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`Paper No. 27
`Entered: December 5, 2019
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`NALOX-1 PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ADAPT PHARMA OPERATIONS LIMITED, and
`OPIANT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owners.
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`IPR2019-00685, Patent 9,211,253 B2
`IPR2019-00688, Patent 9,468,747 B2
`IPR2019-00694, Patent 9,629,965 B21
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`Before: ERICA A. FRANKLIN, ZHENYU YANG, and MICHAEL A.
`VALEK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`YANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owners’ Motions
`to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This Order addresses an issue common to each referenced case. We,
`therefore, issue a single order to be entered in each case. For convenience,
`paper numbers refer to those filed in IPR2019-00685.
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`IPR2019-00685, Patent 9,211,253 B2
`IPR2019-00688, Patent 9,468,747 B2
`IPR2019-00694, Patent 9,629,965 B2
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, in each of the above-captioned
`proceedings, Patent Owners filed a motion to withdraw Robert F. Green as
`lead counsel. Paper 27, 2. Patent Owners seek the withdrawal so that they
`may be represented by Jessamyn S. Berniker of Williams & Connolly LLP
`as lead counsel. Id. According to Patent Owners, Petitioner does not oppose
`the motion. Id. at 3.
`Patent Owner Adapt Pharma Operations Limited filed a Power of
`Attorney listing the new lead and backup counsel. Paper 20. Patent Owner
`Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. also filed a Power of Attorney listing only the
`new backup counsel. Paper 28.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Patent Owners’ Motions to Withdraw and Substitute
`Counsel are granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner Opiant Pharmaceuticals,
`Inc. shall update its Power of Attorney to include the new lead counsel.
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`IPR2019-00685, Patent 9,211,253 B2
`IPR2019-00688, Patent 9,468,747 B2
`IPR2019-00694, Patent 9,629,965 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Yelee Kim
`Janine Carlan
`Richard Berman
`Bradford Frese
`Christopher Yaen
`ARENT FOX LLP
`yelee.kim@arentfox.com
`janine.carlan@arentfox.com
`richard.berman@arentfox.com
`bradford.frese@arentfox.com
`christopher.yaen@arentfox.com
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`PATENT OWNER ADAPT PHARMA OPERATIONS LIMITED:
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`Jessamyn S. Berniker
`David M. Krinsky
`Anthony Sheh
`WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
`jberniker@wc.com
`dkrinsky@wc.com
`asheh@wc.com
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`PATENT OWNER OPIANT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.:
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`Jessica Tyrus Mackay
`Ann K. Kotze
`GREEN, GRIFFITH & BORG-BREEN, LLP
`jmackay@greengriffith.com
`akotze@greengriffith.com
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