`Patent No. 7,067,952
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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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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AND DENSO CORPORATION,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2017-01497
`Patent No. 7,067,952
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
`PATRICK T. DRISCOLL
`PURSUANT TO C.F.R. § .
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`I.
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`Relief Requested
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and the Board’s “Notice of Filing Date
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`Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response,”
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`entered in this matter, which authorized the parties to file motions for pro hac vice
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`admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Patent Owner requests that the Board admit
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`Patrick T. Driscoll pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel pro hac
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`vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
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`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any other conditions as the
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`Board may impose. For example, where the lead counsel is a registered
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`practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a registered
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`practitioner may be granted upon showing that counsel is an experienced litigating
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`attorney and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`The facts, supported by the attached Declaration of Patrick T. Driscoll in
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`Support of Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Driscoll Decl.”),
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`establish good cause to admit Mr. Driscoll pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Lead counsel Brad M. Scheller is a registered practitioner and is experienced
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`in proceedings before the USPTO. Backup counsel William A. Meunier is also a
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`registered practitioner and is experienced in proceedings before the USPTO.
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`Mr. Driscoll is an experienced litigating attorney. He has been a patent
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`litigation attorney for five years, and is currently an Associate at Mintz Levin Cohn
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`Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC. (Driscoll Decl. at ¶ 1.) Mr. Driscoll is a member in
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`good standing of the Massachusetts State Bar, with no suspensions or disbarments
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`from practice, nor any application for admission to practice denied, nor any
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`sanctions or contempt citations, and is admitted to practice in the United States
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`District Courts for the District of Massachusetts. (Id. at ¶¶ 2-5.) His mailing
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`address is at One Financial Center, Boston MA, 02111. His email address is
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`ptdriscoll@mintz.com, and his direct dial is 617-348-3055.
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`Mr. Driscoll is particularly familiar with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding, as well as the parallel proceeding involving U.S. Patent No. 7,067,952
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`filed by Patent Owner in the United States International Trade Commission
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`(Investigation No. 337-TA-1073). Mr. Driscoll has reviewed all relevant materials
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`for this matter, including all case pleadings, orders, and notices; U.S. Patent No.
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`7,067,952; the patent prosecution history; and the Petitioners’ asserted prior art. In
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`addition, Mr. Driscoll has a thorough understanding of the grounds of
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`unpatentability asserted in the Petition and the challenged claims instituted in this
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`action. (Id. at ¶ 10.)
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`Mr. Driscoll has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board's Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R,
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`and he agrees to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a). (Id. at ¶¶ 6-7.)
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`For these reasons Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board admit
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`Patrick T. Driscoll pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Dated: March 12, 2018
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`/Brad Scheller/
`Brad M. Scheller (Reg. No. 61,022)
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHEN, FERRIS,
`GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
`The Chrysler Center
`666 Third Avenue
`New York, New York 10017
`Telephone: 212-935-3000
`Facsimile: 212-983-3115
`bmscheller@mintz.com
`INTVEN_IPRs@mintz.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that a copy of Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
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`of Patrick T. Driscoll Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 and Declaration of Patrick T.
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`Driscoll in support of Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission are being served by
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`electronic mail on the following counsel of record:
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`Lead Counsel for Toyota
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`Back Up Counsel for Toyota
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`Joshua L. Goldberg (Reg. No. 59,369)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone: (202) 408-6092
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
`Toyota-IV-IPR@finnegan.com
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`James Barney (Reg. No. 46,539)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone: (202) 408-4412
`james.barney@finnegan.com
`Toyota-IV-IPR@finnegan.com
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`Thomas W. Winland (Reg. No. 27,605)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone: (202) 408-4085
`tom.winland@finnegan.com
`Toyota-IV-IPR@finnegan.com
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`Tyler M. Akagi (Reg. No. 74,264)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone: (202) 408-4385
`tyler.akagi@finnegan.com
`Toyota-IV-IPR@finnegan.com
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`Lead Counsel for DENSO
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`Back Up Counsel for DENSO
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`Paul R. Steadman (Reg. No. 43,932)
`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`444 West Lake Street, Suite 900
`Chicago, IL 60606-0089
`Telephone: (312) 368-2135
`paul.steadman@dlapiper.com
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`Matthew D. Satchwell (Reg. No. 58,870)
`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`444 West Lake Street, Suite 900
`Chicago, IL 60606-0089
`Telephone: (312) 368-2135
`paul.steadman@dlapiper.com
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`Dated: March 12, 2018
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`/Brad Scheller/
`Brad M. Scheller
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