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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 CBM2015-00123
`Patent 8,033,458
`______________________
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`Before the Honorable JENNIFER S. BISK, RAMA G. ELLURU, JEREMY M.
`PLENZLER, and MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DECLARATION OF JAMES R. BATCHELDER IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, James R. Batchelder, 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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`(cid:36)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:40)(cid:91)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:22)(cid:27)(cid:3)
`(cid:36)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:89)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:87)(cid:73)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:38)(cid:3)
`(cid:38)(cid:37)(cid:48)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:24)(cid:16)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:22)
`(cid:51)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:20)
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`

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`No sanction or contempt citation has ever been imposed against me by any
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`Case CBM2015-00123
`Patent 8,033,458
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`
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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 37 C.F.R. Part 42.
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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 11/12/2013 (Paper 23), granted 11/26/2013
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`(Paper 39)) and CBM2013-00023 (filed 11/12/2013 (Paper 20), granted
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`11/26/2013 (Paper 35)), CBM2014-00102 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 31), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 32)), CBM2014-00106 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 30), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 31)), CBM2014-00108 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 28), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 29)), CBM2014-00112 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 27), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 28)), CBM2015-00015 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 21), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 22)), CBM2015-00016 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 21), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 22)), CBM2015-00017 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 20), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 21)), CBM2015-00018 (filed 3/27/2015 (Paper 13), granted
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`4/1/2015 (Paper 14)), CBM2015-00028 (filed 12/16/2015 (Paper 36), granted
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`12/31/2015 (Paper 39)), CBM2015-00029 (filed 12/16/2015 (Paper 35), granted
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`(cid:51)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:21)
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`

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`12/31/2015 (Paper 38)), CBM2015-00031 (filed 12/16/2015 (Paper 35), granted
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`Case CBM2015-00123
`Patent 8,033,458
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`12/31/2015 (Paper39)), CBM2015-00032 (filed 12/16/2015 (Paper 35), granted
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`12/31/2015 (Paper 40)), and CBM2015-00033 (filed 12/16/2015 (Paper 34),
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`granted 12/31/2015 (Paper 37)), also representing Apple. I have also applied to
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`appear pro hac vice before the Office in IPR2013-00191 (filed 2/3/2014 (Paper
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`45), granted 2/13/2014 (Paper 50)).
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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 CBM2015-00121, CBM2015-00124,
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`CBM2015-00127, CBM2015-00130, CBM2015-00131 and CMB2015-00133, also
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`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 1988 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, patent summary judgment proceedings , and other patent-related hearings
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`and pleadings concerning, inter alia, patent validity and/or infringement. I have
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`received professional recognition in the field of patent litigation by several
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`different organizations, including The Best Lawyers in America, Northern
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`California Super Lawyers, IAM Patent 100 – The World’s Leading Patent
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`(cid:51)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:22)
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`

`
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`Practitioners, and Managing IP – “IP Star”. I am very familiar with U.S. Patent
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`Case CBM2015-00123
`Patent 8,033,458
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`No. 8,033,458 (“the ‘458 Patent”) and the issues involved in this case. I have
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`represented Apple against Smartflash in the pending District Court litigation since
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`2013, and have been actively involved as lead counsel for Apple since that time.
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`As lead counsel in the District Court litigation, I have, among other things, been
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`heavily involved with forming invalidity positions against Smartflash’s ‘458 Patent
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`and related patents.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 21st day of January, 2016, in East Palo Alto, CA.
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`
`
`/s/ James R. Batchelder
`James R. Batchelder
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`(cid:51)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:23)

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