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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.
`and PFIZER, INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-016761
`Patent No. 8,603,044
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR WITHDRAWAL
`OF COUNSEL
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`1 Pfizer Inc., who filed a petition in IPR2019-00978, has been joined as
`petitioner in this proceeding.
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e), Patent Owner Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland
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`GmbH respectfully requests that the Board authorize the withdrawal of back-up
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`counsel Brian C. Chang in this matter.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Patent Owner designated Brian C. Chang (Reg. No. 74,301) as back-up
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`counsel in Patent Owner’s Updated Mandatory Notices on January 3, 2019. Paper
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`No. 9. Brian C. Chang is no longer associated with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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`Petitioner does not oppose this motion for withdrawal of counsel.
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`III. CONCLUSION
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that Brian C. Chang be deemed withdrawn
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`from the present proceeding.
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`Dated: February 24, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser/
`Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser
`Reg. No. 55,721
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
`Phone: 212-310-8000
`Fax: 212-310-8007
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER’S MOTION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL was served
`electronically on February 24, 2020 on counsel of record for the Petitioner as
`follows:
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`Richard Torczon
`Wesley Derryberry
`Tasha Thomas
`Lora Green
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`1700 K Street NW, 5th Floor
`Washington, D.C. 20006
`rtorczon@wsgr.com
`wderryberry@wsgr.com
`tthomas@wsgr.com
`lgreen@wsgr.com
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`Douglas H. Carsten
`Jeffrey W. Guise
`Arthur Dykhuis
`Elham F. Steiner
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`12235 El Camino Real, Suite 200
`San Diego, CA 92130
`dcarsten@wsgr.com
`jguise@wsgr.com
`adykhuis@wsgr.com
`esteiner@wsgr.com
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`Lorelei Westin
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`650 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`lwestin@wsgr.com
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`Nicole W. Stafford
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`900 South Capital of Texas Highway
`Las Cimas, IV Fifth Floor
`Austin, TX 78746
`nstafford@wsgr.com
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`Jad Mills
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
`Seattle, WA 98104
`jmills@wsgr.com
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`Jovial Wong
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`1700 K Street, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20006
`jwong@winston.com
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`Dated: February 24, 2020
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`/Kathy Shalabi/
`Kathy Shalabi
`Paralegal
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street, NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20036
`202-682-7085
`kathy.shalabi@weil.com
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