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` Paper No. 17
` Entered: February 6, 2018
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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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`v.
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`NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01426
`Patent 8,892,190 B2
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`Before HYUN J. JUNG, MICHAEL L. WOODS, and
`AMANDA F. WIEKER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`JUNG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2017-01426
`Patent 8,892,190 B2
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`Patent Owner filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Kenneth
`A. Kuwayti Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) (Paper 15) and an accompanying
`Declaration (Ex. 2005). Patent Owner indicates it contacted Petitioner and
`represents Petitioner did not oppose Mr. Kuwayti’s admission pro hac vice.
`See Paper 15, 1.
`After considering Patent Owner’s Motion and accompanying
`Declaration, it is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`of Kenneth A. Kuwayti is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this proceeding, but Mr. Kuwayti is
`authorized to be designated as backup counsel;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Kuwayti 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.; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file updated
`mandatory notices, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), providing updated
`information regarding back-up counsel.
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`IPR2017-01426
`Patent 8,892,190 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Joseph M. Casino
`Abraham Kasdan
`WIGGIN AND DANA LLP
`jcasino@wiggin.com
`akasdan@wiggin.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Jonathan Bockman
`Matthew I. Kreeger
`Christopher Gloria
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`JBockman@mofo.com
`MKreeger@mofo.com
`CGloria@mofo.com
`57767-190-IPR@mofo.com
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