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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG BIOEPIS CO., LTD.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
`Patent Owner.
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`Patent No. 11,253,572
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2023-00884
`____________________________________________________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
`KIRA A. DAVIS UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2023-00884
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`I.
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`Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Patent Owner Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,
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`Inc., requests that the Board admit Kira A. Davis pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II.
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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
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`any others that the Board may impose. Patent Owner sets forth these facts in
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`support of this motion:
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`1.
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`The undersigned contacted counsel for Petitioner (Quinn Emanuel
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`Urquhart & Sullivan LLP), who indicated that Petitioner did not plan to oppose
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`Ms. Davis’s admission pro hac vice.
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`2.
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`Lead counsel for Patent Owner, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
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`Adam Brausa, and Backup counsel, Rebecca Weires are registered practitioners.
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`3.
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`Kira A. Davis is an experienced litigator and has established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. Accompanying this
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`motion is Exhibit 2060, the Declaration of Kira A. Davis in Support of this Motion
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`for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Davis Decl.”). In her declaration, Ms. Davis attests,
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`among other things, that she is a member in good standing of the bars of the states
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`of California and New York. Davis Decl. ¶¶ 1-2. Ms. Davis has never been
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`subject to suspensions or disbarments from practice, nor had applications for
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`admission to practice denied, nor been subject to any sanctions or contempt
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`citations by any court or administrative body. Id. ¶¶ 3-5.
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`4.
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`Ms. Davis has approximately 12 years of experience litigating patent
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`cases involving biotechnology. Davis Decl. ¶ 9. As is relevant to this matter,
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`during the past 12 years, Ms. Davis has litigated a number of cases involving
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`biologic therapeutics, including fusion proteins and antibodies, as well as cases
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`relating to methods of treatment using the same. Id. In addition, Ms. Davis’s
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding is demonstrated by
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`her review of the ’572 Patent, all cited prior art, and the IPR petition in this matter.
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`Davis Decl. ¶ 10.
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`5.
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`In her declaration, Ms. Davis also attests to her admission to practice
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`s§42.10(c) and Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, Paper
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`7 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013). See Davis Decl. ¶¶ 1-10.
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`III. Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner respectfully request that the Board
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`admit Kira A. Davis pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`IPR2023-00884
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`Date: December 21, 2023
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /Adam R. Brausa/
`Adam R. Brausa, Reg. No. 60,287
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`425 Market Street
`San Francisco, California 94105
`Tel: (415) 268-6053
`ABrausa@mofo.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`IPR2023-00884
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`Certificate of Service (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4))
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`I hereby certify that the attached PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO
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`HAC VICE ADMISSION OF KIRA A. DAVIS UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and
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`THE SUPPORTING DECLARATION OF KIRA A. DAVIS, were served on the
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`date listed below via electronic mail upon the following counsel of record for
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`Petitioner.
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`Raymond N. Nimrod (Reg. No. 31,987)
`Matthew A. Traupman (Reg. No. 50,832)
`Landon Andrew Smith (Reg. No. 79,248)
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
`& SULLIVAN, LLP
`51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor
`New York, NY 10010
`Email: raynimrod@quinnemanuel.com
`Email: matthewtraupman@quinnemanuel.com
`Email: landonsmith@quinnemanuel.com
`Email: qe-samsungbioepis@quinnemanuel.com
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`Dated: December 21, 2023
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`/Adam R. Brausa/
`Adam R. Brausa, Reg. No. 60,287
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