`Date: November 4, 2016
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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 IPR2016-01382
`Patents 5,732,375
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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 Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
`of Mark A. Chapman
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2016-01382
`Patents 5,732,375
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`As authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition
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`(Paper 3), Petitioner Toyota Motor Corporation filed a Motion for Pro Hac
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`Vice Admission of Mark A. Chapman. Paper 5.1 Patent Owner Signal IP,
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`Inc., did not file an opposition to the Motion. Petitioner’s Motion is
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`granted. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c); see also Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel
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`Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission, Paper 7 (October 15, 2003) (setting forth requirements for pro
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`hac vice admission).2
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`It is
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
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`granted, and Mr. Chapman is authorized to represent Petitioner as back-up
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`counsel in IPR2016-01382.
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this inter partes review proceeding;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Chapman is to comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
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`Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
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`and that Mr. Chapman is subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
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`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`1 Petitioner also filed a Declaration of Mark A. Chapman in support of the
`Motion. Ex. 1018.
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2016-01382
`Patents 5,732,375
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`PETITIONER:
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`John Flock
`jflock@kenyon.com
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`George Badenoch
`ptab@kenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Tarek Fahmi
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com