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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`______________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`______________
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SMARTFLASH, LLC
`Patent Owner
`______________
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`Case CBM2014-001022
`Patent 8,118,221 B2
`______________
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`
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, RAMA G. ELLURU, NEIL T. POWELL, JEREMY
`M. PLENZLER, and MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges
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`DECLARATION OF LAUREN N. ROBINSON IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Lauren N. Robinson, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following:
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`1.
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`2.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of California.
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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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`3.
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`I have never been denied an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`2 Case CBM2014-00103 has been consolidated with the instant proceeding.
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`

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`Case CBM2014-00102
`Patent 8,118,221 B2
`No sanction or contempt citation has ever been imposed against me by any
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`4.
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`court or administrative body.
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`5.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the Code of Federal
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`Regulations.
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`6.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37
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`C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`7.
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`In the last three (3) years, I have applied to appear pro hac vice before the
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`Office in CBM2013-00020 (filed 3/24/2014 (Paper No. 55), granted 4/2/2014
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`(Paper No. 63)) and CBM2013-00023 (filed 3/24/2014 (Paper No. 52), granted
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`4/2/2014 (Paper No. 59)), also representing Apple.
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`8.
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`Concurrently with the present motion, I intend to file a motion to apply to
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`appear pro hac vice before the Office in CBM2014-00106, CBM2014-00108,
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`CBM2014-00112, CBM2015-00015, CBM2015-00016, CBM2015-00017, and
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`CBM2015-00018, also involving Apple and Smartflash.
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`9.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney having familiarity with the subject
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`matter at issue in this proceeding. I have been practicing law since 2008 and have
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`extensive experience litigating patent infringement cases in many different District
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`Courts across the country, including participation in multiple trials, Markman
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`hearings, and other patent-related hearings and pleadings concerning, inter alia,
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`-2-
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`

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`Case CBM2014-00102
`Patent 8,118,221 B2
`patent validity and/or infringement. I have received professional recognition in the
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`field of patent litigation, including as a Northern California Super Lawyers Rising
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`Star (2010, 2013, 2014). I am very familiar with U.S. Patent No. 8,118,221 (“the
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`‘221 Patent”) and the issues involved in this case. I have represented Apple
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`against Smartflash in the pending District Court litigation since 2013, and have
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`been actively involved as counsel for Apple since that time. As counsel in the
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`District Court litigation, I have, among other things, been heavily involved with
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`forming invalidity positions against Smartflash’s ‘221 patent and related patents.
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`
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed
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`this 3rd day of December, 2014, in East Palo Alto, CA.
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`
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`
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`/s/ Lauren N. Robinson
`Lauren N. Robinson
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`-3-
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`

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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Case CBM2014-00102
`Patent 8,118,221 B2
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing UNOPPOSED
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF LAUREN N. ROBINSON and
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`DECLARATION OF LAUREN N. ROBINSON IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
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`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION for was served on December 3, 2014, to the
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`following Counsel for Patent Owner via e-mail, pursuant to the parties’ agreement
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`concerning service:
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`
`Michael R. Casey
`J. Scott Davidson
`DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP
`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
`Arlington, VA 22203
`Telephone: (703) 894-6406
`Facsimile: (703) 894-6430
`mcasey@dbjg.com
`jsd@dbjg.com
`docket@dbjg.com
`
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`Smartflash, LLC
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`
`
` /s/ Lauren N. Robinson
`Lauren N. Robinson
`
`ROPES & GRAY LLP

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