`571-272-7822
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`Paper 15
`Date: November 16, 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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`WEATHERFORD INTERNATION, LLC, WEATHERFORD/LAM, INC.,
`WEATHERFORD US, LP, and WEATHERFORD ARTIFICIAL LIFT
`SYSTEMS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PACKERS PLUS ENERGY SERVICES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01517
`Patent 7,134,505 B2
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`NEIL T. POWELL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Bradley W. Caldwell
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Rapid Completions LLC, the exclusive licensee of the ’505 patent, filed a
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Bradley W. Caldwell and an accompanying
`Declaration in the above-captioned proceeding. IPR2016-01517, Paper 10;
`Ex. 2001. Petitioner has not filed an opposition to Patent Owner’s Motion. After
`considering Patent Owner’s Motion and accompanying Declaration, it is
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`IPR2016-01517
`Patent 7,134,505 B2
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Bradley W. Caldwell is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a registered
`practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding, but Bradley W. Caldwell is
`authorized to be designated as backup counsel; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Bradley W. Caldwell 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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`IPR2016-01517
`Patent 7,134,505 B2
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`PETITIONERS:
`Jason Shapiro
`js@usiplaw.com
`Patrick Finnan
`pjf@usiplaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Michael B. Ray
`mray-ptab@skgf.com
`Lori A. Gordon
`lgordon-ptab@skgf.com
`Kyle Conklin
`kconklin-ptab@skgf.com
`Steven Peters
`speters@skgf.com
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`Hamad M. Hamad
`hhamad@caldwellcc.com
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`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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`Bradley W. Caldwell
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