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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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`LAM RESEARCH CORP.,
`Petitioner,
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`DANIEL L. FLAMM,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01764
`Patent No. RE 40,264 E
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`LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION’S REVISED UNOPPOSED MOTION
`FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF TALIN GORDNIA
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`Mail Stop: PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and the Board’s “Notice of Filing Date
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`Accorded to the Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner’s Preliminary
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`Response” entered August 27, 2015, Paper 3, granting authorization to file motions
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`for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Petitioner Lam Research
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`Corporation requests that the Board admit Talin Gordnia pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding.
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`Petitioner submitted a motion for pro hac vice admission of Talin Gordnia
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`(Paper 11) on May 9, 2016, but inadvertently submitted the motion as the
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`declaration in support of the motion (Ex. 1014). The Board has authorized the
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`Petitioner to resubmit the correct declaration in its Order (Paper 13) issued on
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`May 17, 2016. Petitioner is herein filing this revised motion, accompanied by the
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`required declaration.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board
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`may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any
`other conditions as the Board may impose. For
`example, where the lead counsel is a registered
`practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel
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`who is not a registered practitioner may be granted upon
`showing that counsel is an experienced litigating
`attorney and has an established familiarity with the
`subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). The facts, supported by the Declaration of Talin Gordnia in
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`Support of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Gordnia Decl.”, Ex. 1014),
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`establish good cause to admit Talin Gordnia pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`1.
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`Lead counsel Michael R. Fleming is a registered practitioner and is
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`experienced in inter partes proceedings before the USPTO.
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`Backup counsel Samuel Lu
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`is a registered practitioner and
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`experienced in inter partes proceedings before the USPTO.
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`3.
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`Talin Gordnia is an experienced litigating attorney. Ms. Gordnia has
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`extensive experience in patent law and has been litigating patent cases for over five
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`(5) years. Gordnia Decl. ¶ 9. Ms. Gordnia is a member in good standing of the
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`California State Bar, with no suspensions or disbarments from practice, nor any
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`application for admission to practice denied, nor any sanctions or contempt
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`citations. Ms. Gordnia is also admitted to practice before the United States
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`District Courts for the Central District of California and Northern District of
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`California.
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`4. Ms. Gordnia has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding.
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`5. Ms. Gordnia has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in Title 42 of
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`the C.F.R., and she agrees to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and to disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`III. ANALYSIS
`The facts contained in the Statement of Facts above, and contained in the
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`Gordnia Declaration, establish that there is good cause to admit Talin Gordnia pro
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`hac vice in this proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10. Lead and backup counsel are
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`registered practitioners, Ms. Gordnia is an experienced litigating attorney, and Ms.
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`Gordnia has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`proceeding.
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`IV. NO OPPOSITION TO THIS MOTION
`Petitioner has confirmed with Patent Owner that they do not oppose the
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`present motion.
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`V. CONCLUSION
`For the foregoing reasons, Lam Research Corporation respectfully requests
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`that the Board admit Talin Gordnia pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Dated: May 17, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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` /s/Michael R. Fleming/
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`Michael R. Fleming (Reg. No. 67,633)
`Samuel Lu (Reg. No. 40,707)
`Talin Gordnia (Pro hac vice to be requested)
`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276
`Telephone: (310) 277-1010
`Fax: (310) 203-7199
`Email: LamFlammIPR@irell.com
`Attorneys for Petitioner,
`Lam Research Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, the undersigned certifies that on May 17, 2016,
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`a copy of the foregoing document and supporting Declaration (Ex. 1014) were
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`served, by electronic mail, as agreed to by the parties, upon the following:
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`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`DANIEL L. FLAMM
`Christopher Frerking
`chris@ntknet.com
`Registration No. 42,557
`174 Rumford Street
`Concord, New Hampshire 03301
`Telephone: (603) 706-3127
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`Back-up Counsel for Patent Owner
`DANIEL L. FLAMM
`George C. Summerfield
`summerfield@stadheimgrear.com
`(To be admitted Pro Hac Vice)
`STADHEIM & GREAR, LTD.
`400 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 2200
`Chicago, Illinois 60611
`Telephone: (312) 755-4400
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