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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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`MEDTRONIC, INC., AND MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.À.R.L.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-00135
`Patent RE 45,776
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`PETITIONERS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF EMILY J. TREMBLAY UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(C)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to
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`Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response entered on
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`December 10, 2019 (Paper 6) in this proceeding, Petitioners Medtronic, Inc., and
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`Medtronic Vascular, Inc., respectfully request pro hac vice admission of Emily J.
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`Tremblay in this proceeding. Petitioners seek Ms. Tremblay’s assistance because
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`of her familiarity with the substantive and technical issues involved in this
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`proceeding. The parties have conferred, and Patent Owner does not oppose this
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`Motion.
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`Statement of Facts
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`Petitioners’ lead counsel in this proceeding, Cyrus A. Morton, is a registered
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`practitioner. Ms. Tremblay has been a practicing patent litigation attorney for more
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`than three years. Before that, Ms. Tremblay spent four years clerking for federal
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`judges, experiencing fact and expert discovery, dispositive motions, oral
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`arguments, and trial in patent infringement matters.
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`Ms. Tremblay has established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding. She is supporting Petitioners’ ongoing work in opposition to the
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`conception and reduction to practice briefing that Patent Owner filed on September
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`24, 2020, and Petitioners’ reply in support of its Petition. If this motion was
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`denied, Petitioners would be prejudiced because they would have to undertake the
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`burdensome and costly task of educating another attorney regarding the patent at
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`issue in this proceeding, and the related evidence. Petitioners respectfully request
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`that the Board avoid this prejudice and grant this Motion.
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`2.
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`Affidavit or Declaration of Individual Seeking to Appear
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`This Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is accompanied by the required
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`Declaration of Ms. Tremblay. In the Declaration of Emily J. Tremblay (Ex. 1098),
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`Ms. Tremblay attests that she has read and will comply with the Patent Office Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice set forth in 35 C.F.R. § 42. Ms.
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`Tremblay further attests that she agrees to be subject to the USPTO’s Rules of
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`Professional Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`For the foregoing reasons, and in view of the Declaration submitted
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`herewith, Petitioners submit that good cause exists for the pro hac vice admission
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`of Emily J. Tremblay and respectfully requests that the Board grant this motion.
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`Dated: October 13, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Cyrus A. Morton/
`Cyrus A. Morton
`Registration No. 44,954
`Robins Kaplan LLP
`2800 LaSalle Plaza
`800 LaSalle Avenue
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`CMorton@RobinsKaplan.com
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on October 13, 2020, a copy of PETITIONERS’
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`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF EMILY J.
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`TREMBLAY UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(C) and DECLARATION OF EMILY
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`J. TREMBLAY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
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`ADMISSION have been served by electronic mail to the Patent Owners:
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`J. Derek Vandenburgh, Reg. No. 32,179
`dvandenburgh@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Dennis C. Bremer, Reg. No. 40,528
`dbremer@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Joseph W. Winkels
`jwinkels@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Peter M. Kohlhepp
`pkohlhepp@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Dated: October 13, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Cyrus A. Morton/
`Cyrus A. Morton
`Registration No. 44,954
`Attorney for Petitioner
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