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`NIMALKA R. WICKRAMASEKERA (SBN: 268518)
`nwickramasekera@winston.com
`DAVID P. DALKE (SBN: 218161)
`ddalke@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`333 S. Grand Avenue
`Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543
`Telephone: (213) 615-1700
`Facsimile: (213) 615-1750
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`GEORGE C. LOMBARDI (pro hac vice)
`glombardi@winston.com
`BRIAN J. NISBET (pro hac vice)
`bnisbet@winston.com
`SARANYA RAGHAVAN (pro hac vice)
`sraghavan@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`35 West Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 60601-9703
`Telephone: (312) 558-5600
`Facsimile: (312) 558-5700
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`CORINNE STONE HOCKMAN (pro hac vice)
`chockman@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`800 Capitol Street, Suite 2400
`Houston, TX 77002-2529
`Telephone: (713) 651-2600
`Facsimile: (713) 651-2700
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC. AND ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`Case No. 3:18-CV-00347-CAB-MDD
`NUVASIVE, INC., a Delaware
`corporation,
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`[Assigned to Courtroom 4C – Honorable
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`Cathy Ann Bencivengo]
`Plaintiff,
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`DECLARATION OF BRIAN J.
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`NISBET IN SUPPORT OF
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`ALPHATEC’S OPPOSITION TO
`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`MOTION TO STRIKE
`Delaware corporation and ALPHATEC
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`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
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`I, Brian J. Nisbet, declare as follows:
`I am a partner with the law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel of
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`record for defendants Alphatec Holdings, Inc. and Alphatec Spine, Inc. (individually
`and collectively, “Alphatec”). I have personal knowledge of the following facts and, if
`called as a witness, I could and would testify competently thereto.
`Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates numbered NUVA_
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`ATEC0115139–153.
`Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates numbered
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`NUVA_ATEC0338292–294.
`Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of the page Bates numbered
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`NUVA_ATEC0340873.
`Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates numbered
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`NUVA_ATEC0341150–153.
`Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of the page Bates numbered
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`NUVA_ATEC0341168.
`Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates numbered
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`NUVA_ATEC0341176–177.
`Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates numbered
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`NUVA_ATEC0341182–183.
`Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates numbered
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`NUVA_ATEC0341357–358.
`10. Exhibit 9 is a true and correct excerpt (without exhibits) of Alphatec’s
`October 30, 2018 preliminary invalidity contentions for U.S. patent nos. 9,924,859;
`9,974,531; and 8,187,334.
`11. Exhibit 10 is a true and correct excerpt (without exhibits) of Alphatec’s
`December 7, 2018 amended invalidity contentions for U.S. patent nos. 7,819,801;
`8,355,780; 8,439,832; 9,833,227; 8,753,270; and 8,361,156.
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`12. Exhibit 11 is a true and correct excerpt (without exhibits) of Alphatec’s
`January 15, 2019 supplemental amended invalidity contentions for U.S. patent nos.
`7,819,801; 8,355,780; 8,439,832; 9,833,227; 8,753,270; and 8,361,156.
`13. Exhibit 12 is a true and correct excerpt (without exhibits) of Alphatec’s
`January 16, 2019 amended invalidity contentions for U.S. patent nos. 9,924,859;
`9,974,531; and 8,187,334.
`14. Exhibit 13 is a true and correct copy (without exhibits) of Alphatec’s
`November 12, 2020 final invalidity contentions for U.S. patent nos. 8,361,156; and
`8,187,334.
`15. Exhibit 14 is a true and correct excerpt of NuVasive’s September 4, 2018
`responses to Alphatec’s first set of interrogatories (nos. 1–12).
`16. Exhibit 15 is a true and correct excerpt of NuVasive’s November 2, 2018
`supplemental responses to Alphatec’s second set of interrogatories (nos. 13–15).
`17. Exhibit 16 is a true and correct excerpt of NuVasive’s September 18, 2020
`supplemental responses to Alphatec’s interrogatory nos. 1–7 and 9–16.
`18. Exhibit 17 is a true and correct copy of a letter dated September 28, 2020
`that I wrote to NuVasive’s counsel.
`19. Exhibit 18 is a true and correct excerpt of NuVasive’s October 16, 2020
`fourth supplemental responses to Alphatec’s interrogatory nos. 3 and 13.
`20. Exhibit 19 is a true and correct highlighted copy of an email exchange
`between Alphatec’s counsel and NuVasive’s counsel between October 12, 2020 and
`November 10, 2020.
`21. Exhibit 20 is a true and correct highlighted copy of an email exchange
`between Alphatec’s counsel and NuVasive’s counsel between October 26, 2020 and
`November 6, 2020.
`22. Exhibit 21 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript for the November
`6, 2020 deposition of Ryan Donahoe.
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`23. Exhibit 22 is a true and correct excerpt (without exhibits) of Dr. Youssef’s
`December 18, 2020 rebuttal expert report.
`24. Exhibit 23 is a true and correct excerpt of NuVasive’s October 22, 2018
`supplemental responses to Alphatec’s first set of interrogatories (nos. 1, 4, 8, 10, and
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and
`the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 8th
`day of January 2021, at Chicago, Illinois.
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`/s/Brian J. Nisbet
`BRIAN J. NISBET
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