`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 20
`Entered: January 19, 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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`UMICORE AG & CO. KG,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BASF CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2015-01121, IPR2015-01123, IPR2015-01124, IPR2015-011251
`Patents 7,601,662, 8,404,203
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`Before CHRISTOPHER L. CRUMBLEY, JO-ANNE M. KOKOSKI, and
`JEFFREY W. ABRAHAM, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ABRAHAM, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This decision addresses similar motions filed in four cases. We exercise
`our discretion to issue a single Decision, to be filed in each case. The parties
`are not authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent papers.
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`Cases IPR2015-01121, IPR2015-01123, IPR2015-01124, IPR2015-01125
`Patents 7,601,662, 8,404,203
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`Having reviewed Patent Owner’s unopposed Motions for Pro Hac
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`Vice admission of Mr. Gary A Coad (Paper 152), the motions are granted.
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`It is hereby:
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`ORDERED that Mr. Coad is authorized to represent Patent
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`Owner in these proceedings as back-up counsel only;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Coad is to comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
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`Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, and
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`shall be subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37
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`C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`2 Citations herein are to the record in IPR2015-01121; identical papers may
`be found in the records of IPR2015-01123, IPR2015-1124, and IPR2015-
`01125.
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`Cases IPR2015-01121, IPR2015-01123, IPR2015-01124, IPR2015-01125
`Patents 7,601,662, 8,404,203
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`PETITIONER:
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`Elizabeth Gardner
`Richard L. DeLucia
`Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe LLP
`E1APTABDocket@orrick.com
`rdelucia@orrick.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Brian E. Ferguson
`Anish Desai
`Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
`brian.ferguson@weil.com
`anish.desai@weil.com
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