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`NIMALKA R. WICKRAMASEKERA (SBN: 268518)
`nwickramasekera@winston.com
`DAVID P. DALKE (SBN: 218161)
`ddalke@winston.com
`LEV TSUKERMAN (SBN: 319184)
`ltsukerman@winston.com
`WILLIAM M. WARDLAW (SBN: 328555)
`wwardlaw@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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`DEFENDANTS’ OPPOSITION TO
`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`NUVASIVE’S MOTION FOR
`Delaware corporation and ALPHATEC
`PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
`AND MOTION TO EXCLUDE
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`Defendants.
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`NISBET DECL. ISO DEFENDANTS’ OPP. TO NUVASIVE’S
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`MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND MOTION TO EXCLUDE
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`CASE NO. 3:18-CV-00347-CAB-MDD
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`I, Brian J. Nisbet, declare as follows:
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`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 stamped
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`NUVA_ATEC0252170 through NUVA_ATEC0252175.
`Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates stamped
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`NUVA_ATEC0251803 through NUVA_ ATEC0251807.
`Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of U.S. Patent Application No.
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`11/093,409 bearing Bates numbers NUVA_ATEC0020856 through NUVA_
`ATEC0020910.
`Exhibit 4 is a true and correct excerpt of the Patent Owner Preliminary
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`Response Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.107 filed on April 17, 2019 in IPR2019-00361.
`Exhibit 5 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the November 4,
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`2020 deposition of Scott Robinson.
`Exhibit 6 is a true and correct excerpt of the December 18, 2020 Rebuttal
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`Report of Barton L. Sachs, M.D.
`Exhibit 7 is a true and correct excerpt of the November 20, 2020 Corrected
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`Opening Expert Report of Jim Youssef, M.D. Regarding U.S. Patent Nos. 8,361,156
`(’156 Patent) and 8,187,334 (’334 Patent).
`Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of Appellant’s Principal Brief filed in
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`case no. 20-2245 pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
`Circuit.
`10. Exhibit 9 is a true and correct excerpt of the November 20, 2020 Opening
`Report of Barton L. Sachs, M.D.
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`11. Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of the document marked as Exhibit 9
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`at the January 11, 2021 deposition of Barton L. Sachs, M.D.
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`12. Exhibit 11 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the January 11,
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`2021 deposition of Barton L. Sachs, M.D.
`13. Exhibit 12 is a true and correct copy of United States Patent Application
`Publication 2003/0028249 A1 (Baccelli et al.).
`14. Exhibit 13 is a true and correct excerpt from The American Heritage
`Dictionary (Second College Edition 1991).
`15. Exhibit 14 is a true and correct excerpt from The Concise Oxford
`Dictionary of Current English (Ninth Edition 1995).
`16. Exhibit 15 is a true and correct excerpt from the Merriam-Webster’s
`Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition 2002).
`17. Exhibit 16 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the October 30,
`2020 deposition of Mike Aleali.
`18. Exhibit 17 is a true and correct copy of the pages Bates stamped
`ATEC_LLIF000001842 through ATEC_LLIF000001846.
`19. Exhibit 18 is a true and correct excerpt of the December 18, 2020 Rebuttal
`Expert Report of Jim Youssef, M.D.
`20. Exhibit 19 is a true and correct copy of Defendants’ September 18, 2020
`Response to Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.’s Fifth Set of Interrogatories (No. 23).
`21. Exhibit 20 is a true and correct excerpt of Defendants’ September 18, 2020
`Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.’s Interrogatories (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7,
`8, and 17).
`22. Exhibit 21 is a true and correct excerpt of Defendants’ November 3, 2020
`Amended Response to Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.’s Fifth Set of Interrogatories (No. 23).
`23. Exhibit 22 is a true and correct excerpt of Defendants’ November 6, 2020
`Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.’s Interrogatories (Nos. 2, 7, 11 and
`17).
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`24. Exhibit 23 is a true and correct excerpt of Defendants’ October 26, 2020
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`Responses and Objections to NuVasive, Inc.’s Third Amended Notice of Deposition of
`Alphatec Pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6).
`25. Exhibit 24 is a true and correct copy of an email exchange between
`Defendants’ counsel and Plaintiff’s counsel on October 25, 2020.
`26. Exhibit 25 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the January 12,
`2021 deposition of Keith R. Ugone, Ph.D.
`27. Exhibit 26 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the January 13,
`2021 deposition of Jim Youssef, M.D.
`28. Exhibit 27 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the January 18,
`2021 deposition of Blake Inglish.
`29. Exhibit 28 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the October 29,
`2019 deposition of Scott Robinson.
`30. Exhibit 29 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the December
`19, 2019 deposition of Mike Aleali.
`31. Exhibit 30 is a true and correct copy of NuVasive, Inc.’s January 14, 2020
`Amended Second Notice of Deposition of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. and Alphatec Spine,
`Inc. Pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6).
`32. Exhibit 31 is a true and correct excerpt of the transcript of the January 15,
`2020 deposition of Frank Chang.
`33. Exhibit 32 is a true and correct excerpt of the November 22, 2019 Rebuttal
`Report of Barton L. Sachs, M.D.
`34. Exhibit 33 is a true and correct excerpt of the December 18, 2020
`Supplemental Rebuttal Expert Report of Keith R. Ugone, Ph.D.
`35. Exhibit 34 is a true and correct excerpt of the November 20, 2020
`Supplemental Expert Report of Blake Inglish.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and
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`the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 16th
`day of February 2021, at Chicago, Illinois.
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`/s/ Brian J. Nisbet
`BRIAN J. NISBET
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