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` Paper No: 91
` Entered: October 17, 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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`SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE,
`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
`Marsha K. Schmidt
`37 C.F.R § 42.10
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`1 Cases IPR2017-00576 and IPR2017-00594, IPR2017-00578 and
`IPR2017-00596, IPR2017-00579 and IPR2017-00598, IPR2017-00583 and
`IPR2017-00599, IPR2017-00585 and IPR2017-00600, and IPR2017-00586
`and IPR2017-00601, have respectively been joined with the captioned
`proceedings.
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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 filed Motions for pro hac vice admission of Marsha K.
`Schmidt in each of these proceedings. See, e.g., IPR2016-01127, Paper 79.
`Along with the Motions, Patent Owner filed a declaration in support of Ms.
`Schmidt’s pro hac vice admission. See, e.g., IPR2016-01127, Ex. 2104.
`Petitioners do not oppose the Motions. Having considered the Motions and
`supporting declaration, we hereby grant the Motions.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Marsha K. Schmidt is admitted pro hac vice to
`represent Patent Owner as backup counsel in each of these inter partes
`reviews;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Schmidt 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
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Schmidt 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 MYLAN:
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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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`PETITIONER TEVA:
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`Gary Speier
`Mark Schuman
`CARLSON, CASPERS, VANDENBURGH,
`LINDQUIST & SCHUMAN, P.A.
`225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200
`Minneapolois, MN 55402
`gspeier@carlsoncaspers.com
`mschuman@carlsoncaspers.com
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`PETITIONER AKORN:
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`Michael Dzwonczyk
`Azadeh Kokabi
`Travis Ribar
`SUGHRUE MION, PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20037
`mdzwonczyk@sughrue.com
`akokabi@sughrue.com
`tribar@sughrue.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Dorothy P. Whelan
`Michael Kane
`Susan Coletti
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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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`Robert Oakes
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`whelan@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
`coletti@fr.com
`oakes@fr.com
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`Alfonso Chan
`Joseph DePumpo
`SHORE CHAN DEPUMPO LLP
`achan@shorechan.com
`jdepumpo@shorechan.com
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