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`CASE NO. 5:20-cv-05676-EJD
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`DECLARATION OF KEITH A.
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`Defendant.
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`MILLER DECL. IN SUPPORT OF
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`Case 5:20-cv-05676-EJD Document 28-9 Filed 10/14/20 Page 2 of 3
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`I, Keith A. Miller hereby declar as follows:
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`I am a Director of ngineering at Applied Materials Inc. ("Applied'") where I have been
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`employed since 1997. I have been in this role for approximately IO years and am re pon ible for
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`engine ring and design of pplied's physical vap r deposition (PVD) proc ss chambers. Prior to
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`this role I as an ngineering Manager and Mechanical Engineer at Applied. I either have
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`personal knowledge of the fact contained in this declaration or the are based on re earch
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`conducted under my supervi ion and direction. If called upon to do o I could and would te tif
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`competently to the matter set forth herein.
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`2. I submit this declaration in upport of ppli d's Repl
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`Preliminary Injunction.
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`I understand that Demara LL
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`(specifically ··reactors that can be configured for deposition ofTaN layers (e.g. , uB RFX PVD
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