`571-272-7822 Entered: April 2, 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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`AGILENT TEHCNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. and
`THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (BREMEN) GMBH,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases
` IPR2018-00297 (Patent RE45,553 E)
`IPR2018-00298 (Patent RE45,386 E)
` IPR2018-00299 (Patent 7,230,232 B2)
` IPR2018-00313 (Patent RE45,386 E)1
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, JOHN F. HORVATH, and
`DANIEL J. GALLIGAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GALLIGAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`1 This Order addresses an issue that is identical in all four cases. We,
`therefore, exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case.
`The parties may not use this style heading unless authorized.
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`IPR2018-00297 (Patent RE45,553 E) IPR2018-00298 (Patent RE45,386 E)
`IPR2018-00299 (Patent 7,230,232 B2) IPR2018-00313 (Patent RE45,386 E)
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`In each of the proceedings identified above, Patent Owner, Thermo
`Fisher Scientific Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH, filed
`an unopposed Motion for pro hac vice admission of Sonal N. Mehta as well
`as a declaration of Ms. Mehta in support of the Motion. Paper 15;
`Ex. 2022.2 Patent Owner’s Motions are 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 (PTAB October 15, 2003)
`(Paper 7) (setting forth requirements for pro hac vice admission).3
`It is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motions for pro hac vice admission
`are granted and that Ms. Mehta is authorized to represent Patent Owner as
`back-up counsel in Cases IPR2018-00297, IPR2018-00298, IPR2018-0299,
`and IPR2018-00313;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in these proceedings; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Mehta 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 Ms.
`Mehta 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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`2 For purposes of expediency, we refer to the papers and exhibits filed in
`Case IPR2018-00297. The same papers were filed in Cases IPR2018-00298,
`IPR2018-0299, and IPR2018-00313.
`3 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2018-00297 (Patent RE45,553 E) IPR2018-00298 (Patent RE45,386 E)
`IPR2018-00299 (Patent 7,230,232 B2) IPR2018-00313 (Patent RE45,386 E)
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`For PETITIONER:
`Brian M. Buroker
`Anne Y. Brody
`David L. Glandorf
`Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`abrody@gibsondunn.com
`dglandorf@gibsondunn.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Adam R. Brausa
`Sonal N. Metha
`Eneda Hoxha
`Durie Tangri LLP
`abrausa@durietangri.com
`smethta@durietangri.com
`ehoxha@durietangri.com
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