`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 9
`Filed: November 8, 2019
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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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`WORLD PROGRAMMING LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SAS INSTITUTE, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-01457 (Patent 7,170,519 B2)
`IPR2019-01458 (Patent 7,170,519 B2)
`IPR2019-01459 (Patent 7,447,686 B2)
` IPR2019-01460 (Patent 7,447,686 B2)1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, JOHN F. HORVATH, and
`ELIZABETH M. ROESEL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HORVATH, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a)
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`1 This Order applies to each of the listed cases. We exercise our discretion to
`issue one Order to be docketed in each case. The parties, however, are not
`authorized to use this caption for any subsequent papers.
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`IPR2019-01457 (Patent 7,170,519 B2)
`IPR2019-01458 (Patent 7,170,519 B2)
`IPR2019-01459 (Patent 7,447,686 B2)
`IPR2019-01460 (Patent 7,447,686 B2)
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`On October 25, 2019, current counsel for SAS Institute, Inc. (“Patent
`Owner”) filed unopposed motions to withdraw as counsel for Patent Owner
`in each of the cases captioned above. Paper 7, 1–2.2 On October 28, 2019,
`we emailed the parties advising them that before the Board could grant
`current counsel’s requests to withdraw, Patent Owner’s current or new
`counsel needed to file powers of attorney in each proceeding appointing new
`counsel. On October 30, 2019, current counsel for Patent Owner filed such
`powers of attorney. Paper 8, 1.
`Accordingly, having received Patent Owner’s powers of attorney
`appointing new counsel in each of these proceedings, current counsel’s
`unopposed motions to withdraw in each of these proceedings is granted.
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`ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is:
`ORDERED that the requests to withdraw filed by Patent Owner’s
`current counsel in each of IPR2019-01457, IPR2019-01458, IPR2019-
`01459, and IPR2019-01460 are granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s new counsel must file
`updated mandatory notices identifying new lead and back-up counsel in each
`of these proceedings no later than November 12, 2019.
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`2 Unless indicated otherwise, we refer to the papers filed in IPR2019-01457.
`However, similar papers were filed in IPR2019-01458, IPR2019-01459, and
`IPR2019-01460, and this Order applies equally in each of these cases.
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`IPR2019-01457 (Patent 7,170,519 B2)
`IPR2019-01458 (Patent 7,170,519 B2)
`IPR2019-01459 (Patent 7,447,686 B2)
`IPR2019-01460 (Patent 7,447,686 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
`Christopher Ryan
`Brian Oaks
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`Chris.ryan@bakerbotts.com
`Brian.oaks@bakerbotts.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`David Cochran
`Joseph Sauer
`Joshua Nightingale
`JONES DAY
`dchocran@jonesday.com
`jmsauer@jonesday.com
`jrnightingale@jonesday.com
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`Brenton Babcock
`Joshua Davis
`Tony Chen
`WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP
`brent.babcock@wbd-us.com
`joshua.p.davis@wbd-us.com
`tony.chen@wbd-us.com
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