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`Paper No. 12
`Entered: June 24, 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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`DERMIRA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`PUREPHARM, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00678
`Patent 6,943,166 B1
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`Before SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, and
`ZHENYU YANG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`YANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Petitioner’s Motion to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2016-00678
`Patent 6,943,166 B1
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Petitioner filed a motion to withdraw
`its current counsel, Deborah A. Sterling, David H. Holman, and Joshua
`McCoy of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. Paper 10, 2.
`Petitioner seeks the withdrawal so that it may be represented by Patrick A.
`Doody, as lead counsel, and Bryan P. Collins, as back-up counsel, both of
`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Id.
`Petitioner represents that its new counsel are registered practitioners
`and meet the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10. Id. According to
`Petitioner, Patent Owner does not oppose the motion. Id. Petitioner has
`filed a Power of Attorney listing its new counsel. Paper 9.
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`ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Withdraw and Substitute
`Counsel is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Deborah A. Sterling, David H. Holman,
`and Joshua McCoy shall be considered withdrawn as counsel for Petitioner,
`and that Patrick A. Doody and Bryan P. Collins will be recognized as lead
`and back-up counsel, respectively, for Petitioner in the instant proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall update its counsel
`information in the Patent Review Processing System accordingly.
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`Patent 6,943,166 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`Deborah Sterling
`dsterlin-PTAB@skgf.com
`David Holman
`dholman-PTAB@skgf.com
`Joshua McCoy
`jmccoy@PTAB-skgf.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Mark Feldstein
`mark.feldstein@finnegan.com
`Joshua Goldberg
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
`Yieyie Yang
`yieyie.yang@finnegan.com
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`Mark Stewart
`stewart_mark@lilly.com
`Dan Wood
`wood_dan_l@lilly.com
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