`U.S. Patent No. 9,844,539
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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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`NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`PLEXXIKON INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: PGR2018-00069
`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,844,539
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`PGR2018-00069
`U.S. Patent No. 9,844,539
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`Patent Owner Plexxikon Inc. (“Patent Owner”) files this motion for Pro Hac
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`Vice admission under 37 C.F.R § 42.10(c), as authorized in the Notice of Filing
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`Date Accorded to Petition, Paper No. 9. The Board requires that such motions be
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`filed in accordance with the “Order – Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Admission”
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`in Case IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 (“Order”).
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board recognize Anna E. Dwyer
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`as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`1.
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`Time for Filing
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`This motion for pro hac vice admission is filed no sooner that twenty-one
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`(21) days after service of the petition, as required by the Order.
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`2. Statement of Facts
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`The following statement of facts shows that there is good cause for the
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`Board to recognize Ms. Anna E. Dwyer pro hac vice.
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`Ms. Dwyer has over five years of experience as a patent litigation attorney.
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`She has been involved in numerous patent litigations and has experience with a
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`wide variety of complex technologies relating to the pharmaceuticals and chemical
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`arts. Ms. Dwyer’s biography is attached hereto as Exhibit 2008.
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`Further, counsel for Petitioner does not oppose Ms. Dwyer appearing as pro
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`hac vice during this proceeding.
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`Affidavit or Declaration of Individual Seeking to Appear
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`This motion for pro hac vice admission is accompanied by the Declaration
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`of Ms. Anna E. Dwyer (Ex. 2009), as required by authorization of the Board.
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`Dated: October 18, 2018
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`/Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser/
`Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser
`Reg. No. 55,721
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`PGR2018-00069
`U.S. Patent No. 9,844,539
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on October 18, 2018, the foregoing Motion
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`for Pro Hac Vice Admission Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Exhibit 2008, and
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`Exhibit 2009 were served via electronic mail upon:
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`Robert H. Underwood
`McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
`28 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`runderwood@mwe.com
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`Thomas P. Steindler
`McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
`500 N. Capitol Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20002
`tsteindler@mwe.com
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`/Timothy J. Andersen/
`Timothy J. Andersen
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street NW, Suite 600
`Washington DC 20036
`Timothy.Andersen@weil.com
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