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`Paper 10
`Entered: May 10, 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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`APOTEX INC. and APOTEX CORP.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`NOVARTIS AG,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00854
`Patent 9,187,405 B2
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, CHRISTOPHER M. KAISER,
`and ROBERT A. POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Robert W. Trenchard
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`Petitioner filed a motion for pro hac vice admission of Robert W. Trenchard.
`Paper 6. The motion is supported by a declaration of Mr. Trenchard (Ex. 2001)
`and an Order admitting Mr. Trenchard pro hac vice in IPR2014-00784 (Ex. 2002).
`Patent Owner states that Petitioner does not oppose the motion. Paper 6, 2.
`The Board has reviewed the submissions and determined that the
`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 have been met and there is good cause to admit
`Mr. Trenchard pro hac vice.
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`Case IPR2017-00854
`Patent 9,187,405 B2
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`It is, therefore,
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for admission of Robert W. Trenchard
`pro hac vice is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Trenchard shall comply with the Office
`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth
`in Part 42 of the C.F.R.; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Trenchard shall be subject to the Office’s
`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the Office’s Rules of
`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101-11.901.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Steven W. Parmelee
`Michael T. Rosato
`Jad. A. Mills
`sparmelee@wsgr.com
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`jmills@wsgr.com
`Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jane M. Love, Ph.D.
`200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor
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`Case IPR2017-00854
`Patent 9,187,405 B2
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`New York, NY 10166
`jlove@gibsondunn.com
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`Robert W. Trenchard
`200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor
`New York, NY 10166
`rtrenchard@gibsondunn.com
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