`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG BIOEPIS CO., LTD.,
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`Petitioner,
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`REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2023-00884
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`U.S. Patent No. 11,253,572
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`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF ZACHARIAH SUMMERS UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) Petitioner Samsung Bioepis Co., LTD.
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`(“Petitioner”) hereby files this motion for Zachariah Summers to appear pro hac vice
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`on its behalf before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in this proceeding. As
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`required by the Board’s Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition this motion for
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`pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) is being “filed in accordance with
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`the ‘Order -- Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission’ in Case IPR2013-
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`00639” (“IPR2013-00639 Order”) (Paper 7). Petitioner conferred with Patent
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`Owner Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) and Patent Owner does
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`not oppose the Motion for Admission pro hac vice.
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`I.
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`Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause for the Board to Recognize
`Counsel Pro Hac Vice During the Proceeding
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel
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`pro hac vice during a proceeding, subject to the conditions set forth therein, and any
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`others that the Board may impose. Petitioner sets forth these facts in support of this
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`motion:
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`1.
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`The undersigned contacted counsel for Patent Owner, Rebecca Weires,
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`indicated that Patent Owner did not plan to oppose Mr. Summers’s admission pro
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`hac vice.
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`2.
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`Lead counsel for Petitioner in this matter, Raymond Nimrod, is a
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`registered practitioner.
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`3.
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`Accompanying this motion is Exhibit 1066, the Declaration of
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`Zachariah Summers in Support of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice in this
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`proceeding. In her declaration, Mr. Summers attests, among other things, that he is
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`an attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and is an experienced
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`litigator. He is admitted to and a member in good standing of the State Bar of New
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`York and State Bar of California. Mr. Summers has been practicing law since 2008.
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`He has had extensive experience litigating patent infringement cases over the past
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`fifteen years, including experience drafting pleadings, expert discovery, and
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`specialized patent-related proceedings such as Markman briefing and invalidity
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`contentions.
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`4. Mr. Summers also has established familiarity with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding and related co-pending litigation. He has been involved with
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`forming invalidity positions against U.S. Patent No. 11,253,572, the patent
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`challenged in this IPR, and he has acquired a substantial understanding of the
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`underlying legal and technological issues at stake in these proceedings. Mr.
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`Summers has conducted a detailed review of the ’572 Patent, the relevant prior art,
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`and the prosecution history and related patents. In fact, a significant amount of Mr.
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`Summers’s time over the past year has been spent working on issues related to the
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`’572 Patent, related patents, and Patent Owner’s commercial product, Eylea®.
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`Therefore, Mr. Summers has significant experience with the subject matter of this
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`proceeding.
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`II. Reasons for Granting the Motion
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`The Board may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding “upon a
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`showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead counsel be a registered
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`practitioner and to any other conditions as the Board may impose.” 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.10(c). As set forth above, lead counsel in this proceeding, Raymond Nimrod, is
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`a registered practitioner. Moreover, as set forth above and in the accompanying
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`Summers declaration, Mr. Summers is a patent litigation attorney and has an
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`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`III. Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board
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`admit Zachariah Summers pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Petitioner’s Power of
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`Attorney Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b) was served on January 4, 2024, to the
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`following Counsel for Petitioner via email to Regeneron-MoFo-IPR@mofo.com.
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`Date: January 4, 2024 Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Raymond N. Nimrod
` Raymond N. Nimrod (Reg. No. 31,987)
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN, LLP
`51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor
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`Tel: (212) 849-7000
`Fax: (212) 949-7100
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`Attorney for Petitioner
`Samsung Bioepis, Co., LTD
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