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`Paper 12
`Entered: February 7, 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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`UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`SUSAN McKNIGHT, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01687
`Patent 9,006,511 B2
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`Before JAMES A. TARTAL, TIMOTHY J. GOODSON, and
`RICHARD H. MARSCHALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TARTAL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Petitioner’s Motion for
`Admission Pro Hac Vice of Naikang Tsao
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2017-01687
`Patent 9,006,511 B2
`As authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition
`(Paper 5, 2), Petitioner United Industries Corporation filed a Motion for Pro
`Hac Vice Admission of Naikang Tsao. Paper 9.1 Petitioner represents that
`Patent Owner Susan McKnight, Inc., does not oppose the Motion. Id. at 2.
`Petitioner’s Motion is granted. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c); see also Unified
`Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, Order Authorizing
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission, Paper 7 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013) (setting
`forth requirements for pro hac vice admission).2
`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
`granted, and Mr. Tsao is authorized to represent Petitioner as back-up
`counsel in IPR2017-01687.
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this inter partes review proceeding;
`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Tsao is to comply with the Office
`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
`set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and that
`Mr. Tsao is subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
`§ 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37
`C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`1 Petitioner also filed a Declaration of Naikang Tsao in support of the
`Motion. Ex. 1032.
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2017-01687
`Patent 9,006,511 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Michael R. Houston
`Jeffrey R. Lomprey
`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`mhouston@foley.com
`jlomprey@foley.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`John Linderman
`Justin Durelli
`MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP
`lind@ip-lawyers.com
`durelli@ip-lawyers.com
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