`571.272.7822
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` Paper 32
` Entered: January 11, 2018
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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.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2017-00378
`Case IPR2017-00380
`Case IPR2017-00390
`Patent 8,562,999 B2
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`Before ERICA A. FRANKLIN and JACQUELINE T. HARLOW,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION1
`Granting Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Dr. Jayashree Mitra
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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` This Decision grants a motion filed in each of the captioned cases. Thus,
`we enter this Decision in each case.
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`IPR2017-00378; IPR2017-00380; IPR2017-00390
`Patent 8,562,999 B2
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`Wyeth LLC (“Patent Owner”) moves for an Order allowing
`Dr. Jayashree Mitra of White & Case LLP to appear pro hac vice on behalf
`of Patent Owner. Paper 27,2 see also Paper 26 (affidavit of Jayashree Mitra
`in support of the Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission). Patent Owner
`explains that it has been informed by counsel for Merck Sharp & Dohme
`Corp. (“Petitioner”) that Petitioner does not oppose the motion. Paper 27, 1.
`Patent Owner’s motion is granted. Patent Owner shall confirm that its
`mandatory notices and official electronic file records have been updated
`accordingly. Counsel recognized pro hac vice shall comply with 37 C.F.R.
`Parts 11 and 42 and the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg.
`48755 (Aug. 14, 2012), and are subject to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s motion for pro hac vice admission of
`Dr. Jayashree Mitra is granted; Dr. Mitra is authorized to represent Patent
`Owner as backup counsel in each of the above-captioned proceedings;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Dr. Mitra shall comply with the Office
`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
`set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.; and
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` Citations to paper numbers in this Decision refer to filings in IPR2017-
`00378. Similar documents were filed in each case.
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`IPR2017-00378; IPR2017-00380; IPR2017-00390
`Patent 8,562,999 B2
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Dr. Mitra shall be subject to the Office’s
`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the Office’s Rules of
`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101-11.901.
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`PETITIONER:
`Arlene L. Chow
`Ernest Yakob
`HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
`arlene.chow@hoganlovells.com
`ernest.yakob@hoganlovells.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`John Scheibeler
`Dimitrios T. Drivas
`Eric Krause
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`jscheibeler@whitecase.com
`ddrivas@whitecase.com
`eric.krause@whitecase.com
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