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`Paper 30
`Entered: March 9, 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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`ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR CO. LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00465
`Patent 8,049,459 B2
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`Before BENJAMIN D. M. WOOD and JAMES A. TARTAL,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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` DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2015-00465
`Patent 8,049,459 B2
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`As authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to the Petition
`(Paper 5), Petitioner, Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co. Ltd., filed a
`“Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Peter T. Ewald” (Paper 28).1
`Patent Owner, Nidec Motor Corporation, did not oppose the Motion.
`Petitioner’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 Petitioner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
`granted, and Mr. Ewald is authorized to represent Patent Owner as back-up
`counsel in IPR2015-00465;
`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. Ewald is 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. Ewald is 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 filed an affidavit of Mr. Ewald in support of the Motion
`(Paper 29).
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2015-00465
`Patent 8,049,459 B2
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`PETITIONER
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`Gang Luo
`W. Scott Strickland
`gluo@oliff.com
`wstrickland@oliff.com
`email@oliff.com
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`PATENT OWNER
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`Scott Brown
`Matthew Walters
`sbrown@hoveywilliams.com
`mwalters@hoveywilliams.com
`litigation@hoveywilliams.com