`571-272-7822
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`
`
`Paper 19
`Entered: June 12, 2017
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`
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`
`EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`
`
`BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2017-00060
`Patent 8,992,608 B2
`____________
`
`
`
`Before NEIL T. POWELL, JAMES A. TARTAL, and
`ROBERT L. KINDER, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Nicholas Groombridge
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`
`
`
`
`
`
`IPR2017-00060
`Patent 8,992,608 B2
`
`As authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to the Petition
`
`(Paper 3), Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Edwards Lifesciences LLC,
`and Edwards Lifesciences AG (“Petitioner”) filed a “Motion for Admission
`Pro Hac Vice of Nicholas Groombridge.” Paper 17.1 Petitioner represents
`that Patent Owner Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., does not oppose the
`Motion. Paper 17, 4.
`Petitioner’s Motion is 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 (October 15,
`2003) (setting forth requirements for pro hac vice admission).2
`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
`granted, and Mr. Groombridge is authorized to represent Petitioner as back-
`up counsel in IPR2017-00060;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this inter partes review proceeding;
`and
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Groombridge 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. Groombridge is subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction
`
`
`1 Petitioner also filed a declaration from Mr. Groombridge in support of the
`Motion. Paper 18. Such a declaration preferably should be filed as an
`exhibit, not as a separate paper in the case docket.
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
`2
`
`
`
`IPR2017-00060
`Patent 8,992,608 B2
`
`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.
`
`
`
`3
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`
`
`IPR2017-00060
`Patent 8,992,608 B2
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`Gregory S. Cordrey
`JEFFER MANGELS BUTLER & MITCHELL, LLP
`gcordrey@jmbm.com
`
`Brian Egan
`MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
`began@mnat.com
`
`Catherine Nyarady
`PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
`cnyarady@paulweiss.com
`
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Jennifer A. Sklenar
`Wallace Wu
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`jennifer.sklenar@aporter.com
`wallace.wu@aporter.com
`
`4
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