`571-272-7822
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`Paper 12
`Entered: August 25, 2020
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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION and HP INC.,
` Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SYNKLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
` Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-01031 and IPR2020-010321
`Patent 10,015,254 B1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
`SCOTT RAEVSKY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion to
`Withdraw and Substitute Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This Order applies to both proceedings. We exercise our discretion to
`issue one Order to be filed in each proceeding. The parties are not
`authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent papers.
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`IPR2020-01031 and IPR2020-01032
`Patent 10,015,254 B1
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`On August 10, 2020, pursuant to our authorization, Patent Owner filed
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`a motion to withdraw and substitute counsel in each of the proceedings
`captioned above. Paper 11 (“Motion”). 2,3 Patent Owner requests permission
`to withdraw Steven B. Kelber as lead counsel. Id. at 2. Patent Owner seeks
`to designate Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves (Reg. No. 43,639) as new lead
`counsel. Id. The Motion is unopposed.
`Patent Owner filed a Power of Attorney for Dr. Gonsalves. Paper 9.
`Patent Owner also filed updated Mandatory Notices omitting Mr. Kelber and
`listing Dr. Gonsalves as lead counsel. Paper 10.
`Counsel may withdraw from an inter partes review proceeding only
`with Board authorization. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). Under these circumstances,
`we grant Patent Owner’s Motion.
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`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Steven B. Kelber is withdrawn as counsel
`for Patent Owner in each of the above-captioned proceedings; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves is recognized
`as lead counsel for Patent Owner in the above-captioned proceedings.
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`2 The motions filed in the above-captioned proceedings are substantively the
`same. We cite to the record in IPR2020-01031, unless otherwise noted.
`3 The Motion does not include page numbers. Thus, for convenience, we
`refer herein to the pages of the Motion as if numbered consecutively
`beginning with the caption page as page 1.
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`IPR2020-01031 and IPR2020-01032
`Patent 10,015,254 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`Joseph A. Micallef
`Scott M. Border
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`jmicallef@sidley.com
`sborder@sidley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`Yeasun Yoon
`CAPITOL IP LAW GROUP, PLLC
`gonsalves@capitoliplaw.com
`yoon@capitoliplaw.com
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