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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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`KOIOS PHARMACEUTICALS LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MEDAC GESELLSCHAFT FÜR KLINISCHE SPEZIALPRÄPARATE
`MBH,
` Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01370
`Patent 8,664,231 B2
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`Before TONI R. SCHEINER and ERICA A. FRANKLIN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
`of Kayvan B. Noroozi
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2016-01370
`Patent 8,664,231 B2
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`Koios Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Petitioner”) moves for an Order
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`allowing Mr. Kayvan B. Noroozi of Noroozi PC to appear pro hac vice
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`on behalf of Petitioner. Paper 30; see also Ex. 1038 (declaration of
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`Mr. Noroozi in support of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice). In an e-
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`mail on August 18, 2017, Petitioner represented that Patent Owner medac
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`Gesellschaft für klinische Spezialpräparate mbH does not oppose the
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`motion.
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`Petitioner’s motion is granted. Petitioner shall file a power of
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`attorney and update its mandatory notices in accordance with 37 C.F.R.
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`§§ 42.8 and 42.10. Counsel recognized pro hac vice shall comply with
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`37 C.F.R. Parts 11 and 42 and the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide,
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`77 Fed. Reg. 48,755 (Aug. 14, 2012), and are subject to disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for pro hac vice admission of
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`Mr. Noroozi is granted; Mr. Noroozi may represent Petitioner only as
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`backup counsel in the instant proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel in the instant proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Noroozi shall comply with the Office
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`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
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`set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Noroozi shall be subject to the
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`Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the Office’s
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101–11.901.
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`IPR2016-01370
`Patent 8,664,231 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`DeAnn F. Smith
`FOLEY HOAG LLP
`dsmith@foleyhoag.com
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`William Rothwell
`NOROOZI PC
`william@noroozip.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`James F. Haley, Jr.
`Brian Gummow
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`james.haley@hglaw.com
`brian.gummow@hglaw.com
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