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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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`VISIONSENSE CORP.
`Petitioner,
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`NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
`Patent Owner.
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`Patent No. 8,892,190
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2017-01426
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
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`KENNETH A. KUWAYTI UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I.
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`Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Patent Owner Novadaq Technologies Inc.,
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`requests that the Board admit Kenneth A. Kuwayti pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause for the Board to Recognize
`Counsel Pro Hac Vice During the Proceeding
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel
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`pro hac vice during a proceeding, subject to the conditions set forth therein, and
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`any others that the Board may impose. Patent Owner sets forth these facts in
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`support of this motion:
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`The undersigned contacted counsel for Patent Owner (Visionsense
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`Corp.), Joseph Casino, who indicated that Patent Owner did not oppose Mr.
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`Kuwayti’s admission pro hac vice.
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`2.
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`Lead counsel for Patent Owner Novadaq Technologies Inc., Jonathan
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`Bockman, is a registered practitioner.
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`3.
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`Counsel, Kenneth A. Kuwayti, is an experienced litigator and has
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`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`Accompanying this motion is Exhibit 2005, the Declaration of Kenneth A.
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`Kuwayti in Support of this Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Kuwayti
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`Decl.”). In his declaration, Mr. Kuwayti attests, among other things, that he is a
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`member in good standing of the California Bar and several United States District
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`Courts. Mr. Kuwayti has twenty years of experience in patent litigation. Kuwayti
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`Decl. ¶ 8. In addition, Mr. Kuwayti’s familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding is demonstrated by his review of the ’190 Patent, all cited prior art,
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`and the IPR petition in this matter. Kuwayti Decl. ¶ 9.
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`4.
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`In his declaration, Mr. Kuwayti also attests as to his admission to
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`practice in other courts, as well as each of the required items set forth by 37 C.F.R.
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`§42.10(c). See Kuwayti Decl. ¶¶ 1-7.
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`III. Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board
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`admit Kenneth A. Kuwayti pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Date: January 26, 2018
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /Jon Bockman/
`Jonathan Bockman, Reg. No. 45,640
`Morrison & Foerster LLP
`1650 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 400
`McLean, VA 22102
`Tel: (703) 760-7769
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`Certificate of Service (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4))
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`I hereby certify that the attached Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission of Kenneth A. Kuwayti Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and the Supporting
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`Declaration of Kenneth A. Kuwayti were served on the date listed below via
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`electronic mail upon the following counsel of record for Patent Owner.
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`Joseph M. Casino
`Abraham Kasdan
`Wiggin and Dana LLP
`450 Lexington Avenue
`New York, NY 10017
`jcasino@wiggin.com
`akasdan@wiggin.com
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`Dated: January 26, 2018
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`/Jon Bockman/
`Jonathan Bockman, Reg. No. 45,640
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