`Date: April 7, 2016
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`Trials@uspto.gov
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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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`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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`DECISION
`Granting Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 CFR § 42.10
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`PGR2015-00019
`Patent 8,876,991 B2
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`Patent Owner has filed a Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Steven
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`Lieberman and a declaration in support of that motion. Papers 6, 7. Patent Owner
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`has also filed a Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Derek F. Dahlgren, which
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`motion is also accompanied by a supporting declaration. Papers 8, 9. Petitioner
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`has not filed an opposition to either motion. After reviewing Patent Owner’s
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`motions and the supporting declarations, Patent Owner’s motions are granted.
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`Accordingly, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s motions for pro hac vice admission are
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`granted, and Messrs. Lieberman and Dahlgren are authorized to represent Patent
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`Owner as back-up counsel in PGR2015-00019;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a registered
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`practitioner as lead counsel in this proceeding; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Messrs. Lieberman and Dahlgren are to comply
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`with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
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`Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and that
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`Messrs. Lieberman and Dahlgren are subject to the Office’s disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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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
`Christine Gifford
`Jason Nolan
`R. Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`jhynds@rfem.com
`ngifford@rfem.com
`jnolan@rfem.com
`ebrenner@rfem.com
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