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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`TIZ, INC. d/b/a PROVI
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`Petitioner,
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`JASON K. SMITH d/b/a DUST BOWL
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`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,467,585
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`DECLARATION OF SABRINA S. BUSGITH
`IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS’ PETITION
`FOR COVERED BUSINESS METHOD REVIEW
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
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`I, Sabrina S. Busgith, make the following Declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
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`I am employed at Reed Smith LLP as a Research Services
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`Librarian. I have been working at Reed Smith LLP for approximately 6 years. My
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`responsibilities at Reed Smith LLP include conducting library research for all U.S.
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`practice groups and offices, training new firm attorneys and staff in research
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`resources, and providing focused research in intellectual property matters. I
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`previously worked for over 16 years as a Research Specialist for the law firm of
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`Kaye Scholer LLP. If called as a witness, I could and would testify competently to
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`the information set forth in this declaration.
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`Exhibit 1031 is a true and accurate copy of an article titled
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`“Beverage Media 75th Anniversary Historical Essay” that I retrieved and
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`downloaded on September 15th 2020, from the website
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`http://www.bevnetwork.com/pdf/JAN12_75YR_no_cvr.pdf, using a web browser.
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`In order to verify that this paper was available online in the
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`January / 2012, I used google search engine.
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`I declare and state that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and
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`belief are believed to be true, and further that these statements were
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`made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so
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`made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section
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`1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated: 9/15/2020
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