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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`WESTERNGECO L.L.C.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS,
`Patent Owner
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`Cases
`IPR2015-00309 (U.S. Patent No. 6,906,981)
`IPR2015-00310 (U.S. Patent No. 6,906,981)
`IPR2015-00311 (U.S. Patent No. 6,906,981)
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`DECLARATION OF SIMEON G. PAPACOSTAS
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`Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, Simeon G. Papacostas, the undersigned,
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`hereby declare as follows:
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`1.
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`My name is Simeon G. Papacostas. I am over eighteen years of
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`age, of sound mind, and in all ways qualified and competent to make this
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`declaration. I have personal knowledge of the facts contained in this declaration
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`and they are true and correct.
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`2.
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`I am a partner in the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P.,
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`counsel for WesternGeco L.L.C. ("WesternGeco").
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`WesternGeco Ex. 1020, pg. 1
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`3.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar for the State of New
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`York.
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`4.
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`I am not currently suspended or disbarred from any court or
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`administrative body.
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`5.
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`I have not been denied admission to any Bar, court, or
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`administrative body.
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`6.
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`I have not been sanctioned or held in contempt by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`7.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Rules of Practice.
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`8.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9.
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`I have been practicing patent law since my admission to the bar
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`in 2009, over six years ago.
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`10.
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`I have been involved in numerous litigations involving patent
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`infringement in district courts across the country and at the Court of Appeals for
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`the Federal Circuit.
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`WesternGeco Ex. 1020, pg. 2
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`11.
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`I have been representing WesternGeco with respect to seismic
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`exploration technology and patents for over five years, and with respect to the
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`above-captioned patent for over two years.
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`12.
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`13.
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`I have extensive experience with U.S. Patent No. 6,906,981.
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`I have represented WesternGeco in the following federal district
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`court litigation where Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc. ("PGS") asserted the above-
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`captioned patent: WesternGeco L.L.C. v. Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc. and PGS
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`Geophysical AS, Civ. No. 4:13-cv-02725 (S.D. Tex.) ("the PGS Litigation").
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`14.
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`I have also represented WesternGeco with respect to U.S.
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`Patent No. 5,924,049 ("Beasley") and U.S. Patent No. 6,545,944 ("de Kok"), on
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`which inter partes review was instituted for the ‘981 patent, in the following
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`district court litigation: WesternGeco L.L.C.v. Multi Klient Invest AS, Petroleum
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`Geo-Services, Inc., and PGS Geophysical AS, Civ. No. 4:14-cv-03118 (S.D. Tex.)
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`("the Multi Klient Litigation").
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`15. More broadly, I have represented WesternGeco regarding
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`seismic exploration technology in numerous district court, Federal Circuit, and
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`Patent Office proceedings: WesternGeco L.L.C. v. ION Geophysical Corp., et al.,
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`Civ. No. 4:09-cv-01872 (S.D. Tex.) ("the ION Litigation"); WesternGeco L.L.C. v.
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`Fugro-Geoteam, Inc., Fugro-Geoteam AS, Fugro Norway Marine Services AS,
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`Fugro, Inc., Fugro (USA), Inc., and Fugro Geoservices, Inc., Civ. No. 4:10-cv-
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`WesternGeco Ex. 1020, pg. 3
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`02120 (S.D. Tex.) ("the Fugro Litigation"); and WesternGeco L.L.C. v. Polarcus
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`US Inc. and Polarcus Ltd., Civ. No. 4:13-cv-02385 (S.D. Tex.) ("the Polarcus
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`Litigation").
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`16.
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`The PGS Litigation was filed in 2013 and the Multi Klient
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`Litigation was filed in 2014.
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`17.
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`18.
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`19.
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`The PGS Litigation and the Multi Klient Litigation are ongoing.
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`I am familiar with the patent at issue and its field of technology.
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`I have been involved in all aspects of the PGS Litigation and
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`the Multi Klient Litigation that have taken place so far.
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`20.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements were made with the
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`knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine
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`or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code
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`and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the results of these
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`proceedings.
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`21.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
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`correct.
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`WesternGeco Ex. 1020, pg. 4
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`October 1, 2015
`Chicago, IL
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`Simeon G. Papa^ostas
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`WesternGeco Ex. 1020, pg. 5
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