`571-272-7822
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` Paper 12
` Date: September 27, 2017
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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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`FRONTIER WATER SYSTEMS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01468
`Patent 7,790,034 B2
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`Before KRISTINA M. KALAN, JON B. TORNQUIST, and
`JEFFREY W. ABRAHAM, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KALAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`On May 24, 2017, Petitioner filed a Motion for Admission Pro Hac
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`Vice of Mr. Michael D. Rounds and an accompanying Declaration. Paper 5,
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`Paper 6. Petitioner does not indicate whether this motion is opposed, but
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`Patent Owner did not file an opposition within one week of the date of
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`IPR2017-01468
`Patent 7,790,034 B2
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`Petitioner’s motion. See Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC,
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`Case IPR2013-00639, slip op. at 3 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013) (Paper 7).
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`After considering Petitioner’s Motion and accompanying Declaration,
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`and with good cause having been shown, it is
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
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`Mr. Rounds is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding, but
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`Mr. Rounds is authorized to be designated as backup counsel; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Rounds is to 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 Title 37, Part 42 of the C.F.R., and is subject to the USPTO’s
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the USPTO Rules of
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`Professional Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`IPR2017-01468
`Patent 7,790,034 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Adam Yowell
`ayowell@bhfs.com
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`Michael Rounds
`mrounds@bhfs.com
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`Paul Prendergast
`pprendergast@bhfs.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`David Pollock
`dpollock@reedsmith.com
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`Jonathan Detrixhe
`jdetrixhe@reedsmith.com
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