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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`WESTERNGECO L.L.C.,
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`Petitioner,
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`PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case
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`IPR2015-00309
`IPR2015-00310
`IPR2015-00311
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,906,981
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`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL L. KIKLIS
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`WesternGeco Ex. 1025, pg. 1
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`Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, Michael L. Kiklis, the undersigned, hereby
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`declare as follows:
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`My name is Michael L. Kiklis. I am over eighteen years of age,
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`of sound mind, and in all ways qualified and competent to make this declaration. I
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`have personal knowledge of the facts contained in this declaration and they are true
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`and correct.
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`I am a partner in the law firm of Oblon, McClelland, Maier &
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`Neustadt L.L.P., counsel for Petitioner WesternGeco L.L.C. (“WesternGeco”). I
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`am licensed to practice law in the State of Virginia as well as the District of
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`Columbia.
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`Exhibit 1024 is a true and correct copy of an article entitled
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`“Recommended Standards for Digital Tape Format,” which appeared in Vol. 40,
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`Issue 2 of Geophysics (April 1975). Exhibit 1024 was purchased by my law firm
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`from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (“SEG”) Digital Library on June 24,
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`2015. Exhibit 1024 can be purchased from SEG at the following url:
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`library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.1190/1.1440530. A printed copy of the aforementioned
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`webpage has been appended to Exhibit 1024.
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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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` declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America
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`WesternGeco Ex. 1025, pg. 3
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