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`Paper 73
`Entered: March 9, 2017
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_______________
`
`NEPTUNE GENERICS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`ELI LILLY & COMPANY,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`Cases IPR2016-00237, IPR2016-002401
`Patent 7,772,209 B2
`_______________
`
`Before JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA and MICHAEL P. TIERNEY,
`Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judges, and LORA M. GREEN,
`Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`ORDER
`Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Paul J. Skiermont
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This Order addresses issues that are the same in all identified cases. We
`exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case. The
`parties, however, are not authorized to use this style heading in subsequent
`papers.
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`
`
`Cases IPR2016-00237, IPR2016-00240
`Patent 7,772,209 B2
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`
`
`On October 27, 2016, Petitioner filed a motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Paul J. Skiermont. Paper 39 (“Motion”).2 The Motion is
`supported by a declaration of Mr. Skiermont. Ex. 1041. Patent Owner did
`not file an opposition to the motion.
`The Board has reviewed the submissions and determined that the
`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) have been met and there is good cause
`to admit Mr. Skiermont pro hac vice.
`Petitioner is reminded that a Power of Attorney in accordance with 37
`C.F.R. § 42.10(b) must be submitted for Mr. Skiermont.
`It is, therefore,
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice admission of
`Paul J. Skiermont are granted; Mr. Skiermont is authorized to act as back-up
`counsel in the instant proceedings only;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner must file updated mandatory
`notices identifying Mr. Skiermont as back-up counsel in accordance with 37
`C.F.R. §§ 42.8 and 42.10;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel for the instant
`proceedings;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Skiermont is to comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
`Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations; and
`
`
`2 For purposes of expediency, we refer to the papers filed in IPR2016-
`00237. Petitioner filed similar papers in IPR2016-00240.
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`Cases IPR2016-00237, IPR2016-00240
`Patent 7,772,209 B2
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Skiermont is to be 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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`
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`For PETITIONER:
`Sarah Spires
`237Neptune@skiermontderby.com
`Parvathi Kota
`237Neptune@skiermontderby.com
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`Dov Grossman
`dgrossman@wc.com
`David Krinsky
`dkrinsky@wc.com
`Adam L. Perlman
`aperlman@wc.com
`
`James Leeds
`Leeds_james@lilly.com
`John Demeter
`Demeter_john_c@lilly.com
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