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` Paper No. 42
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` Entered: June 29, 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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`COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS X LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01776 (Patent 7,582,621 B2)
`Case IPR2015-01780 (Patent 7,767,657 B2)
`Case IPR2015-01785 (Patent 7,767,657 B2) 1
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`Before MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, and
`TINA E. HULSE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HULSE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Michael N. Kennedy and Jeffrey B. Elikan
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This order addresses issues that are common to all three cases. We,
`therefore, issue a single order that has been entered in each case. Paper
`numbers refer to those filed in IPR2015-01776. The parties may use this
`style caption when filing a single paper in multiple proceedings, provided
`that such caption includes a footnote attesting that “the word-for-word
`identical paper is filed in each proceeding identified in the caption.”
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`IPR2015-01776 (Patent 7,582,621 B2)
`IPR2015-01780 (Patent 7,767,657 B2)
`IPR2015-01785 (Patent 7,767,657 B2)
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`Having considered Patent Owner’s Motions for Admission Pro Hac
`Vice of Michael N. Kennedy (Paper 34) and Jeffrey B. Elikan (Paper 37),
`and Messrs. Kennedy and Elikan’s declarations in support (Exs. 2203 and
`2204, respectively), it is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s unopposed motions for admission
`pro hac vice of Messrs. Kennedy and Elikan are granted; Messrs. Kennedy
`and Elikan are authorized to represent Patent Owner only as back-up counsel
`in the instant proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel for the instant proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Messrs. Kennedy and Elikan are 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
`FURTHER ORDERED that Messrs. Kennedy and Elikan are to 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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`IPR2015-01776 (Patent 7,582,621 B2)
`IPR2015-01780 (Patent 7,767,657 B2)
`IPR2015-01785 (Patent 7,767,657 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Blake
`jblake@merchantgould.com
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`Kathleen Ott
`kott@merchantgould.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Andrea Reister
`areister@cov.com
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`Enrique Longton
`elongton@cov.com
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