`571-272-7822
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`Paper 21
`Entered: January 18, 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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`H&S MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`OXBO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`
`Case IPR2016-00950
`Patent 8,166,739 B2
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`Before PHILLIP J. KAUFFMAN, JAMES A. TARTAL, and
`KEVIN W. CHERRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
`of Shane A. Brunner and Thomas R. Johnson
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2016-00950
`Patent 8,166,739 B2
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`As authorized by the Notices of Filing Date Accorded to the Petition
`(Paper 3), Patent Owner Oxbow International Corporation filed a Motion for
`Pro Hac Vice Admission of Shane A. Brunner and Thomas R. Johnson.
`(Paper 13).1 Petitioner H&S Manufacturing Company did not file an
`opposition to the motion. Patent Owner’s Motion is granted. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.10(c); see also Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-
`00639, Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission, Paper 7
`(October 15, 2003) (setting forth requirements for pro hac vice admission).2
`It is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
`granted, and Mr. Brunner and Mr. Johnson are authorized to represent
`Patent Owner as back-up counsel in IPR2016-00950.
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this inter partes review proceeding;
`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Brunner and Mr. Johnson are to
`comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of
`Practice for Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal
`Regulations, and that Mr. Brunner and Mr. Johnson are subject to the
`Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the
`USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et
`seq.
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`1 Patent Owner also a Declaration of Shane A. Brunner (Ex. 2003) and a
`Declaration of Thomas R. Johnson (Ex. 2004) in support of the Motion.
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
`2
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`3
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`IPR2016-00950
`Patent 8,166,739 B2
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`PETITIONER
`Brad D. Pedersen
`Eric H. Chadwick
`Michael P. Gates
`PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A.
`pedersen@ptslaw.com
`chadwick@ptslaw.com
`gates@ptslaw.com
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`PATENT OWNERS
`Andrew J. Lagatta
`Gregory A. Sebald
`MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.
`alagatta@merchantgould.com
`gsebald@merchantgould.com