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`Paper 30
`Entered: May 31, 2017
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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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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC., TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS
`USA, INC., and AKORN INC.
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ALLERGAN, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01127 (8,685,930 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01128 (8,629,111 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01129 (8,642,556 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01130 (8,633,162 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01131 (8,648,048 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01132 (9,248,191 B2)1
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`Before CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission for Jonathan Singer
`37 C.F.R § 42.10
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`1 This Decision employs a joint caption, as it is being entered in each of the
`identified inter partes review. The parties may not use a joint caption unless
`authorized.
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`IPR2016-01127 (8,685,930 B2); IPR2016-01128 (8,629,111 B2);
`IPR2016-01129 (8,642,556 B2); IPR2016-01130 (8,633,162 B2);
`IPR2016-01131 (8,648,048 B2); IPR2016-01132 (9,248,191 B2)
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`Patent Owner, Allergan, Inc., filed a Motion for pro hac vice
`admission of Jonathan Singer in each of these proceedings. See, e.g.,
`IPR2016-01127, Paper 20. Petitioners do not oppose the Motions. We grant
`the Motions.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Jonathan Singer is admitted pro hac vice to represent
`Patent Owner as backup counsel in each of these inter partes reviews;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Singer must comply with the Office
`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
`set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Singer is subject to the USPTO
`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101–11.901 and
`the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`IPR2016-01127 (8,685,930 B2); IPR2016-01128 (8,629,111 B2);
`IPR2016-01129 (8,642,556 B2); IPR2016-01130 (8,633,162 B2);
`IPR2016-01131 (8,648,048 B2); IPR2016-01132 (9,248,191 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Steven W. Parmelee
`Michael T. Rosato
`Jad A. Mills
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`sparmelee@wsgr.com
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`jmills@wsgr.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Dorothy P. Whelan
`Michael Kane
`Susan Coletti
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`whelan@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
`coletti@fr.com
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