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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SNF Holding Company,
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`Petitioners,
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`Trial No.: IPR2015-00600
`Patent 5,633,329
`Filed: January 25, 1996
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`PATENT OWNER MANDATORY NOTICE
`INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2)
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`Trial No.: IPR2015-00600
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner BASF Corporation hereby makes the
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`I. REAL PARTY IN INTEREST
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`The real party in interest is BASF Corporation, which is the sole owner of U.S. Patent
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`No. 5,633,329 (the ’329 Patent). BASF Corporation is a Delaware corporation with a principal
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`place of business at 100 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
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`The ‘329 Patent has been asserted against the petitioners SNF Holding Company,
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`Flopam Inc., Chemtall Inc., SNF SAS, SNF (China) Flocculant Co., Ltd. in the co-pending
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`litigation BASF Corporation v. SNF Holding Company et al., Civ. No. 4:14-cv-02733 (S.D.
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`Tex.) in a complaint filed September 23, 2014.
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`Foreign Priority includes German Patent Application No. 19502939.9 filed January 31,
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`1995.
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`III. LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Patent Owner BASF Corporation identifies the below named Lead Counsel and Back-Up
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`Lead Counsel:
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`Robert R. Riddle
`Reed Smith LLP
`811 Main Street
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`Email: rriddle@reedsmith.com
`Direct dial: 713-469-3881
`Registration No. 69,599
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`Trial No.: IPR2015-00600
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`Backup Counsel:
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`Matthew S. Gibson
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`Direct dial: 713-469-3895
`Registration No. 63,523
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Lead counsel for Patent Owner may be served by electronic mail or Postal Mail, Courier
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`rriddle@reedsmith.com
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`V. POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`A Power of Attorney naming the above lead and backup counsel as attorneys of record is
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`VI. PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`The Patent Owner reserves the right to file a preliminary response at a later date.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Robert R. Riddle
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`Registration No. 69,599
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`Trial No.: IPR2015-00600
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT OWNER
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`MANDATORY NOTICE INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. §42.8(a)(2) was served on
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`counsel of record for PETITIONER on February 9, 2015 by delivering a copy via electronic mail
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`RRiddle@reedsmith.com
`Telephone: 713-469-3881
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