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`Entered: November 23, 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 IPR2015-00884
`U.S. Patent No. 8,291,904 B2
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`Before KEN B. BARRETT, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, AND
`SCOTT A. DANIELS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER INO THERAPEUTICS LLC’S MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF MARC N. ZUBICK
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I.
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to
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`Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response (Paper No. 3),
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`Patent Owner INO Therapeutics LLC (“Patent Owner”) respectfully requests the
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`pro hac vice admission of attorney Marc N. Zubick, Esq. in this proceeding.
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`Patent Owner has conferred with counsel for Praxair Distribution, Inc.
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`(“Petitioner”), and Petitioner does not oppose this motion.
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`II. LEGAL STANDARD
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c):
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`The Board may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
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`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead
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`counsel be a registered practitioner and to any other conditions as the
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`Board may impose. For example, where the lead counsel is a
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`registered practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel
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`who is not a registered practitioner may be granted upon showing that
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`counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`The Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent
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`Owner Preliminary Response (Paper No. 3) further instructs:
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`The parties are advised that under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), recognition of
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`counsel pro hac vice requires a showing of good cause. The parties
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`are authorized to file motions for pro hac vice admission under 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.10(c). Such motions shall be filed in accordance with the
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`“Order -- Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case
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`IPR2013-00639, Paper 7, a copy of which is available on the Board
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`Web site under “Representative Orders, Decisions, and Notices.”
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`(Id. at 2.) The above referenced “Order - - Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission” further provides:
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`A motion for pro hac vice admission must:
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`a.
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`Contain a statement of facts showing there is good cause for the Board
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`to recognize counsel pro hac vice during the proceeding.
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`b.
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`Be accompanied by an affidavit or declaration of the individual
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`seeking to appear attesting to the following:
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`i. Membership in good standing of the Bar of at least one State or
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`the District of Columbia;
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`ii.
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`No suspensions or disbarments from practice before any court
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`or administrative body;
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`iii.
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`No application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body ever denied;
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`No sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any court or
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`administrative body;
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`The individual seeking to appear has read and will comply with
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`the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and Board’s Rules of
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`Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.;
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`vi.
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`The individual will be subject to the USPTO Rules of
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`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a);
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`vii.
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`All other proceedings before the Office for which the individual
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`has applied to appear pro hac vice in the last (3) years; and
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`viii.
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`Familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`(IPR2013-00639, Paper No. 7 at 3.) As set forth below, and in the accompanying
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`Declaration of Marc N. Zubick (“Zubick Decl.”), attached as Exhibit 2006, each of
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`these requirements is satisfied here.
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`III. STATEMENT OF FACTS SHOWING GOOD CAUSE FOR THE
`BOARD TO RECOGNIZE MARC N. ZUBICK PRO HAC VICE IN
`THIS PROCEEDING
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`Mr. Zubick is a member in good standing of the Illinois State Bar (Bar No.
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`6308239), Massachusetts Bar (Bar No. 671013), and the State Bar of New York
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`(Bar No. 4596516). He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts
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`for the Northern District of Illinois (General Bar), Southern District of New York,
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`and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. (Zubick Decl. at ¶ 2.) Mr.
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`Zubick has never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body. (Id. ¶ 3.) No application of Mr. Zubick for admission to
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`practice before any court or administrative body has ever been denied. (Id.) Nor
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`has any court or administrative body imposed sanctions or contempt citations
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`against Mr. Zubick. (Id.) Mr. Zubick has read, fully understands, and will comply
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`with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
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`Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R. (Id. ¶ 4.) Mr. Zubick acknowledges and
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`agrees that he will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a). (Id.)
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`Patent Owner’s lead counsel in this proceeding, Robert Steinberg, is a
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`registered practitioner (Reg. No. 33144). Moreover, as set forth below (and in his
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`accompanying declaration), Mr. Zubick is both an experienced and technically-
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`trained litigation attorney with an established familiarity with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding.
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`Mr. Zubick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental
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`Engineering and Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Rice
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`University in 2001. He received a law degree from the New York University
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`School of Law in 2007. (Id. ¶ 5.) Mr. Zubick joined Latham & Watkins LLP as an
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`associate in 2011 and was elected to the firm’s partnership in October 2015. Prior
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`to joining Latham, Mr. Zubick was an associate at Kaye Scholer LLP. (Id.)
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`Mr. Zubick is currently a member of Latham & Watkins’ intellectual
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`property group. His practice involves patent litigation, with an emphasis in
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`pharmaceutical patent litigation. (Id. ¶ 6.) Mr. Zubick has over eight years of
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`experience litigating intellectual property matters. (Id.)
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`Mr. Zubick has been actively involved in analyzing and assisting with Patent
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`Owner’s Response to the Petition for Inter Partes Review submitted in this
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`proceeding, as well as the responses to the petitions submitted in related
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`proceedings that are currently pending before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board:
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`• Case No. IPR2015-00529: Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,846,112;
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`• Case No. IPR2015-00888: Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,776,794;
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`• Case No. IPR2015-00889: Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,573,209;
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`• Case No. IPR2015-00891: Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,573,210; and
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`• Case No. IPR2015-00893: Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,776,795.
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`(Id. ¶ 7.) He has applied for and been granted pro hac vice admission in Case No.
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`IPR2015-00529. (Id. ¶ 8.) Mr. Zubick is concurrently applying to appear pro hac
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`vice in the following proceedings: Case Nos. IPR2015-00888, IPR2015-00889,
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`IPR2015-00891, and IPR2015-00893. (Id.)
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`In view of Mr. Zubick’s extensive knowledge of the subject matter at issue
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`in this proceeding, Patent Owner has a substantial need for Mr. Zubick’s pro hac
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`vice admission and his involvement in the continued prosecution of this
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`proceeding.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner respectfully requests that Mr.
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`Zubick be admitted pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Robert Steinberg/
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`Robert Steinberg (Reg. No. 33,144)
`bob.steinberg@lw.com
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`355 South Grand Avenue
`Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
`213.485.1234; 213.891.8763 (Fax)
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`Daniel G. Brown (Reg. No. 54,005)
`daniel.brown@lw.com
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`885 Third Avenue
`New York, NY 10022-4834
`212.906.1200; 212.751.4864 (Fax)
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Dated: November 23, 2015
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that on this 23rd day of
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`November, 2015, true and correct copies of the foregoing Patent Owner INO
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`Therapeutics LLC’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Marc N. Zubick
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and Exhibit Thereto were served by electronic mail
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`on Petitioner’s lead and backup counsel at the following email addresses:
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`sanjay.murthy@klgates.com
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`sara.kerrane@klgates.com
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`michael.abernathy@klgates.com
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`margaux.nair@klgates.com
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`maria.doukas@klgates.com
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`Praxair-Ikaria@klgates.com
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`By: /Robert Steinberg/
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`Robert Steinberg (Reg. No. 33,144)
`bob.steinberg@lw.com
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`355 South Grand Avenue
`Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
`213.485.1234; 213.891.8763 (Fax)