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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CYANOTECH CORPORATION
`Petitioner
`v.
`THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-004011
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`Patent 5,527,533
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`Before SCOTT E. KAMHOLZ, SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DECLARATION OF ROBERT A. ROWAN IN SUPPORT OF
`PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
`ROBERT A. ROWAN
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`(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)
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`1(cid:3) Consolidated with Case IPR2013-00404
`(cid:3)
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`EXHIBIT A
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`Declaration of Robert A. Rowan
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`IPR2013-00401
`Patent No. 5,527,533(cid:3)
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`I, Robert A Rowan, hereby declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an attorney with the law firm of Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. I have
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`served as litigation counsel for defendants, Cyanotech Corporation and Nutrex
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`Hawaii, Inc., in the matter entitled U.S. Nutraceuticals, et al. v. Cyanotech Corp. et
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`al., 12-cv-366 (M.D. Fl.) from the date the case was filed through the present. This
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`matter concerns the alleged infringement and validity of U.S. Patent No. 5,523,533
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`(“the ’533 patent”), the same patent that is challenged in this IPR proceeding. This
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`declaration is submitted on behalf of Petitioner, Cyanotech Corporation, in support
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`of its Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Robert A. Rowan. I also represented
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`Cyanotech Corporation in a prior declaratory judgment action in Hawaii involving
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`the invalidity and infringement of the ‘533 patent. This declaration is made on my
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`own personal knowledge, except as otherwise indicated.
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`2. I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Virginia
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`(Virginia Bar Number 29,645). I am also a member of the bars of Hawaii and the
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`District of Columbia.
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`3. I have never been suspended or disbarred from any court or administrative
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`body.
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`4. No application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body that I have filed or that has been filed on by behalf has ever
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`been denied.
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`1
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`EXHIBIT A
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`Declaration of Robert A. Rowan
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`IPR2013-00401
`Patent No. 5,527,533(cid:3)
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`5. No sanctions or contempt citations have been imposed on me by any court
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`or administrative body.
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`6. I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`7. I agree to be subject to USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`8. I have not sought to appear pro hac vice in any proceedings before the
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`Office in the last three (3) years.
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`9. I am intimately familiar with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding,
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`and also, more generally, the patent laws of the United States of America.
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`I state under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Robert A. Rowan/
`Robert A. Rowan
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`EXHIBIT A
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