`Tel: 571-272-7822
`Entered: May 17, 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 VIII, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01835 (Patent 8,618,135 B2)
`Case IPR2015-01836 (Patent 7,932,268 B2)1
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`Before MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, LORA M. GREEN, and
`GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Nicholas K. Mitrokostas
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This order addresses issues that are the same in the identified cases. We
`exercise our discretion to issue one order to be filed in each case. The
`parties are authorized to use this style heading when filing a single paper in
`the listed proceedings, provided that such heading includes a footnote
`attesting that “the word-for-word identical paper is filed in each proceeding
`identified in the heading.”
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`IPR2015-01835 (Patent 8,618,135 B2)
`IPR2015-01836 (Patent 7,932,268 B2)
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`Having considered the Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motions for
`Admission Pro Hac Vice of Mr. Nicholas K. Mitrokostas, and his
`declarations in support thereof, it is:
`ORDERED that the Patent Owner’s unopposed motions for admission
`pro hac vice Mr. Mitrokostas are granted; Mr. Mitrokostas is authorized to
`act only as back-up counsel in the instant proceedings;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner represent them as lead counsel for the instant
`proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Mitrokostas 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
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Mitrokostas is 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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`IPR2015-01835 (Patent 8,618,135 B2)
`IPR2015-01836 (Patent 7,932,268 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Gregory Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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`Christopher Casieri
`MCNEELY, HARE & WAR LLP
`chris@miplaw.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`William James
`Cynthia Hardman
`Nicholas K. Mitrokostas
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`wjames@goodwinprocter.com
`chardman@goodwinprocter.com
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