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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2021-00406
`U.S. Patent No. 10,716,793
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF MANDY KIM UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`IPR2021-00406
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`Patent Owner, United Therapeutics Corp., respectfully requests that the Board
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`recognize Mandy Kim, Esq., as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`Petitioner’s counsel do not oppose this Motion.
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`BACKGROUND
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is being filed in
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`compliance with and pursuant to the Order—Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission in Case No. IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 (“the Order”), and pursuant to the
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`Board’s advanced authorization expressed in the Board’s Notice of Filing Date
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`Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response in this
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`IPR dated February 3, 2021 (Paper No. 4).
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`As required by the Order, the following statement of facts shows that there is
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`good cause for the Board to recognize Ms. Kim pro hac vice.
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`Ms. Kim is a litigation attorney and has been involved in numerous complex
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`litigations in state and federal courts. Ms. Kim’s biography is attached hereto as
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`Exhibit 2092 to this Motion.
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`Ms. Kim has reviewed U.S. Patent No. 10,716,793 and the Petition already
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`filed in this proceeding. Further, Ms. Kim is counsel for United Therapeutics Corp.
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`in the pending litigation between the parties involving U.S. Patent No. 10,716,793
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`IPR2021-00406
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`before the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware entitled United
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`Therapeutics Corporation v. Liquidia Technologies, Inc., Case No. 1:20-cv-00755-
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`RGA, and, as such, is familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`Therefore, Patent Owner respectfully submits that there is good cause for the
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`Board to recognize Ms. Kim as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`DECLARATION OF INDIVIDUAL SEEKING TO APPEAR
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is accompanied by a
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`Declaration of Mandy Kim, Esq. attached hereto as Exhibit 2093 as required by the
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`Order.
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`Date: Jan. 5, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Stephen B. Maebius/
`Stephen B. Maebius
`Registration No. 35,264
`Foley & Lardner LLP
`3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
`Washington, D.C. 20007
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
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`MANDY KIM UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) is being served on Jan. 5, 2021 by
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`filing this document through the PTAB E2E System as well as delivering copies
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`via email to the following counsel for the Petitioner:
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`zLiquidiaIPR@cooley.com
`ielrifi@cooley.com
`emilch@cooley.com
`dkannappan@cooley.com
`ssukduang@cooley.com
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`/Stephen B. Maebius/
`Stephen B. Maebius
`Registration No. 35,264
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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