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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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`
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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
`Petitioner’s Motion For Pro Hac Vice Admission of Michael J. Abernathy
`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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`Petitioner, Praxair Distribution, Inc., moves, to have Michael J. Abernathy
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`admitted pro hac vice as backup counsel in each of these inter partes reviews. See,
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`e.g., IPR2015-00884, Paper 17.
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`Patent Owner, INO Therapeutics LLC, does not oppose the Motions. We
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`grant the Motions.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Michael J. Abernathy is admitted pro hac vice to
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`represent Petitioner as backup counsel in each of these inter partes reviews;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Abernathy must comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
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`set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Abernathy is subject to the USPTO
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101–11.901 and the
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`Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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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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