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`Paper 21
`Entered: March 8, 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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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`POZEN INC. and HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.,
`Patent Owners.
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`Case IPR2017-01995
`Patent 9,220,689 B2
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`Before TONI R. SCHEINER, MICHELLE N. ANKENBRAND, and
`DEBRA L. DENNETT, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DENNETT, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.’s
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Susan Krumplitsch
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`Patent Owner Horizon Pharma USA, Inc. (“Horizon”) filed a Motion for
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`Admission Pro Hac Vice of Susan Krumplitsch under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`Paper 13. The Motion is supported by the Declaration of Ms. Krumplitsch.
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`Ex. 2009. Horizon represents that Petitioner does not oppose grant of this motion.
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`The Board has reviewed the submissions and determined that the
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`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 have been met and there is good cause to admit
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`Ms. Krumplitsch pro hac vice in the proceeding.
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`It is, therefore,
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`ORDERED that Horizon’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Susan
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`Krumplitsch under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Krumplitsch is authorized to represent
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`Horizon as back-up counsel only, and that Horizon is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Krumplitsch shall comply with the Office
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`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth
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`in Part 42 of 37 C.F.R.; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Krumplitsch shall be subject to the Office’s
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the Office’s Rules of
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`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101–11.901.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Brandon M. White
`Emily Greb
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`bmwhite@perkinscoie.com
`egreb@perkinscoie.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Thomas A. Blinka, Ph.D.
`COOLEY LLP
`TBlinka@cooley.com
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`Margaret J. Sampson, Ph.D.
`BAKER BOTTS LLP
`Margaret.Sampson@bakerbotts.com
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