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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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`McCLINTON ENERGY GROUP LLC, JAYCAR ENERGY GROUP LLC,
`SURF FRAC WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT CO., MOTOR MILLS
`SNUBBING LLC, STAN KEELING AND TONY D. McCLINTON,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`MAGNUM OIL TOOLS INTERNATIONAL LTD.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00993
`Patent 8,459,346
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`SALLY C. MEDLEY Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECLARATION OF ROBERT J. BARZ UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.68
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`MEGCO Ex. 1028
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`Case IPR2014-00993
`Patent 8,459,346
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`I, Robert J. Barz, do hereby declare and say:
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`1.
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`I am a citizen of the United States, and I am a member in good standing of the
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`Bar of Illinois.
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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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`I have not been denied an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`4. No sanctions or contempt citations have been imposed upon me by any court
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`or administrative body.
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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 Title 37 of the
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`Code of Federal Regulations ("C.F.R.").
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`6.
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`[ agree to be subject to the 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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`7.
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any other proceedings before the
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`Office in the last three (3) years.
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`2 (cid:9)
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`8.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I am counsel
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`for Petitioners in litigation between the Petitioners and the Patent Owner in
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`Case No. 12-cv-99 in the Southern District of Texas involving, among others,
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`the same patent as that challenged in this proceeding. Additionally, I have
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`counseled Petitioners on intellectual property issues related to its business.
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`9.
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`I declare that all statements made of my own knowledge are true and that all
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`statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and that
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`these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements
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`and the like 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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`Date: July 15, 2014
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`Robert J. Barz
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`3 (cid:9)
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`MEGCO Ex. 1028
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