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`Paper 13
`Date: April 26, 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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`COXCOM, LLC,
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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 IPR2015-01760
`Patent 6,549,130 B1
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, STACEY G. WHITE, and
`JASON J. CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHUNG, 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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`IPR2015-01760
`Patent 6,549,130 B1
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`Patent Owner filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Steven W.
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`Ritcheson on April 25, 2016. Paper 12. The Motion was accompanied a
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`declaration from Mr. Ritcheson. Ex. 2004. Patent Owner indicates in the motion
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`that Petitioner indicated this Motion is not opposed. Paper 12.
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`Having considered Patent Owner’s Motion and the accompanying
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`declaration, we determine that Patent Owner has established good cause for
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`Mr. Ritcheson’s pro hac vice admission. Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
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`Mr. Steven W. Ritcheson is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Steven W. Ritcheson is authorized to
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`represent Patent Owner as backup counsel in the instant proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Steven W. Ritcheson shall comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
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`set forth in Part 42 of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and is subject to
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`the Office’s Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`and the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`IPR2015-01760
`Patent 6,549,130 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`Mitchell Stockwell
`mstockwell@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Clay Holloway
`cholloway@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Shayne O’Reilly
`soreilly@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Raymond Joao
`rayjoao@optonline.net
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`Rene Vazquez
`rvazquez@sinergialaw.com
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