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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BUTAMAXTM ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`GEVO, INC.
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`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2013-00539
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`Patent No. 8,273,565
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`DECLARATION OF GEVO, INC.’S GENERAL COUNSEL BRETT LUND
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`IN SUPPORT OF PRO HAC VICE MOTION
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`111071059“
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`GEVO EXHIBIT 2002
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`I, Brett Lund, do hereby declare:
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`I am the current Chief Licensing Officer and General Counsel for Patent
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`Owner, Gevo, Inc.
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`I have served in the capacity of Chief Licensing Officer and General
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`Counsel for Gevo, Inc. since 2007.
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`I hold both a Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degree
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`from Duke University.
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`I have 14 years of experience as a practicing attorney and have been
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`involved with several complex intellectual property litigation proceedings.
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`In my capacity as General Counsel for Gevo, Inc.,
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`I have been intimately
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`involved with litigation matters in various United States District Court
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`proceedings.
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`I am therefore qualified to represent the property interests of Gevo, Inc., as
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`an experienced litigating attorney.
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`In my capacity as Chief Licensing Officer, as well as General Counsel, for
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`Gevo, Inc., I have become acutely familiar with the subject matter of Gevo’s
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`patent portfolio.
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`In particular,
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`I am familiar with the legal subject matter, technical subject
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`matter, and prior art involved with US. Patent No. 8,273,565.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of California and the Bar of
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`North Carolina.
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`10.
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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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`ll.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application for
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`admission to practice.
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`12.
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`I have never been sanctioned or cited for contempt by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`l3.
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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 37 CPR.
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`14.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Rules
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`of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 CPR. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and
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`disciplinaryjurisdiction under 37 CPR. § ll.l9(a).
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`15.
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`In the past three years, I have not appeared pro hac vice in any proceedings
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`before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`16.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true;
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`and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful,
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`false statements and the
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`like
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`so made, are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of
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`US. Patent No. 8,273,565.
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`Dated: /0[22[ )0, ‘7’
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`BY%
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`Brett Lund
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