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`Paper 12
`Date: April 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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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING SYSTEMS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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` Case IPR2015-01610 (Patent 6,542,076 B1) 1
`Case IPR2015-01611 (Patent 6,549,130 B1)
`Case IPR2015-01612 (Patent 7,397,363 C1)
`Case IPR2015-01613 (Patent 5,917,405)
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, STACEY G. WHITE,
`JASON J. CHUNG, and BETH Z. SHAW, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WHITE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Steven Ritcheson
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This order addresses a similar issue in the all four cases. Therefore, we exercise
`discretion to issue one order to be filed in each case. The parties, however, are not
`authorized to use this style of heading in subsequent papers.
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`IPR2015-01610 (Patent 6,542,076 B1) IPR2015-01611 (Patent 6,549,130 B1)
`IPR2015-01612 (Patent 7,397,363 C1) IPR2015-01613 (Patent 5,917,405)
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`Patent Owner filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Steven W.
`Ritcheson in each of the above-identified proceedings on April 12, 2016.
`IPR2015-01610, Paper 10; IPR2015-01611, Paper 10; IPR2015-01612, Paper 10;
`IPR2015-01613, Paper 10. The Motion was accompanied a declaration from Mr.
`Ritcheson. IPR2015-01610, Ex. 2003; IPR2015-01611, Ex. 2003; IPR2015-
`01612, Ex. 2002; IPR2015-01613, Ex. 2003. Patent Owner represents that these
`Motions are not opposed. See, e.g., IPR2015-01610, Paper 10, 1.
`Having considered Patent Owner’s Motions and the accompanying
`declaration, we determine that Patent Owner has established good cause for Mr.
`Ritcheson’s pro hac vice admission. Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Mr.
`Steven W. Ritcheson is granted in IPR2015-01610, IPR2015-01611, IPR2015-
`01612, and IPR2015-01613;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Steven W. Ritcheson is authorized to
`represent Patent Owner as backup counsel in the instant proceedings;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceedings; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Steven W. Ritcheson shall 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 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and is subject to
`the Office’s Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
`and the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`IPR2015-01610 (Patent 6,542,076 B1) IPR2015-01611 (Patent 6,549,130 B1)
`IPR2015-01612 (Patent 7,397,363 C1) IPR2015-01613 (Patent 5,917,405)
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`PETITIONER:
`Michael J. Lennon
`mlennon@kenyon.com
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`Clifford A. Ulrich
`culrich@kenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Raymond A. Joao
`rayjoao@optonline.net
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`René A. Vazquez
`rvazquez@sinergialaw.com
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