`571.272.7822
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` Paper No. 8
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`Filed: March 20, 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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`ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`JAMES B. GOODMAN
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00047
`Patent 6,243,315 B1
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`Before BRIAN J. McNAMARA, PATRICK M. BOUCHER, and
`KIMBERLY McGRAW, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`McGRAW, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
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`Granting Petitioner’s Motion for
`Pro Hac Vice Admission of Caroline Bader
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2018-00047
`Patent 6,243,315 B1
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`Petitioner filed a motion for pro hac vice admission of Ms. Caroline
`Bader along with a supporting declaration by Ms. Bader. See, e.g., Paper 6
`(“Mot.”); Ex. 1013. Patent Owner has not opposed Petitioner’s motion.
`Petitioner’s lead counsel, Eric A. Buresh, is a registered practitioner.
`Mot. 1. Petitioner has shown by its Motion and Ms. Bader’s declaration that
`Ms. Bader is an experienced litigating attorney and has an established
`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding. See e.g., Mot.
`1–2; Ex. 1013 ¶¶ 8–11; see also 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
`Based upon consideration of the motion and the record before us, we
`grant Petitioner’s Motion for Admission of Ms. Bader.
`It is therefore ORDERED that Petitioner’s unopposed motion for pro
`hac vice admission of Ms. Bader to represent Petitioner in the instant
`proceeding as back-up counsel, is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Bader 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 Code of Federal Regulations;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Bader is to be subject to the Office’s
`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules
`of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq.
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`IPR2018-00047
`Patent 6,243,315 B1
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`PETITIONER:
`Eric A. Buresh
`Callie Pendergrass
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`eric.buresh@eriseip.com
`callie.pendergrass@eriseip.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`David Fink
`Felix Readus
`FINK & JOHNSON
`texascowboy6@gmail.com
`federallitigationlaw@gmail.com
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