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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case 1PR2014-01 166
`Patent RE42,368
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`AFFIDAVIT OF NICHOLAS J. NOWAK IN SUPPORT OF
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Mail Stop "PA TENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 223 13-145
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`Capella 2003
`Cisco v. Capella
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`1.
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`I, Nicholas J. Nowak, am more than twenty-one years of age, am
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`competent to present this affidavit, and have personal knowledge of the facts set
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`forth herein.
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`2.
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`This affidavit is given in support of the Patent Owner Capella
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`Photonics, Inc.’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission.
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`3.
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`I am Of Counsel at the law firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein and Fox
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`P.L.L.C.
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`I have been a patent litigation attorney for approximately 13 years,
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`and I’ve been litigating patent cases during that entire time period. I have litigated
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`numerous patent infringement actions involving a variety of technologies and have
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`significant experience in all aspects of patent litigation, including depositions,
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`claim construction proceedings, and various stages of trial.
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`5.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bars of: Massachusetts, New
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`York, the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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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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`I have never been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or
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`contempt citations on me.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`9.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. § § 10.20 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 3 7 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`10.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. I have reviewed in detail U.S. Patent No. RE42,368 ("the ’368
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`patent"), which is the patent challenged in this proceeding. I have also reviewed
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`Exhibits by Petitioner in this proceeding.
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`11.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. I have read and understand the pleadings submitted by Petitioner and
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`Patent Owner in this proceeding. I have engaged in numerous hours of strategic
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`and substantive discussions regarding this proceeding with counsel for Patent
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`Owner in this proceeding. Through my 13 years of patent litigation and
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`infringement experience, I am very familiar with the legal theories advanced in this
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`case.
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`12. Through my direct participation in the development of this case on
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`behalf of Patent Owner, I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding.
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
`h52m day of April, 2015.
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`- Nich las J. owak
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`Notary Public
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