`571-272-7822
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`Paper 27
`Entered: August 25, 2020
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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC,
` Petitioner,
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`SYNKLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
` Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-01655
`Patent 9,098,526 B1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, JESSICA C. KAISER, and
`SCOTT RAEVSKY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion to
`Withdraw and Substitute Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2019-01655
`Patent 9,098,526 B1
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`On August 7, 2020, pursuant to our authorization, Patent Owner filed
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`a motion to withdraw and substitute counsel in the above-identified
`proceeding. Paper 25 (“Motion”). 1 Patent Owner requests permission to
`withdraw Steven B. Kelber as lead counsel. Id. at 2. Patent Owner seeks to
`designate Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves (Reg. No. 43,639) as new lead counsel.
`Id. The Motion is unopposed.
`Patent Owner filed a Power of Attorney for Dr. Gonsalves. Paper 23.
`Patent Owner also filed updated Mandatory Notices omitting Mr. Kelber and
`listing Dr. Gonsalves as lead counsel. Paper 24.
`Counsel may withdraw from an inter partes review proceeding only
`with Board authorization. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). Under these circumstances,
`we grant Patent Owner’s Motion.
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`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Steven B. Kelber is withdrawn as counsel
`for Patent Owner in this proceeding; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves is recognized
`as lead counsel for Patent Owner in this proceeding.
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`1 The Motion does not include page numbers. Thus, for convenience, we
`refer herein to the pages of the Motion as if numbered consecutively
`beginning with the caption page as page 1.
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`IPR2019-01655
`Patent 9,098,526 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`John M. Baird
`Patrick D. McPherson
`Paul Belnap
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`jmbaird@duanemorris.com
`pdmcpherson@duanemorris.com
`phbelnap@duanemorris.com
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`Ashraf Fawzy
`Jonathan Stroud
`Roshan S. Mansinghani
`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
`afawzy@ifiedpatents.com
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
`roshan@unifiedpatents.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`Yeasun Yoon
`CAPITOL IP LAW GROUP, PLLC
`gonsalves@capitoliplaw.com
`yoon@capitoliplaw.com
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