`Docket No.: 0107131-00351 US4
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`Filed on behalf of Intel Corporation
`By: Grant K. Rowan, Reg. No. 41,278
`Yung-Hoon Ha, Reg. No. 56,368
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Tel: (202) 663-6000
`Email: Grant.Rowan@wilmerhale.com
`Yung-Hoon.Ha@wilmerhale.com
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`INTEL CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`IPR Trial No. IPR2016-00288
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`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF
`COSMIN MAIER
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`Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Cosmin Maier
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`I.
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and Paper No. 4 authorizing the parties to file motions
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`for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Petitioner Intel Corporation requests that
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) admit Cosmin Maier pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding, IPR2016-00288. Patent Owner DSS Technology Management, Inc. does not
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`oppose.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause for the Board to Recognize Counsel Pro
`Hac Vice During the Proceeding
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel pro hac vice
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`during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead counsel be
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`a registered practitioner and to any other conditions as the Board may impose. Section 42.10(c)
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`indicates that “where lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by
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`counsel who is not a registered practitioner may be granted upon a showing that counsel is an
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`experienced litigating attorney and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue
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`in the proceeding.” The facts here establish good cause for the Board to recognize Cosmin
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`Maier pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`1.
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`Lead counsel, Grant Rowan, is a registered practitioner. Backup counsel, Yung-
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`Hoon Ha, is also a registered practitioner.
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`2.
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`Counsel, Cosmin Maier, is an experienced litigator and has an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding. Accompanying this motion as
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`Exhibit 1125 is the July 19, 2016 Declaration of Cosmin Maier in Support of this Motion for
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`Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Maier Decl.”). In his declaration, Mr. Maier states:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of New York, and am
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`admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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`and the Eastern District of New York, and all New York State courts. I have been
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`admitted pro hac vice in many district courts including the Eastern District of
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`Texas, the Northern and Central Districts of California, and the Western District
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`of Washington.
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`Maier Decl. ¶ 2 (Ex. 1125). Mr. Maier also states:
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I am counsel in
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`DSS Tech. Mgm’t, Inc. v. Intel Corp. et al., Case No. 6:15-cv-00130 (E.D. Tex.)
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`(filed Feb. 16, 2015), which is related to and involves the same patent at issue in
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`this proceeding. ... I received B.S.E. and M.S.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering
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`from the University of Michigan in 2003 and 2004, respectively.
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`Maier Decl. ¶¶ 10-11 (Ex. 1125).
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`3.
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`The Board has recognized “that there is a need for [a party] to have its related
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`litigation counsel involved” in the inter partes review process. LKQ Corp. v. ClearLamp, LLC,
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`Case IPR2013-00020 (Dec. 5, 2012), Paper 13.
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`4.
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`In his declaration, Mr. Maier also attests to each of the listed items required by the
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`“Order—Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013--00639, Paper 7
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`and agrees to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Rules of
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`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. See Maier Decl. ¶¶ 1-12 (Ex.
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`1125).
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`5.
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`Finally, this proceeding is just one of four parallel proceedings before this Board
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`that involve the same Petitioners and Patent Owner, as well as the same lead and backup counsel.
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`See Case Nos. IPR2016-00287, IPR2016-00288, IPR2016-00289, and IPR2016-00290. Mr.
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`Maier’s admission is necessary to enable him to assist lead and backup counsel with litigation-
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`related tasks—e.g., taking depositions of Patent Owner’s experts—in these concurrent
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`proceedings.
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`III. Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board admit Cosmin
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`Maier pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Grant K. Rowan/
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`Grant K. Rowan
`Registration No. 41,278
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
`HALE AND DORR LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
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`Grant.Rowan@wilmerhale.com
`Tel.: 202-663-6000
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`Dated: July 19, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on July 19, 2016, I caused a true and correct copy of the following
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`materials:
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` Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Cosmin Maier
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` Exhibit 1125
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` Petitioner’s List of Exhibits
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`to be served via electronic mail on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`Andriy Lytvyn, Lead Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 65,166
`SMITH & HOPEN, P.A.
`180 Pine Avenue North
`Oldsmar, FL 34677
`andriy.lytvyn@smithhopen.com
`Tel.: 813-925-8505
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`Anton J. Hopen, Backup Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 41,849
`SMITH & HOPEN, P.A.
`180 Pine Avenue North
`Oldsmar, FL 34677
`anton.hopen@smithhopen.com
`Tel.: 813-925-8505
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`Nicholas Pfeifer, Backup Counsel
`USPTO Reg. No. 70,568
`SMITH & HOPEN, P.A.
`180 Pine Avenue North
`Oldsmar, FL 34677
`nicholas.pfeifer@smithhopen.com
`Tel.: 813-925-8505
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`/Yung-Hoon Ha/
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`Yung-Hoon Ha
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`Registration No. 56,368
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`PETITIONER’S LIST OF EXHIBITS
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,784,552
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`Declaration of John A. Bravman, Ph.D.
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`U.S. Patent No. 4,686,000 (“Heath”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,338,700 (“Dennison”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,066,555
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`DSS’s Infringement Contentions, July 30, 2015, Ex. B
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`J. Dulak et al., Etch mechanism in the reactive ion etching of silicon nitride,
`Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 9, 775 (1991) (“Dulak”)
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`’555 Decl. Under Rule 131, Feb. 25, 1999
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`Application, Mar. 31, 2000
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`Prelim. Amendment, Mar. 31, 2000
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`Office Action, June 1, 2001
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`Amendment, Oct. 1, 2001
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`Office Action, Jan. 9, 2002
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`Amendment, May. 20, 2002
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`Office Action, Sept. 11, 2002
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`Request for Reconsideration, Mar. 4, 2003
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`Office Action, May 20, 2003
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`Amendment, Feb. 6, 2004
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`Corrected Amendment, Mar. 31, 2004
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`Allowance, Apr. 20, 2004
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`Compilation of Claim Construction Deadlines and Filings in DSS Tech. Mgm’t,
`Inc. v. Intel Corp. et al., 6:15-cv-00130-RWS (E.D. Tex.)
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`Declaration Of Michael J. Summersgill In Support Of Motion For Admission Pro
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`Declaration Of Louis W. Tompros In Support Of Motion For Admission Pro Hac
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`Claim Construction Order
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`Declaration Of Cosmin Maier In Support Of Unopposed Motion For Admission
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