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`571-272-7822
`Entered: October 16, 2015
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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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`TOSHIBA CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`OPTICAL DEVICES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`Case IPR2014-01439 (Patent RE42,913 E)
`Case IPR2014-014411 (Patent RE43,681 E)
`Case IPR2014-01443 (Patent RE40,927 E)
`Case IPR2014-01445 (Patent 7,839,729 B2)
`Case IPR2014-01446 (Patent 7,196,979 B2)
`Case IPR2014-01447 (Patent 8,416,651 B2)2
`_______________
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`Before ERICA A. FRANKLIN, GLENN J. PERRY, and JAMES B. ARPIN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion to Withdraw and
`Substitute Counsel
`37C.F.R. § 42.10(a)
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`
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`1 Case IPR2014-01442 has been consolidated with Case IPR2014-01441.
`2 The parties are not authorized to use a multiple case caption. They must
`file individual papers in each case to which they pertain.
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`
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`IPR2014-01439 (Patent RE42,913 E); IPR2014-01441 (Patent RE43,681 E);
`IPR2014-01443 (Patent RE40,927 E); IPR2014-01445 (Patent 7,839,729 B2);
`IPR2014-01446 (Patent 7,196,979 B2); and IPR2014-01447 (Patent 8,416,651 B2)
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`
`Counsel for Optical Devices, LLC (“Patent Owner”) requests authorization
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`to withdraw as counsel in these proceedings the following individuals: Thomas
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`Engellenner, Reza Mollaaghababa, Andy Chan, Yue (Lily) Li, and Andrew
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`Schultz. Paper 26, 1.3 Toshiba Corporation (“Petitioner”) does not oppose the
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`motion. Id. Patent Owner’s request to have these individuals withdrawn as
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`counsel is granted.
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`Patent Owner also requests that following individuals be designated as its
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`new counsel: Theodosios Thomas (lead counsel) and Stephen Tytran (back-up
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`counsel). Id. Patent Owner represents that these counsel meet the requirements of
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) as registered practitioners and that an executed updated
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`Power of Attorney has been filed concurrently. Id.; see Paper 24.
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`It is:
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`ORDERED that Thomas Engellenner, Reza Mollaaghababa, Andy Chan,
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`Yue (Lily) Li, and Andrew Schultz are withdrawn as counsel for Patent Owner;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Theodosios Thomas and Stephen Tytran are
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`designated as lead counsel and back-up counsel, respectively, for Patent Owner;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner file appropriate updated
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`mandatory notices under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.8(b)(3)–(4).
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`3 Substantially the same papers requesting authorization to withdraw the named
`persons as counsel or supporting that request have been filed in each case. All
`citations in this Order are to papers filed in Case IPR2014-01439.
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`2
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`
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`IPR2014-01439 (Patent RE42,913 E); IPR2014-01441 (Patent RE43,681 E);
`IPR2014-01443 (Patent RE40,927 E); IPR2014-01445 (Patent 7,839,729 B2);
`IPR2014-01446 (Patent 7,196,979 B2); and IPR2014-01447 (Patent 8,416,651 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
`
`
`Alan A. Limbach
`Brent K. Yamashita
`DLA PIPER, LLP
`Alan.kimbach@dlapiper.com
`Brent.yamashita@dlapiper.com
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`3
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`
`Thomas Engellenner
`Reza Mollaaghababa
`Andy Chan
`Lily Li
`Andrew Schultz
`PEPPER HAMILTON LLP
`engellennert@pepperlaw.com
`mollaaghababar@pepperlaw.com
`chana@pepperlaw.com
`Lil@pepperlaw.com
`schultza@pepperlaw.com
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`
`
`Theodosios Thomas
`Stephen Tytran
`OPTICAL DEVICES, LLC
`tedt@optical-devices.com
`sjt@optical-devices.com
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