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`Entered: December 2, 2016
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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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`GOOGLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`HBAC MATCHMAKER MEDIA, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2016-00097
`Patent 6,002,393
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`Before TRENTON A. WARD, GEORGIANA W. BRADEN, CHRISTOPHER G.
`PAULRAJ, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WARD, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`On Motion to Withdraw
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`CBM2016-00097
`Patent 6,002,393
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`On November 10, 2016, Patent Owner filed a Motion for Counsel to
`Withdraw and Permit Substitution of Counsel. Paper 6 (“Motion”). Patent Owner
`seeks withdrawal of its current counsel, Amir Naini of Russ August & Kabat.
`Motion, 1. Furthermore, Patent Owner seeks to designate Wayne M. Helge of
`Davidson, Berquist, Jackson & Gowdey, LLP, previously designated as backup
`counsel, as lead counsel and to designate a new counsel, Aldo Noto of Davidson,
`Berquist, Jackson & Gowdey, LLP, as backup counsel. Id. at 2. Patent Owner also
`filed a Substitute Power of Attorney on November 10, 2016, designating Messrs.
`Helge and Noto and indicating that they are registered practitioners. Ex. 2001, 2–
`3. Patent Owner indicates in its Motion that Petitioner does not oppose the motion.
`Id. at 1.
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`ORDER
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`It is, therefore,
`ORDERED that Amir Naini shall be considered withdrawn from this
`proceeding; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Wayne M. Helge will be recognized as lead
`counsel for Patent Owner and that Aldo Noto will be recognized as back-up
`counsel for Patent Owner, effective the date of this decision.
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`CBM2016-00097
`Patent 6,002,393
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`PETITIONER
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`Saqib Siddiqui
`Mayer Brown, LLP
`ssiddiqui@mayerbrown.com
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`PATENT OWNER
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`Amir Naini
`Brian Ledahl
`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`anaini@raklaw.com
`bledahl@raklaw.com
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`Wayne M. Helge
`Aldo Noto
`DAVIDSON, BERQUIST, JACKSON & GOWDEY, LLP
`whelge@dbjg.com
`anoto@dbjg.com
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