`Entered: March 9, 2017
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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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`MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NEUROVISION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01406
`Patent 8,634,894 B2
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`Before WILLIAM V. SAINDON, RICHARD E. RICE, and
`MICHAEL L. WOODS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WOODS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`of Marc A. Fenster and Benjamin T. Wang
`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2016-01406
`Patent 8,634,894 B2
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`On February 16, 2017, Patent Owner filed a motion for admission
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`pro hac vice of Marc A. Fenster and Benjamin T. Wang under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.10(c). Paper 24, “Motion.”1 Petitioner does not oppose the Motion.
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`We grant the Motion. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c); see also IPR2013-00639,
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`Paper 7 (setting forth requirements for pro hac vice admission).2
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`It is
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`ORDERED that the Motion seeking admission pro hac vice for Marc
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`A. Fenster and Benjamin T. Wang is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that neither Marc A. Fenster nor Benjamin T.
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`Wang may act as lead counsel in the proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that a registered practitioner must remain as
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`lead counsel throughout the proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Marc A. Fenster and Benjamin T. Wang
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`are to comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s
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`Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Marc A. Fenster and Benjamin T.
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`Wang are subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq.
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`1 Patent Owner also filed a declaration of Marc A. Fenster (Ex. 2018) and a
`declaration of Benjamin T. Wang (Ex. 2019) in support of the Motion.
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`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai/ptab_trials.jsp,
`(“Representative Orders, Decisions, and Notices,” “Other Representative
`Orders and Decisions”).
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`IPR2016-01406
`Patent 8,634,894 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Justin Oliver
`Medtronic894IPR@fchs.com
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`Jason Dorsky
`jdorsky@fchs.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Neil Rubin
`nrubin@raklaw.com
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`C. Jay Chung
`jchung@raklaw.com
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`Kent Shum
`kshum@raklaw.com
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