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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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`ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., and ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00048
`Patent 6,516,236
`Issue Date: February 4, 2003
`Title: MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
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`PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF CYNTHIA J. RIGSBY
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,516,236
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Petitioner, Rockwell Automation, Inc. and
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`Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., respectfully moves the Board to
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`recognize counsel Cynthia J. Rigsby pro hac vice for purposes of the above-
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`captioned inter partes review.
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`II. AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS MOTION
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`This motion was authorized pursuant to the Board’s notice according a filing
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`date to the petition.
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`III. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS TO GRANT THIS MOTION
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`Good cause exists to recognize Ms. Rigsby pro hac vice. The undersigned
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`lead counsel, Jeffery N. Costakos, is a registered practitioner. As set forth in the
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`accompanying Affidavit In Support Of Motion For Pro Hac Vice Admission of
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`Cynthia J. Rigsby (Ex. 1032), Ms. Rigsby is an experienced litigation attorney with
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`an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this inter partes
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`review. (Ex. 1032 at ¶¶ 10,11.) Ms. Rigsby is admitted to practice in Wisconsin.
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`(Id. ¶ 3.) Ms. Rigsby received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin –
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`Milwaukee and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
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`Ms. Rigsby has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials (id. ¶ 7), and further
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`Responsibility. (Id. ¶ 8.)
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`Dated: November 3, 2016
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Jeffrey N. Costakos
`Jeffrey N. Costakos
`Registration Number 34,144
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Foley & Lardner LLP
`777 East Wisconsin Avenue
`Milwaukee, WI 53202-5306
`Telephone: 414-297-5782
`Email: jcostakos@foley.com
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned Petitioner’s
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Cynthia J. Rigsby pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
`42.10(c) was served in its entirety on November 3, 2016, upon the following
`parties by delivering a copy via Federal Express directed to the attorneys of record
`for the U.S. Patent No. 6,516,236 at the following address:
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`Michael Schacht
`Schacht Law Office, Inc.
`310 East Magnolia Street
`Suite 201
`Bellingham, WA 98225
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`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
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`/s/ Jeffrey N. Costakos
`Jeffrey N. Costakos
`Registration Number 34,144
`Lead Attorney for Petitioner
`777 East Wisconsin Avenue
`Milwaukee, WI 53202-5306
`Telephone: 414-297-5782
`Email: jcostakos@foley.com
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`Date: November 3, 2016
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