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`Patent No. 6,896,773
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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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`THE GILLETTE COMPANY,
`Petitioner
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`ZOND, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review Case No. IPR2014-00726
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`Patent 6,896,773 B2
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`AFFIDAVIT OF MARIA GRANOVSKY IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Maria Granovsky, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following:
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`I am a member in good standing of the New York and Delaware Bars, as
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`well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
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`ii.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`iii.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`iv. No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`v.
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`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 the
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`Code of Federal Regulations.
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`vi.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`vii. Other than presently applying to appear Pro Hac Vice before the Office
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`in connection with the Inter Partes Review proceedings of the patents
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`listed below in section ix, I have not applied to appear Pro Hac Vice
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`before the Office in any other proceeding in the last three years.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with experience in many
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`litigations involving patent infringement in District Courts across the
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`country, including experience with fact and expert document and
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`deposition discovery, claim construction, Markman hearings, motion
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`practice, trials and hearings.
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`ix.
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`I am counsel for Patent Owner Zond, LLC, the plaintiff in several
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`related on-going litigations. I am familiar with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding as a result of my representation of Zond, LLC,
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`in a matter currently before the District of Massachusetts (Zond v.
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`TSMC, et al., No. 1:14-cv-12438-WGY), in which the patents 6896775,
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`6896773, 6806651, 6903511, 7095179, and 7446479 have been asserted
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`against several TSMC and Fujitsu entities. I am familiar with the prior
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`art that Petitioner presents in this proceeding, as well as issues of claim
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`construction as a result of my participation in the above litigation and
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`related work that I have done on behalf of Zond.
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`Date: November 11, 2014
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`/Maria Granovsky/
`Maria Granovsky
`RADULESCU LLP
`Empire State Building, Suite 6910
`350 Fifth Avenue,
`New York, NY 10118
`maria@Radulescullp.com
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