`571-272-7822
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`Paper 10
`Entered: August 5, 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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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MICHIGAN MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-00454
`Patent 6,644,115 B2
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`Before NEIL T. POWELL, BARBARA A. PARVIS, and
`SEAN P. O’HANLON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`O’HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission
`Pro Hac Vice of Robyn T. Williams
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2020-00454
`Patent 6,644,115 B2
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`On June 26, 2020, Patent Owner filed a motion for admission pro hac
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`vice of Robyn T. Williams as previously authorized by the Notice of Filing
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`Date. Paper 7 (“Motion”); Paper 3, 2. Patent Owner’s Motion is
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`accompanied by a Declaration executed by Ms. Williams. Ex. 2002.
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`Petitioner did not oppose the Motion. See Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel
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`Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 at 3 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013) (“Parties
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`seeking to oppose a motion for pro hac vice admission must file their
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`opposition no later than one week after the filing of the underlying
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`motion.”); see also Paper 3, 2 (citing same).
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), we may recognize counsel pro hac
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`vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the
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`condition that lead counsel be a registered practitioner. A motion for
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`admission pro hac vice must contain a statement of facts showing there is
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`good cause for us to recognize counsel pro hac vice during the proceeding
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`and be accompanied by an affidavit or declaration of the individual seeking
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`to appear. See Unified Patents, Paper 7 at 3–4.
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`After considering Patent Owner’s Motion and Ms. Williams’s
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`accompanying Declaration, it is:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
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`of Robyn T. Williams is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Williams is authorized to represent
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`Patent Owner as back-up counsel only;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Williams is to comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide (84 Fed. Reg. 64,280 (Nov. 21, 2019)),
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`Patent 6,644,115 B2
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of
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`Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Williams is subject to the Office’s
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and
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`the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a);
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner must submit, within ten
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`business days of this order, a Power of Attorney for Ms. Williams in
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`accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b); and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file updated
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`mandatory notices, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), providing updated
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`information regarding back-up counsel.
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`IPR2020-00454
`Patent 6,644,115 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Michael D. Specht
`Ryan C. Richardson
`Danny E. Yonan
`Jason A. Fitzsimmons
`Stephen A. Merrill
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`mspecht-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`rrichardson-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`dyonan-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`jfitzsimmons-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`smerrill-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`PTAB@sternekessler.com.
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Timothy Devlin
`DEVLIN LAW FIRM LLC
`TD-PTAB@devlinlawfirm.com
`dlflitparas@devlinlawfirm.com
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