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`Trials@uspto.gov Paper No. 30
`571-272-7822 Entered: September 14, 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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`IMMERSION CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01372 (Patent 8,659,571 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01381 (Patent 8,773,356 B2)1
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, BRYAN F. MOORE, NEIL T. POWELL,
`and MINN CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`POWELL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Richard Birnholz
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`1 This Order applies to both cases. The parties are not authorized
`to use this style heading for any subsequent papers.
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`IPR2016-01372 (Patent 8,659,571 B2)
`IPR2016-01381 (Patent 8,773,356 B2)
`In each of these cases, Patent Owner filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Richard Birnholz and an accompanying Declaration.
`IPR2016-01372, Paper 23, Ex. 2011; IPR2016-01381, Paper 21, Ex. 2010.
`Petitioner has not filed an opposition to Patent Owner’s motions. After
`considering Patent Owner’s motions and accompanying declarations, it is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`of Richard Birnholz is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in these proceedings, but Richard
`Birnholz is authorized to be designated as backup counsel; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Richard Birnholz is to 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 C.F.R., and is subject to the
`USPTO’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the
`USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et
`seq.
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`IPR2016-01372 (Patent 8,659,571 B2)
`IPR2016-01381 (Patent 8,773,356 B2)
`PETITIONER:
`James M. Heintz
`Brian Erickson
`DLA PIPER LLP
`Jim.heintz@dlapiper.com
`Apple-Immersion-IPSs@dlapiper.com
`brian.erickson@dlapiper.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Michael R. Fleming
`Babak Redjaian
`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`mfleming@irell.com
`bredjaian@irell.com
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