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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Petitioner
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`v.
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`Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,856,336 to Fujikawa et al.
`Issue Date: January 5, 1999
`Title: Quinoline Type Mevalonolactones
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`Inter Partes Review No.: IPR2015-01069
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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.’S MOTION
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF DEEPRO R. MUKERJEE
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED.
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 and in accordance with “Order—Authorizing
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639, Paper 7, dated
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`October 15, 2013, Petitioner, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“MPI”), respectfully
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`requests that the Board admit Deepro R. Mukerjee pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS.
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel pro hac
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`vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
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`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any other conditions as the
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`Board may impose. More specifically, “where the lead counsel is a registered
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`practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a registered
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`practitioner may be granted upon showing that counsel is an experienced litigating
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`attorney and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`proceeding.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). The facts herein, supported by the attached
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`Declaration of Deepro R. Mukerjee in Support of Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission (Exhibit 1046) (“Mukerjee Decl.”), establish
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`good cause for the Board to recognize Deepro R. Mukerjee pro hac vice during this
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`proceeding.
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`Lead counsel, Jitendra Malik, is a registered practitioner, having USPTO
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`Registration No. 55,823.
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`Deepro R. Mukerjee is an experienced patent litigator and has an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. Mukerjee Decl. ¶ 9.
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`Mr. Mukerjee is a litigation attorney, with more than 14 years of patent litigation
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`experience. Id. ¶ 2. He is a member in good standing with the Bar of the State of
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`New York.
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`Id. ¶ 3. He has never been suspended, disbarred, sanctioned, denied
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`admission to practice or cited for contempt by any court or administrative body.
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`Id. ¶¶ 4-6. Mr. Mukerjee is familiar with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. Id. ¶ 9.
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`Mr. Mukerjee further satisfies the remaining conditions for admissibility
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`identified by the Board. Id. ¶¶ 7-8.
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`III. CONCLUSION.
`For the foregoing reasons, Mylan respectfully requests that the Board admit
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`Deepro R. Mukerjee pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
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`/Jitendra Malik/
`Jitendra Malik, Reg. No. 55,823
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: September 2, 2015
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`4721 Emperor Blvd., Suite 400
`Durham, NC 27703
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`Exhibit
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`1046
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Reference
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`Declaration of Deepro R. Mukerjee in Support of
`Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc’s Motion for Pro Hac
`Vice Admission
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that on this second day of September, 2015 a copy of this
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Deepro R. Mukerjee, Exhibit List and the
`Declaration of Deepro R. Mukerjee in Support of Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is being served electronically (by consent of
`the Patent Owner) on the following e-mail addresses for counsel for Patent Owner:
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`David G. Conlin (Reg. No. 27,026)
`(DGConlin@mintz.com)
`MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY
`AND POPEO, P.C.,
`One Financial Center
`Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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`Kathleen B. Carr (Reg. No. 41,658)
`(KBCarr@mintz.com)
`MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND
`POPEO, P.C.
`One Financial Center
`Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`/ Jitendra Malik/
`Jitendra Malik, Reg. No. 55,823
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: September 2, 2015
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`4721 Emperor Blvd., Suite 400
`Durham, NC 27703
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