UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SOCIETÀ ITALIANA PER LO SVILUPPO DELL’ELETTRONICA S.P.A.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00565
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`Patent No. 6,754,580
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`OF ANITA BINAYI-GHIAM PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`Submitted Electronically via PTAB E2E
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SOCIETÀ ITALIANA PER LO SVILUPPO DELL’ELETTRONICA S.P.A.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00565
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`Patent No. 6,754,580
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`OF ANITA BINAYI-GHIAM PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`Submitted Electronically via PTAB E2E
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), and as authorized in the Board’s Notice of
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`Filing Date Accorded to Petition issued February 3, 2017 (Paper 4), Patent Owner
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`respectfully requests the pro hac vice admission of Anita Binayi-Ghiam as backup
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`counsel for Patent Owner in the current proceeding. A declaration made by Mrs.
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`Binayi-Ghiam in support of this motion is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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`1. Statement of Facts
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`1. Mrs. Binayi-Ghiam is a litigation attorney experienced in patent cases,
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`and is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.
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`2. Mrs. Binayi-Ghiam has not had any application denied for admission to
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`practice, nor has she been sanctioned, cited for contempt, suspended or
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`disbarred from practice, before any court or administrative body.
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`3. Mrs. Binayi-Ghiam has an established familiarity with the subject matter
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`at issue in this proceeding.
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`4. Mrs. Binayi-Ghiam has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in
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`part 42 of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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`2. Conclusions
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`For the reasons stated above, Patent Owner respectfully submits that there is
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`good cause for the Board to recognize Anita Binayi-Ghiam pro hac vice during the
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`proceeding.
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`Dated: February 21, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Timothy Devlin
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`Timothy Devlin
`Registration No. 41,706
`Devlin Law Firm LLC
`1306 N. Broom Street, 1st Floor
`Wilmington, DE 19806
`Telephone: (302) 449-9010
`Email: tdevlin@devlinlawfirm.com
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on February
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`21, 2017, the foregoing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Anita Binayi-Ghiam
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`is being served via electronic mail upon the following counsel of record for
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`Petitioner:
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Kevin Laurence (Reg. No. 38,219)
`Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
`1940 Duke Street, Second Floor
`Alexandria, VA 22314
`Phone: (703) 463-0640
`kevin.laurence@renaissanceiplaw.com
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`Jonathan Stroud (Reg. No. 72,518)
`Unified Patents Inc.
`1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Floor 10
`Washington, DC 20009
`Phone: (202) 805-8931
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`Matthew Phillips (Reg. No. 43,403)
`Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
`7327 SW Barnes Road #521
`Portland, OR 97223
`Phone: (503) 964-1129
`matthew.phillips@renaissanceiplaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Timothy Devlin
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`Timothy Devlin
`Registration No. 41,706
`Devlin Law Firm LLC
`1306 N. Broom Street, 1st Floor
`Wilmington, DE 19806
`Telephone: (302) 449-9010
`Email: tdevlin@devlinlawfirm.com
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`EXHIBIT A
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`EXHIBIT A
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`I, ANITA BINAYI-GHIAM, declare as follows:
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`1. I am an associate at the law firm of Devlin Law Firm LLC, which has been
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`retained by Patent Owner Società Italiana Per Lo Sviluppo Dell’Elettronica
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`S.P.A. in this inter partes review.
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`2. I make this affidavit in support of the Patent Owner’s application for my
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`admission pro hac vice.
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`3. I am a member in good standing of the Bar in New York and New Jersey.
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`4. I have not had any application denied for admission to practice, nor have I
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`been sanctioned, cited for contempt, suspended or disbarred from practice,
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`before any court or administrative body.
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`5. If admitted pro hac vice in this matter, I will serve as counsel with Timothy
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`Devlin, also of the law firm Devlin Law Firm LLC. Mr. Devlin is lead
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`counsel on this case and is registered to practice before the Board.
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`6. I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board's Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`7. I hereby agree to notify the Board immediately of any matter affecting my
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`standing at the bar of any other Court.
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`8. I understand that, upon admission pro hac vice, I will be subject to the
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`USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et
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`seq. and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9. I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any other matters before the
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`Office in the last three years.
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`10. I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding.
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`11. I hereby respectfully request that the Court grant Patent Owner Società
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`Italiana Per Lo Sviluppo Dell’Elettronica S.P.A.’s application to permit me
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`to appear and participate pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`12. I understand that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine
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`or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and may jeopardize the
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`validity of the application or any patent issuing thereon. I declare under
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`penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed on: February 21, 2017
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`/s/ Anita Binayi Ghiam
`ANITA BINAYI-GHIAM
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