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`Justin B. Kimble (justin@nbafirm.com)
`Nelson Bumgardner Albritton PC
`3131 West 7th St., Ste. 300
`Fort Worth, TX 76107
`Tel: 817.377.9111
`Fax: 817.377.3485
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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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`FITBIT, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`VALENCELL, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-003191
`U.S. Patent No. 8,923,941
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW AND
`SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 11.116
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Patent 8,923,941
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`STATEMENT OF RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.116 and 42.10(e), and as authorized by the Board
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`in an e-mail dated July 2, 2021, Patent Owner Valencell, Inc. (“Patent Owner”)
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`requests the Board withdraw Justin B. Kimble (Registration No. 58,591), who is
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`currently Lead Counsel for Patent Owner, and substitute Daniel F. Olejko (Reg.
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`No. 76,958) as Lead Counsel.
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`Patent Owner has conferred with Petitioner’s counsel. Petitioner does not
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`oppose this motion.
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`II. STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR WITHDRAWAL
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`Mr. Kimble is no longer associated with the law firm Bragalone Olejko Saad
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`PC. Thus, Patent Owner wishes to remove Mr. Kimble as Lead Counsel in this
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`proceeding.
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`Daniel F. Olejko (Registration No. 76,958), who is currently listed as one of
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`Patent Owner’s Back-Up Counsel, will take over as Patent Owner’s Lead Counsel,
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`and Jeffrey R. Bragalone, T. William Kennedy, Jr., Jonathan H. Rastegar, Marcus
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`Benavides, R. Scott Rhoades, and Sanford E. Warren, Jr. remain as Back-Up
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`Counsel. Updated Mandatory Notices removing Mr. Kimble and designating
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`Mr. Olejko as Lead Counsel will be filed upon the granting of the present motion.
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`III. CONCLUSION
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board grant its motion to authorize
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`the withdrawal of Justin B. Kimble from this proceeding and to substitute Daniel F.
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`Olejko as Lead Counsel in this proceeding.
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`Dated: July 6, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Justin B. Kimble
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Registration No. 58,591
`Nelson Bumgardner Albritton PC
`3131 West 7th St., Ste. 300
`Fort Worth, TX 76107
`Tel: 817.377.9111
`Email: justin@nbafirm.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that document has been served via electronic
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`mail on July 6, 2021, to Petitioner at following email addresses pursuant to
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`samstake@quinnemanuel.com;
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`Justin B. Kimble
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Registration No. 58,591
`Nelson Bumgardner Albritton PC
`3131 West 7th St., Ste. 300
`Fort Worth, TX 76107
`Tel: 817.377.9111
`Email: justin@nbafirm.com
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