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`Paper 15
`Entered: May 15, 2019
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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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`AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC and AMNEAL
`PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK, LLC
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ALMIRALL, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00207
`Patent 9,517,219 B2
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`Before SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, and
`RYAN H. FLAX, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FLAX, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Elizabeth B. Hagan
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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` IPR2019-00207
` Patent US 9,517,219 B2
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`Patent Owner filed a Motion for pro hac vice admission of Elizabeth
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`B. Hagan (“Motion”) in the above-identified proceeding on March 20, 2019.
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`Paper 12. The Motion is supported by a Declaration of Ms. Hagan.
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`Ex 2007. Petitioners did not file an opposition. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.25(a)(1).
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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(c) have been met and there is good cause
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`to admit Ms. Hagan pro hac vice.
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`It is ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for pro hac vice
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`admission of Elizabeth B. Hagan is granted; Ms. Hagan is authorized to
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`represent Patent Owner as back-up counsel in the instant proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Hagan is to comply with the Office
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`Patent Trial Practice Guide, as updated by the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide August 2018 Update, 83 Fed. Reg. 39,989 (Aug. 13, 2018), and the
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`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of 37 C.F.R., and
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`to be subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a) and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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` IPR2019-00207
` Patent US 9,517,219 B2
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`FOR PETITIONERS:
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`Dennies Varughese
`Adam C. LaRock
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`dvarughe-PTAB@skgf.com
`alarock-PTAB@skgf.com
`PTAB@skgf.com.
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`James Trainor
`Elizabeth B. Hagan
`Jennifer R. Bush
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`jtrainor@fenwick.com
`ehagan@fenwick.comj
`bush@fenwick.com
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