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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CHI MEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
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`Petitioner
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`V.
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`PATENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
`Patent Owner
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`CASE IPR2013—OO038
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`PATENT 7,956,978
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`SUBMISSION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND STATEMENT UNDER 37 CFR 3.73IC[
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.10(b), a Power of Attorney is submitted herewith.
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`Concurrently filed herewith is a Statement Under 37 CFR 3.73(C) certifying that the
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`assignee, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., may take such action in this
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`matter. Upon filing,
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`the Power of Attorney appoints practitioners associated with
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`Customer Number 31780 as attorneys in the subject matter.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Eric J. Robinson
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`Reg. No. 38,285
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`Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C.
`3975 Fair Ridge Drive
`Suite 20 North
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`Fairfax, Virginia 22033
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that the foregoing SUBMISSION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND
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`STATEMENT UNDER 37 CFR 3.73(C) was sewed on the Petitioner by Federal
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`Express Standard Overnight at the following addresses on November 19, 2012.
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`Scott A. McKeown
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`Oblon, Spivak, McCle||and, Maier & Neustadt, LLP.‘
`1940 Duke Street
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`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Gregory S. Cordrey
`Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
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`I hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney given in the application identified in the attached statement
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`Assignee Name and Address; SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY C0,, LTD.
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`398, HASE, ATSUGI-SHI
`KANAGAWA—KEN 243-0036
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`STATEMENT UNDER 37 CFR 3.73(c)
`Applicant/Patent Owner. Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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`Application No./Patent No.:
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`7356-978
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`Filed/Issue Date: June 7- 2011
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`med, LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A PARTICULAR CONDUCTIVE LAYER
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`Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
`(Name of Assignee)
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`’ a corporation
`(Type of Assignee, e.g., corporation, partnership, university, government agency, etc.)
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`states that, for the patent application/patent identified above, it is (choose gig of options 1, 2, 3 or 4 below):
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`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 3.73(b). The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the USPTO to
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`To:
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`To:
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`To:
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`The undersigned (whose title is supplied below) is authorized to act on behalf of the assignee.
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`November 19, 2012
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`Signature
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`Eric J. Robinson
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`Reg_ No_ 33,235
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`Privacy Act Statement
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`requirements of the Act, please be advised that: (1) the general authority for the collection of this information is 35
`U.S.C. 2(b)(2); (2) furnishing of the information solicited is voluntary; and (3) the principal purpose for which the
`information is used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is to process and/or examine your submission related
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`regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e., GSA or
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`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the public after either
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`151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37 CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the
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`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Federal, State, or local law
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