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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAP AMERICA, INC. ET AL.
`Petitioner
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`Patent of VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2012-00001
`Patent 6,553,350
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`DECLARATION OF SCOTT L. COLE IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Case CBM2012-00001
`Patent 6,553,350
`Attorney Docket No: 4117-101
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`I, Scott L. Cole, declare as follows:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Texas and am admitted
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`to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of
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`Texas, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit. I have been in private practice since 1994 and have been litigating patent cases since
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`2004.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application for
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`admission to practice.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have ever been imposed against me by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the
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`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Code of
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`Professional Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.20 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`In the past three (3) years, I have not appeared pro hac vice in any proceedings
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`before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I am lead
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`Case CBM2012-00001
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`counsel in the Versata v. SAP patent infringement litigation (Civil Action No. 07-cv-00153),
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`which involved the same patent at issue in this proceeding.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true
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`and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further that
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`these statements are made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made
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`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United
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`States Code and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of U.S. Patent No.
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`By:
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`/s/ Scott L. Cole
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`Scott L. Cole
`McKool Smith, P.C.
`300 West Sixth Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, TX 78701
`Phone: 512-692-8705
`Facsimile: 512-692-8744
`E-mail: scole@mckoolsmith.com
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`6,553,350.
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`Date: October 24, 2012
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