`571-272-7822
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` Paper 9
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`Entered: May 19, 2023
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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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`XILINX, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`IPR2023-00513 (Patent 7,532,523 B2)
`IPR2023-00516 (Patent 6,157,589)
`IPR2023-00517 (Patent 6,701,473 B2)1
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`Before JEAN R. HOMERE, BARBARA A. PARVIS, and
`MINN CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PER CURIAM.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for
`Withdrawal and Substitution of Lead and Back-up Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This Order addresses issues that are the same in each of the above-
`captioned proceedings. We exercise our discretion to issue one Order to
`cover all the proceedings. The parties, however, are not authorized to use
`this style heading in subsequent papers.
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`IPR2023-00513 (Patent 7,532,523 B2)
`IPR2023-00516 (Patent 6,157,589)
`IPR2023-00517 (Patent 6,701,473 B2)
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`On May 8, 2023, with our prior authorization, Polaris Innovations
`Limited (“Patent Owner”) filed a Motion for Withdrawal and Substitution of
`Lead and Back-up Counsel in each of the above-captioned proceedings.
`Paper 8 (“Motion”). 2 Patent Owner requests authorization to withdraw
`Jing H. Cherng and Robert K. Jain of Hopkins & Carley, a Law Corporation,
`as counsel and appoint David T. DeZern and Brent N. Bumgardner as lead
`and back-up counsel, respectively. Id. at 2. Patent Owner has filed a Power
`of Attorney (Paper 6) for Mr. DeZern and Mr. Bumgardner and an updated
`Mandatory Notice (Paper 7), per 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, identifying Mr. DeZern
`as lead counsel and Mr. Bumgardner as back-up counsel. Mr. DeZern and
`Mr. Bumgardner are registered practitioners. See Papers 6, 7. Patent Owner
`indicates that Petitioner does not oppose the Motions. Motion 2.
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motions are granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Jing H. Cherng and Robert K. Jain are
`allowed to withdraw as counsel in these proceedings; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that David T. DeZern is recognized as lead
`counsel and Brent N. Bumgardner is recognized as back-up counsel for
`Patent Owner.
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`2 We cite to papers in IPR2023-00513. Corresponding items were filed in
`IPR2023-00516 and IPR2023-00517.
`2
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`IPR2023-00513 (Patent 7,532,523 B2)
`IPR2023-00516 (Patent 6,157,589)
`IPR2023-00517 (Patent 6,701,473 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Brian Oaks
`Aashish Kapadia
`Tessa Kroll
`Thomas DaMario
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`boaks@mwe.com
`akapadia@mwe.com
`tkroll@mwe.com
`tdamario@mwe.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jing Cherng
`Robert Jain
`HOPKINS & CARLEY, ALC
`gcherng@hopkinscarley.com
`rjain@hopkinscarley.com
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`3
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