`571-272-7822
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`Paper 25
`Entered: July 2, 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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`MMODAL LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01431 (Patent 8,117,034 B2)
`Case IPR2018-01435 (Patent 6,999,933 B2)1
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`NEIL T. POWELL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Amanda Branch and Stephen Bosco
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`1 This Order applies to both cases. The parties are not authorized to use this style
`heading for any subsequent papers.
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`Case IPR2018-01431 (Patent 8,117,034 B2)
`Case IPR2018-01435 (Patent 6,999,933 B2)
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`Patent Owner NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC filed Motions for Pro
`Hac Vice Admission of Amanda Branch and Stephen Bosco, and accompanying
`Declarations, in each of the above-captioned proceedings. IPR2018-01431, Papers
`11 and 12; Ex. 2003 and 2005; IPR2018-01435, Papers 11 and 12; Ex. 2002 and
`2004. Petitioner has not filed an opposition to Petitioner’s Motions.
`The Board has reviewed the submissions and determined that the
`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 have been met and there is good cause to admit
`Ms. Branch and Mr. Bosco pro hac vice.
`It is, therefore,
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Amanda K. Branch are granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a registered
`practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceedings, but Ms. Branch is
`authorized to be designated as backup counsel;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner must file updated mandatory
`notices identifying Ms. Branch as back-up counsel in accordance with 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.8(b)(3);
`FURTHER ORDERED that, within ten (10) business days of the date of this
`order, Patent Owner must submit Powers of Attorney for Ms. Branch in
`accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b)
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Branch is to comply with the Office Patent
`Trial Practice Guide, as updated by the August 2018 Update, 83 Federal Register
`39,989 (Aug. 13, 2018), and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in
`Title 37, Part 42 of the C.F.R., and is subject to the USPTO’s disciplinary
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`Case IPR2018-01431 (Patent 8,117,034 B2)
`Case IPR2018-01435 (Patent 6,999,933 B2)
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the USPTO Rules of Professional
`Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Stephen P. Bosco are granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a registered
`practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceedings, but Mr. Bosco is authorized
`to be designated as backup counsel;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner must file updated mandatory
`notices identifying Mr. Bosco as back-up counsel in accordance with 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.8(b)(3);
`FURTHER ORDERED that, within ten (10) business days of the date of this
`order, Patent Owner must submit Powers of Attorney for Mr. Bosco in accordance
`with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b)
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Bosco is to comply with the Office Patent
`Trial Practice Guide, as updated by the August 2018 Update, 83 Federal Register
`39,989 (Aug. 13, 2018), and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in
`Title 37, Part 42 of the C.F.R., and is subject to the USPTO’s disciplinary
`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the USPTO Rules of Professional
`Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`Case IPR2018-01431 (Patent 8,117,034 B2)
`Case IPR2018-01435 (Patent 6,999,933 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
`Patrick McPherson
`Patrick Muldoon
`Jarrad Gunther
`D. Joseph English
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`pdmcpherson@duanemorris.com
`djenglish@duanemorris.com
`pcmuldoon@duanemorris.com
`jmgunther@duanemorris.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Brian Ferguson
`Robert Magee
`Sudip Kundu
`Anish Desai
`WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
`brian.ferguson@weil.com
`robert.magee@weil.com
`sudip.kundu@weil.com
`anish.desai@weil.com
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