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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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`COMMISSARIAT À L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES
`ALTERNATIVES,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SILICON GENESIS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00831 (Patent 6,162,705)
`Case IPR2016-00832 (Patent 6,013,563)
`Case IPR2016-00833 (Patent 6,103,599)1
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`Before JONI Y. CHANG, J. JOHN LEE, and SHEILA F. McSHANE,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Motion to Withdraw Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`1 This Order addresses issues that are substantially the same in all of these
`cases. Therefore, 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 any subsequent papers without prior authorization.
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`IPR2016-00831 (Patent 6,162,705)
`IPR2016-00832 (Patent 6,013,563)
`IPR2016-00833 (Patent 6,103,599)
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`Patent Owner Silicon Genesis Corporation filed a motion on March 2,
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`2017, in each of the above-captioned proceedings, requesting that its
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`counsel, Kent Tobin, be permitted to withdraw as counsel of record for
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`Patent Owner in these proceedings. Paper 27, 1–3.2 Patent Owner indicates
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`that Margaux Nair, a registered practitioner and current backup counsel,
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`would replace Mr. Tobin as lead counsel. Id. at 2. Patent Owner represents
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`that Petitioner does not oppose the Motions. Id.
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`After due consideration, Patent Owner’s Motions are granted.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motions for Withdrawal and
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`Substitution of Counsel (IPR2016-00831, Paper 27; IPR2016-00832,
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`Paper 25; IPR2016-00833, Paper 20) are granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Kent Tobin is withdrawn as counsel of
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`record for Patent Owner in each of the above-captioned proceedings; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file updated
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`mandatory disclosures under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b) in each proceeding
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`providing updated counsel and service information.
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`2 All citations herein are to the record in IPR2016-00831. Similar motions
`were filed in each of the above-captioned proceedings (i.e., IPR2016-00832,
`Paper 25; IPR2016-00833, Paper 20).
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`IPR2016-00831 (Patent 6,162,705)
`IPR2016-00832 (Patent 6,013,563)
`IPR2016-00833 (Patent 6,103,599)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Paul McGowan
`paul.mcgowan@troutmansanders.com
`Parker Hancock
`parker.hancock@troutmansanders.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Kent Tobin
`kenjtobin@gmail.com
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