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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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`REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC., GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE
`OPERATIONS LIMITED,
`Patent Owners.
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`Case IPR2019-01086
`Patent 5,688,688
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`PATENT OWNERS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF HEINZ J. SALMEN
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I.
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`RELIEF REQUESTED.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and in accordance with “Order—
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`Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639, Paper
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`7, entered October 15, 2013, incorporated by Paper No. 3 in the present case,
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`Patent Owners Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. and Grifols Worldwide
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`Operations Limited (“Patent Owners”) request that the Board admit Heinz J.
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`Salmen pro hac vice in this proceeding. Counsel for Patent Owners have met and
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`conferred with counsel for Petitioner, and Petitioner does not oppose this motion.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board
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`may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
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`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
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`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any
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`other conditions as the Board may impose. For example,
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`where the lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a
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`motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a
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`registered practitioner may be granted upon showing that
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`counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an
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`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`the proceeding.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). The facts herein, supported by the attached Declaration of
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`Heinz J. Salmen in Support of Patent Owners’ Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac
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`Vice Admission in IPR2019-01086 (Exhibit 1) (“Salmen Decl.”), establish good
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`cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Salmen pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`1.
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`Lead counsel, Deanne M. Mazzochi, is a registered practitioner before
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`the USPTO, having USPTO Registration No. 50,158.
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`2.
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`Back-up counsel, Paul J. Molino, is a registered practitioner before the
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`USPTO, having USPTO Registration No. 45,350.
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`3.
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`Back-up counsel, Neil B. McLaughlin, is a registered practitioner
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`before the USPTO, having USPTO Registration No. 70,810.
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`Back-up counsel, Matthew V. Anderson, is a registered practitioner
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`before the USPTO, having USPTO Registration No. 64,963.
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`5.
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`Heinz J. Salmen is an experienced litigating attorney. Mr. Salmen has
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`been a litigating attorney for over thirteen (13) years. (Salmen Decl. ¶ 1). Mr.
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`Salmen has been litigating patent cases for over thirteen (13) years. (Id. ¶ 2). Mr.
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`Salmen is a member in good standing with the Illinois State Bar, with no
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`suspensions or disbarments from practice, nor any application for admission to
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`practice denied, nor any sanctions or contempt citations by any court or
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`administrative body. (Id. ¶¶ 3-6). Mr. Salmen is admitted to practice in the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States District Court
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`for the Northern District of Illinois. (Id. ¶ 3).
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`6. Mr. Salmen has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding and, more specifically, he is familiar with the patent-at-issue in this
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`proceeding—U.S. Patent No. 5,688,688 (“the ‘688 patent”). (Salmen Decl. ¶ 7).
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`Mr. Salmen is advising Patent Owners on patent matters relating to the subject
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`matter claimed in the patent-at-issue in this proceeding. (Id.). Mr. Salmen has
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`been actively involved in the strategy and drafting of Patent Owners’ Preliminary
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`Response to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`and, as a result, Mr. Salmen has become intimately familiar with the subject matter
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`of the ‘688 patent and the prior art raised therein. (Id.). Additionally, Mr. Salmen
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`has been actively involved in related Case No. 1:18-cv-02434-DLC (S.D.N.Y.),
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`which also involves the ‘688 patent.
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`7. Mr. Salmen has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of
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`the C.F.R., and he agrees to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and to disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a). (Salmen Decl. ¶¶ 8-9).
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`8.
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`In the last three (3) years, Mr. Salmen has applied, and was admitted,
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`to appear pro hac vice in Novo Nordisk Inc. v. Nektar Therapeutics, Case
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`IPR2016-01384. (Salmen Decl. ¶ 10).
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`III. ANALYSIS.
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`The facts contained in the Statement of Facts above, and contained in the
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`Salmen Declaration, establish that there is good cause to admit Mr. Salmen pro hac
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`vice in this proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). Lead and back-up counsel are
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`registered practitioners, Mr. Salmen is an experienced litigating attorney, and Mr.
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`Salmen has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`proceeding, and in other matters relating to the same subject areas. Lead and back-
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`up counsel will ensure that Mr. Salmen follows the rules as set out by the Board.
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`IV. CONCLUSION.
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owners respectfully request that the Board
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`admit Heinz J. Salmen pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Dated: June 6, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/Deanne M. Mazzochi/
`Deanne M. Mazzochi (Reg. No. 50,158)
`dmazzochi@rmmslegal.com
`RAKOCZY MOLINO MAZZOCHI SIWIK LLP
`6 West Hubbard Street, Suite 500
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 222-6305
`Facsimile: (312) 222-6325
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`Attorney for Novartis Vaccines and
`Diagnostics, Inc. and Grifols Worldwide
`Operations Limited
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing Patent Owners’ Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
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`Heinz J. Salmen pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and accompanying exhibit
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`(Exhibit 1) was served on counsel for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., via
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`electronic mail by agreement of the parties, on the following counsel of record
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`for Petitioner:
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`Irena Royzman
`Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
`1133 Avenue of the Americas
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`Email: iroyzman@pbwt.com
`Reg. No. 73,354
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`Deanne M. Mazzochi (Reg. No. 50,158)
`dmazzochi@rmmslegal.com
`RAKOCZY MOLINO MAZZOCHI SIWIK LLP
`6 West Hubbard Street, Suite 500
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 222-6305
`Facsimile: (312) 222-6325
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`Exhibit 1
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`Hac Vice Admission of Heinz J. Salmen
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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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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`REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC., GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE
`OPERATIONS LIMITED,
`Patent Owners.
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`Case IPR2019-01086
`Patent 5,688,688
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`DECLARATION OF HEINZ J. SALMEN IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNERS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION IN IPR2019-01086
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`I, Heinz J. Salmen, declare as follows:
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`I am an experienced litigating attorney with over thirteen (13) years of
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`experience.
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`I have been litigating patent cases for over thirteen (13) years.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Illinois State Bar and am
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`admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`I have had no sanctions or contempt citations imposed against me by
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`any court or administrative body.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`Specifically, I am familiar with the patent-at-issue in this proceeding—U.S. Patent
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`No. 5,688,688 (“the ‘688 patent”). I am advising Patent Owners on patent matters
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`relating to the subject matter claimed in the ‘688 patent and involved in the
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`strategy and drafting of Patent Owners’ Preliminary Response to Regeneron
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`Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Petition for Inter Partes Review, including the prior art
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`raised therein. Additionally, I have been actively involved in related Case No.
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`New York, which also involves the ‘688 patent.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a).
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`10.
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`In the last three (3) years, I have applied, and was admitted, to appear
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`pro hac vice in Novo Nordisk Inc. v. Nektar Therapeutics, Case IPR2016-01384.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements are made with the knowledge
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`that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or
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`both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that such
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`willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of the ‘688 patent.
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`Dated: June 6, 2019
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`RAKOCZY MOLINO MAZZOCHI SIWIK LLP
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