-
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`up counsel because he is no longer associated with RFEM. Paper 81, 2.
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`Concurrent with its Motion, Patent Owner filed updated Notices designating
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`Mr. Hynds as lead counsel and R. Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer, C. Nichole
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`Gifford, Steven Lieberman, and Derek Dahlgren as back-up counsel. Paper
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`82, 4–5. The Motion states that Petitioner does not oppose the Motion.
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`Paper 81, 2. We grant authorization for Mr. Nolan to withdraw as back-up
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`counsel.
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`For the foregoing reasons, it is
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`ORDERED that Jason Nolan may withdraw as back-up counsel for
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`Patent Owner in this proceeding.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Ginsberg
`jginsberg@pbwt.com
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`Abhishek Bapna
`abapna@pbwt.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph Hynds
`jhynds@rfem.com
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`Randy Brenner-Leifer
`ebrenner@rothwellfigg.com
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`Jason Nolan
`jnolan@rfem.com
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`Christine Gifford
`ngifford@rfem.com
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