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`Paper No. 10
`Date: May 16, 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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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SIGNAL IP, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00291 and IPR2016-00292
`Patents 5,732,375 and 6,012,007
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`Before MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, JEREMY M. PLENZLER, and
`JAMES A. TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Petitioner’s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice
`of Mark A. Chapman
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2016-00291 and IPR2016-00292
`Patents 5,732,375 and 6,012,007
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`As authorized by the Notices of Filing Date Accorded to the Petitions
`(IPR2016-00291, Paper 4; IPR2016-00292, Paper 4), Petitioner Toyota
`Motor Corporation filed Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Mark A.
`Chapman (IPR2016-00291, Paper 9; IPR2016-00292, Paper 12).1 Patent
`Owner Signal IP, Inc., did not file an opposition to these motions.
`Petitioner’s Motions are 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 (Oct. 15, 2003) (setting forth
`requirements for pro hac vice admission).2
`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motions for pro hac vice admission are
`granted, and Mr. Chapman is authorized to represent Petitioner as back-up
`counsel in IPR2016-00291 and IPR2016-00292.
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this inter partes review proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Chapman 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. Chapman 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 Petitioner also filed Declarations of Mark A. Chapman in support of the
`Motions. IPR2016-00291, Ex. 1013; IPR2016-00292, Ex. 1008.
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2016-00291 and IPR2016-00292
`Patents 5,732,375 and 6,012,007
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`PETITIONER:
`John Flock
`jflock@kenyon.com
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`George E. Badenoch
`gbadenoch@kenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Tarek N. Fahmi
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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`Holly J. Atkinson
`holly.atkinson@ascendalaw.com
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`Jason A. LaBerteaux
`jason.laberteaux@ascendalaw.com
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