`571-272-7822
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`Paper 17
`Entered: October 31, 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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`APPLE INC., HTC CORPORATION, and
`HTC AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00923 (Patent 5,812,789)1
`Case IPR2016-00924 (Patent 5,960,464)2,3
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, JAMES B. ARPIN, and
`MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motions for
`Pro Hac Vice Admission of Messrs. Michael McBride and Amir Alavi
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`1 Case IPR2016-00847 has been joined with this proceeding.
`2 Case IPR2016-00848 has been joined with this proceeding.
`3 This Order addresses issues that are identical in both cases. We exercise our
`discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case. The parties are not
`authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent papers.
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`IPR2016-00923 (Patent 5,812,789)
`IPR2016-00924 (Patent 5,960,464)
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`Having considered Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Mr. Amir Alavi (Paper 144), Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion for
`Pro Hac Vice Admission of Mr. Michael McBride (Paper 15), and the Affidavits of
`Mr. Alavi (Ex. 2001) and of Mr. McBride (Ex. 2002) filed in support, it is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s unopposed motions for pro hac vice
`admission of Messrs. Alavi and McBride are granted; Messrs. Alavi and McBride
`are authorized to represent Patent Owner only as back-up counsel in the instant
`proceedings;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a registered
`practitioner represent it as lead counsel for the instant proceedings;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Messrs. Alavi and McBride 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. Alavi and McBride 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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`4 Citations are to Case IPR2016-00923. Similar papers were filed in Case
`IPR2016-00924.
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`IPR2016-00923 (Patent 5,812,789)
`IPR2016-00924 (Patent 5,960,464)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Andrew S. Ehmke
`David W. O’Brien
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
`david.obrien.ipr@haynesboones.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Masood Anjom
`Scott Clark
`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.
`manjom@azalaw.com
`sclark@azalaw.com
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