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`Paper No. 11
`Entered: December 17, 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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`JOHNSON MATTHEY INC., and JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`BASF CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2015-01265, IPR2015-01266, IPR2015-012671
`Patents 8,899,023 B2, 9,039,982 B2, 9,032,709 B2
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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 three 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 IPR2015-01265, IPR2015-01266, IPR2015-01267
`Patents 8,899,023 B2, 9,039,982 B2, 9,032,709 B2
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`Having reviewed Patent Owner’s unopposed Motions for Pro Hac
`Vice admission of Mr. Derek C. Walter (Paper 102), the motions are granted.
`It is hereby:
`ORDERED that Mr. Walter is authorized to represent Patent
`Owner in these proceedings as back-up counsel only;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Walter is to comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
`Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, and
`shall be 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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`2 Citations herein are to the record in IPR2015-01265; identical papers may
`be found in the records of IPR2015-01266 and IPR2015-01267.
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`Cases IPR2015-01265, IPR2015-01266, IPR2015-01267
`Patents 8,899,023 B2, 9,039,982 B2, 9,032,709 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Dorothy P. Whelan
`Gwilym Attwell
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`whelan@fr.com
`IPR38411-0002IP1@fr.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
`BASF.IPR.2015.1265@weil.com
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