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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 INSTITUTIONAL LLC and PFIZER INC.,
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`NOVO NORDISK A/S,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-003241
`Patent 8,114,833
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`PETITIONER PFIZER, INC.’S MOTION FOR
`WITHDRAWAL AND SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
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`1 IPR2020-01252 has been joined with this proceeding
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`I. RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Petitioner Pfizer, Inc. (“Pfizer”) respectfully
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`moves for withdrawal of its current Lead and Back-Up Counsel and substitution
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`with Thomas J. Meloro as Lead Counsel of record and Michael W. Johnson as
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`Back-Up Counsel in this proceeding. The Board authorized Pfizer to file this
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`motion on January 14, 2021, and thus this motion is authorized under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.20(b). Co-Petitioner Mylan Institutional LLC (“Co-Petitioner”) and Patent
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`Owner Novo Nordisk A/S (“Patent Owner”) do not oppose this motion.
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`II. STATEMENTOF REASONS FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
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`Pfizer wishes for new counsel Thomas J. Meloro (Reg. No. 33,538), a
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`registered practitioner from the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, to
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`represent Pfizer and be substituted as Lead Counsel going forward in this
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`proceeding. Mr. Meloro meets the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, and
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`represents Pfizer in other proceedings before the Board. See, e.g., IPR Nos. 2018-
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`01219, 2018-00330, 2018-00331. Pfizer also wishes that Michael W. Johnson
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`(Reg. No. 63,731), also of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, represent it as Back-Up
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`Counsel. An updated Power of Attorney and Mandatory Notice identifying Mr.
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`Meloro as Lead Counsel and Mr. Johnson as Back-Up Counsel is being filed
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`concurrently herewith.
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`Pfizer also requests that the Board authorize the withdrawal of present Lead
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`Counsel Jovial Wong and Charles B. Klein, and Back-Up Counsel Sharon Lin,
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`each of Winston & Strawn, LLP.
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`Pfizer seeks no extensions of time, delays, or modification of the schedule
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`governing this proceeding to enable this substitution of Lead Counsel, and thus
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`substitution would not prejudice either Patent Owner or Co-Petitioner, neither of
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`which oppose the motion. Further, Pfizer believes that granting this motion will
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`not hinder the economy, the integrity of the patent system, the efficient
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`administration of the Office, or the ability of the Office to timely complete this
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`proceeding. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(b).
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`Dated: January 19, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/Jovial Wong/
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`Jovial Wong
`Reg. No. 60,115
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that on January 19, 2021, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing PETITIONER PFIZER, INC.’S MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE LEAD
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`COUNSEL was served by filing this document through Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board End to End system as well as delivering a copy via email to the following
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`attorneys of record:
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`White-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`Liraglutide@perkinscoie.com
`Greb-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`joelke@fenwick.com
`ryan.johnson@fenwick.com
`laura.moran@fenwick.com
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`Dated: January 19, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/Jovial Wong/
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`Jovial Wong
`Reg. No. 60,115
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