`571-272-7822
` Entered: November 5, 2020
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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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`MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`WYETH LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2017-00378
`IPR2017-00380
`Patent 8,562,999 B2
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`Before FRANCISCO C. PRATS, ERICA A. FRANKLIN, and
`SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER1
`Granting Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion for
`Pro Hac Vice Admission of Amit H. Thakore
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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` This Order addresses issues common to each captioned case. Thus, we
`enter the same Order in each case. The parties are not authorized to use this
`format for filings.
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`IPR2017-00378; IPR2017-00380
`Patent 8,562,999 B2
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`Wyeth LLC (“Patent Owner”) moves for an Order allowing
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`Amit H. Thakore of White & Case LLP to appear pro hac vice on behalf of
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`Patent Owner. Paper 65, see also Exhibit 2164 (affidavit of Amit H.
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`Thakore in support of the Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission).2 Patent
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`Owner explains that it has been informed by counsel for Merck Sharp &
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`Dohme Corp. (“Petitioner”) that Petitioner does not oppose the motion.
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`Paper 65, 1.
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`Patent Owner’s motion is granted. Patent Owner shall confirm that its
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`mandatory notices and official electronic file records have been updated
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`accordingly. Counsel recognized pro hac vice shall comply with 37 C.F.R.
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`Parts 11 and 42 and the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg.
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`48755 (Aug. 14, 2012), and are subject to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s motion for pro hac vice admission of
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`Amit H. Thakore is granted; Mr. Thakore is authorized to represent Patent
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`Owner as backup counsel in each of the above-captioned proceedings;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Thakore shall comply with the Office
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`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
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`set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.; and
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` Citations refer to filings in IPR2017-00378. Similar documents were filed
`in IPR2017-00380.
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`IPR2017-00378; IPR2017-00380
`Patent 8,562,999 B2
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Thakore shall be subject to the
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`Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the Office’s
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101-11.901.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Arlene L. Chow
`Ernest Yakob
`HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
`arlene.chow@hoganlovells.com
`ernest.yakob@hoganlovells.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`John Scheibeler
`Dimitrios T. Drivas
`Sebastian Zonte
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`jscheibeler@whitecase.com
`ddrivas@whitecase.com
`sebastian.zonte@whitecase.com
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