`571-272-7822
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` Paper: 57
`Entered: January 24, 2017
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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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`US ENDODONTICS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`GOLD STANDARD INSTRUMENTS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
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`Before JOSIAH C. COCKS, HYUN J. JUNG, and
`TIMOTHY J. GOODSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GOODSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion to Withdraw Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
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`Counsel may withdraw from a post-grant review proceeding only with
`authorization from the Board. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). In this proceeding, Patent
`Owner designated Jason Nolan of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
`(“RFEM”) as lead counsel and Joseph Hynds, R. Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer, C.
`Nichole Gifford, Steven Lieberman, and Derek Dahlgren, all of RFEM, as back-up
`counsel. Paper 52, 4–5.
`After receiving our authorization to do so, Patent Owner filed a Motion to
`Withdraw Counsel seeking the withdrawal of Mr. Nolan as lead counsel because
`he is no longer associated with RFEM. Paper 55, 2. Concurrent with its Motion,
`Patent Owner filed updated Notices designating Mr. Hynds to replace Mr. Nolan as
`lead counsel. Paper 56, 4. The Motion states that Petitioner does not oppose the
`Motion. Paper 55, 2. We grant authorization for Mr. Nolan to withdraw and be
`replaced as lead counsel by Mr. Hynds.
`For the foregoing reasons, it is
`ORDERED that Jason Nolan may withdraw as lead counsel for Patent
`Owner in this proceeding to be replaced by Joseph Hynds.
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`PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Ginsberg
`Abhishek Bapna
`PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP
`jginsberg@pbwt.com
`abapna@pbwt.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph Hynds
`R. Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer
`Jason Nolan
`Christine Gifford
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`jhynds@rfem.com
`ebrenner@rfem.com
`jnolan@rfem.com
`ngifford@rfem.com
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