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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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`SUPERCELL OY,
`Petitioner,
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`GREE, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2018-00047
`Patent 9,770,659 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO
`WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL AND SUBSTITUTE NEW COUNSEL
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`PGR2018-00047
`Patent 9,770,659 B2
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`I.
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e), and as authorized by the Board’s ordered
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`dated May 1, 2018 (Paper 6), current lead and back-up counsel for Patent Owner,
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`GREE, Inc. (“GREE”), hereby move to withdraw as counsel for GREE in this
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`proceeding. Petitioner does not oppose this motion.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
`GREE wishes for new counsel John Alemanni (Reg. No. 47,384) to be
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`designated as lead counsel and Andrew Rinehart (Reg. No. 75,537) and Scott
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`Kolassa (Reg. No. 55,337) to be designated as back-up counsel and represent
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`GREE going forward in this proceeding. Patent Owner’s new counsel meet the
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`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) as registered practitioners.
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`No extension of time will be needed upon grant of this motion.
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`Additionally, granting this motion will not hinder the economy, the integrity of the
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`patent system, the efficient administration of the Office, or the ability of the Office
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`to timely complete this proceeding. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(b).
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`Upon grant of this motion, new counsel for Patent Owner will promptly file
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`amended mandatory notices and a substitute power of attorney.
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`Dated: May 2, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Joseph E. Palys/
` Joseph E. Palys (Reg. No. 46,508)
` Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`PGR2018-00047
`Patent 9,770,659 B2
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`I hereby certify that on May 2, 2018, I caused a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing Patent Owner’s Motion to Withdraw as Counsel and Substitute New
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`Counsel to be served electronically on Petitioner at the following address:
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`Jennifer R. Bush
`Fenwick & West LLP
`801 California Street
`Mountain View, CA 94041
`JBush-PTAB@fenwick.com
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`By: /Joseph E. Palys/
` Joseph E. Palys (Reg. No. 46,508)
` Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Dated: May 2, 2018
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