`571-272-7822
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`Paper 35
`Entered: February 18, 2016
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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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`LUMENTUM HOLDINGS, INC., LUMENTUM, INC.,
`and LUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00731
`Patent RE42,368
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`Before JOSIAH C. COCKS, KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, and
`JAMES A. TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2015-00731
`Patent RE42,368
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`As authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to the Petition
`(Paper 4), Petitioner filed a “Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Joel D.
`Sayres” (Paper 25).1 Patent Owner did not file an opposition to the Motion.
`Petitioner’s Motion is granted. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c); see also Unified
`Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, Order Authorizing
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission, Paper 7 (October 15, 2003) (setting
`forth requirements for pro hac vice admission).2
`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
`granted, and Mr. Sayres is authorized to represent Petitioner as back-up
`counsel in IPR2015-00731;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this inter partes review proceeding;
`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Sayres 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 that
`Mr. Sayres is subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
`§ 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37
`C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`1 Petitioner also filed an affidavit of Mr. Sayres in support of the Motion
`(Ex. 1038).
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2015-00731
`Patent RE42,368
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Walter Linder
`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
`patentdocketing@faegrebd.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Jason Eisenberg
`Robert Sterne
`Jon Wright
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`Jasone-ptab@skgf.com
`rsterne-PTAB@skgf.com
`jwright-PTAB@skgf.com
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