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`Paper 34
`Entered: April 9, 2019
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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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`FEDEX CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00729 (Patent 8,494,581 B2)
`Case IPR2017-00741 (Patent 6,633,900 B1)
`Case IPR2017-00787 (Patent 7,199,715 B2)
`Case IPR2017-00859 (Patent 9,047,586 B2)1
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`Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, DAVID C. MCKONE,
`BARBARA A. PARVIS, and JOHN A. HUDALLA, Administrative Patent
`Judges.2
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`PARVIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of Record
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`1 This Order addresses the same issues in these inter partes reviews.
`Therefore, we issue one Order to be filed in all of the cases. The parties,
`however, are not authorized to use this style of filing in subsequent papers.
`2 This is not an order from an expanded panel of the Board. Judges
`McKone, Parvis, and Hudalla are paneled on IPR2017-00729,
`IPR2017-00741, and IPR2017-00787. Judges Jefferson, McKone, and
`Hudalla are paneled on IPR2017-00859.
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`IPR2017-00729 (Patent 8,494,581), IPR2017-00741 (Patent 6,633,900),
`IPR2017-00787 (Patent 7,199,715), IPR2017-00859 (Patent 9,047,586)
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`On April 3, 2019, Patent Owner filed Motions to Withdraw as
`Counsel of Record. See, e.g., Paper 44. 3 Counsel to be withdrawn are
`Mr. Heinz, Ms. Nowierski, and Mr. Seeley. Id. at 1. Patent Owner filed
`Updated Mandatory Notices identifying its lead and remaining back-up
`counsel. Paper 45. Patent Owner further represents that Petitioner does not
`oppose Patent Owner’s Motion. Paper 44, 1.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby,
`ORDERED that each of Patent Owner’s Motions to Withdraw as
`Counsel of Record is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Heinz, Ms. Nowierski, and
`Mr. Seeley are withdrawn as counsel for Patent Owner in each of IPR2017-
`00729, IPR2017-00741, IPR2017-00787, and IPR2017-00859.
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`3 Paper numbers are provided for IPR2017-00729, unless otherwise noted.
`Paper numbers for the Motions to Withdraw and Updated Mandatory
`Notices in all the related proceedings are listed in the Appendix.
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`IPR2017-00729 (Patent 8,494,581), IPR2017-00741 (Patent 6,633,900),
`IPR2017-00787 (Patent 7,199,715), IPR2017-00859 (Patent 9,047,586)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Berkowitz
`Daniel Tucker
`Michael V. Young Sr.
`Alexander Boyer
`Gracie Mills
`Bradford Schulz
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT & DUNNER LLP
`jeffrey.berkowitz@finnegan.com
`daniel.tucker@finnegan.com
`michael.young@finnegan.com
`alexander.boyer@finnegan.com
`gracie.mills@finnegan.com
`bradford.schulz@finnegan.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Alan S. Kellman
`Kevin K. McNish
`Adam D. Steinmetz
`DESMARAIS LLP
`akellman@desmaraisllp.com
`kkm-ptab@desmaraisllp.com
`asteinmetz@desmaraisllp.com
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`James R. Hietala
`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES
`jhietala@intven.com
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`IPR2017-00729 (Patent 8,494,581), IPR2017-00741 (Patent 6,633,900),
`IPR2017-00787 (Patent 7,199,715), IPR2017-00859 (Patent 9,047,586)
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`APPENDIX
`Motion to
`Withdraw
`Paper 44
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`Updated Mandatory
`Notice
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`Paper 45
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`IPR/Challenged Patent
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`IPR2017-00729
`(Patent 8,494,581 B2)
`IPR2017-00741
`(Patent 6,633,900 B1)
`IPR2017-00787
`(Patent 7,199,715 B2)
`IPR2017-00859
`(Patent 9,047,586 B2)
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`Paper 32
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`Paper 41
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`Paper 48
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`Paper 33
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`Paper 42
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`Paper 49
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