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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation and The Coast Distribution
`System Inc.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`Cequent Performance Products, Inc.,
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`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 6,068,352
`Filing Date: August 20, 1996
`Issue Date: May 30, 2000
`Title: MICROPROCESSOR-BASED CONTROL
`FOR TRAILER BRAKES
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2015-00616
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`PATENT OWNER MANDATORY NOTICE
`INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2)
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner BASF Corporation
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`hereby makes the following mandatory notices.
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`II. Real Party-in-Interest Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)
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`Patent Owner Cequent Performance Products, Inc. is the real party-in-
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`interest for the instant Petition.
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`III. Related Matters Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
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`Patent Owner is aware of the following related matters: Cequent
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`Performance Products, Inc. v. Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation et al., No.
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`2:13-cv-15293 pending in the Eastern District of Michigan before Honorable
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`Judge Leitman; IPR2015-00609 filed on January 23, 2015; and IPR2015-00613
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`filed on January 23, 2015.
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`IV. Lead and Back-Up Counsel Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3)
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`Petitioner provides the following designation of counsel.
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
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`David B. Cupar
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`MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
`600 Superior Avenue, E., Ste. 2100
`Cleveland, Ohio 44114
`t 216.348.5400 │ f 216.348.5474
`dcupar@mcdonaldhopkins.com
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`Matthew J. Cavanagh
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`MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
`600 Superior Avenue, E., Ste. 2100
`Cleveland, Ohio 44114
`t 216.348.5400 │ f 216.348.5474
`mcavanagh@mcdonaldhopkins.com
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`V.
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`Service Information
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`Lead counsel and Back-up Counsel for Patent Owner may be served by
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`electronic mail at the email addresses listed above.
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`VI. Power of Attorney
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`A Power of Attorney naming the above lead and backup counsel as
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`attorneys of record is filed concurrently herewith.
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`VII. Patent Owner Preliminary Response
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`The Patent Owner reserves the right to file a preliminary response at a
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/
`David B. Cupar (OH #0071622)
`Matthew J. Cavanagh (OH #0079522)
`MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
`600 Superior Avenue, East, Ste. 2100
`Cleveland, Ohio 44114
`t 216.348.5400 │ f 216.348.5474
`dcupar@mcdonaldhopkins.com
`mcavanagh@mcdonaldhopkins.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`later date.
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`VIII. CONCLUSION
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`Dated: February 13, 2015
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