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` Paper 19
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`Date: November 19, 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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`PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INO THERAPEUTICS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00884 (Patent 8,291,904 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00888 (Patent 8,776,794 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00889 (Patent 8,573,209 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00891 (Patent 8,573,210 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00893 (Patent 8,776,795 B2)1
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`Before KEN B. BARRETT, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`SCOTT A. DANIELS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FITZPATRICK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motion For Substitution of Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This Decision employs a joint caption, as it is being entered in each of the five
`identified inter partes reviews. The parties may not use a joint caption unless
`authorized.
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`IPR2015-00884
`IPR2015-00888
`IPR2015-00889
`IPR2015-00891
`IPR2015-00893
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`Patent 8,291,904 B2
`Patent 8,776,794 B2
`Patent 8,573,209 B2
`Patent 8,573,210 B2
`Patent 8,776,795 B2
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`Patent Owner, INO Therapeutics LLC, moves, in each of these inter partes
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`reviews, to withdraw its current counsel of record and substitute new lead counsel,
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`Robert Steinberg (Reg. No. 33,144), and backup counsel, Daniel Brown (Reg.
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`No. 54,005). See, e.g., IPR2015-00884, Paper 18. Patent Owner has also
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`submitted a new power of attorney, appointing Mr. Steinberg and Mr. Brown to act
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`on its behalf in these reviews. See, e.g., IPR2015-00884, Ex. 2003.
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`Petitioner, Praxair Distribution, Inc., does not oppose the Motions. We grant
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`the Motions.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Dominick A. Conde, Edmund J. Haughey, and
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`William E. Solander are withdrawn as counsel for Patent Owner in each of these
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`inter partes reviews;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Robert Steinberg is lead counsel for
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`Patent Owner, and Daniel Brown is back-up counsel for Patent Owner in each of
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`these inter partes reviews; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that this Decision does not serve as substitute
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`for Patent Owner’s obligation to timely file updated mandatory notices identifying
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`new counsel and service information. See 37 C.F.R § 42.8(b)(3) and (b)(4).
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`Patent 8,291,904 B2
`Patent 8,776,794 B2
`Patent 8,573,209 B2
`Patent 8,573,210 B2
`Patent 8,776,795 B2
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`IPR2015-00884
`IPR2015-00888
`IPR2015-00889
`IPR2015-00891
`IPR2015-00893
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`For Petitioner:
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`Sanjay Murthy
`sanjay.murthy.ptab@klgates.com
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`Sara Kerrane
`sara.kerrane@klgates.com
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`Margaux Nair
`margaux.nair@klgates.com
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`Maria Doukas
`maria.doukas@klgates.com
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`For Patent Owner:
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`Dominick Conde
`dconde@fchs.com
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`Edmund Haughey
`ehaughey@fchs.com
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