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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CRS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
`Petitioner
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`Patent of FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2012-00005
`Patent 6,675,151C1
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`DECLARATION OF DARREL C. KARL IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Case CBM2012-00005
`Patent 6,675,151C1
`Attorney Docket No.: 09461-0004
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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, Darrel C. Karl, declare as follows:
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`I am a partner in the intellectual property law firm of Finnegan, Henderson,
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`Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in Washington, D.C. I graduated with a B.S. in
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`Physics-Engineering, cum laude, from Loyola College in 1981, and received a J.D.
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`degree from the Catholic University Columbus School of Law in 1984.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bars of the State of Maryland and the
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`District of Columbia and am also admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit and in the U.S. Supreme Court. I am currently admitted to
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`practice pro hac vice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
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`Pennsylvania. I have been in private practice since 1986, and have been litigating
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`patent cases continuously since that time.
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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 deny my application for admission to practice.
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`I have never had an administrative body deny my application for admission
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`to practice, other than the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for failing to receive a
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`passing score on a portion of the entrance exam. I took the entrance exam while in
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`law school in the early 1980s and was not able to retake the exam after graduation
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`while clerking for Judge Newman at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit. Having elected to pursue a career in patent litigation rather than in patent
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`prosecution at Finnegan, my day-to-day practice did not require that become a
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`registered patent attorney.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have ever been imposed against me by
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`any 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
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`of Professional Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.20 et seq. and
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`I have never previously appeared pro hac vice in any proceedings before the
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`10.
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`I am very familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I am
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`counsel for Defendant CRS in the Frontline Technologies, Inc. v. CRS, Inc. patent
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`infringement litigation, Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-2457 (E.D. Pa.), which involves
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`the same patent at issue in this proceeding. Since that lawsuit was filed in 2007, I
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`have been responsible for the day-to-day management and conduct of that
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`litigation for my client. I have drafted in whole or in part every substantive paper
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`filed in that litigation, defended every deposition of CRS witnesses and experts,
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`and personally deposed of all but two of Frontline’s witnesses and experts.
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`11.
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` The protective order in the Frontline Technologies, Inc. v. CRS, Inc. patent
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`infringement litigation does not impose any applicable limitations upon my ability
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`to participate in this proceeding.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true;
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`and further that these statements are made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that such willful false
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`statements may jeopardize the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,553,350.
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`Date: January 29, 2013
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`/s/ Darrel C. Karl
`By:
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
` Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20001-4413
`Phone: (202) 408-4061
`Fax: (202) 408-4400
`E-Mail: darrel.karl@finnegan.com
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