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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Petitioner
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`v.
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`Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,856,336 to Fujikawa et al.
`Issue Date: January 5, 1999
`Title: Quinoline Type Mevalonolactones
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`Inter Partes Review No.: IPR2015-01069
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`DECLARATOIN OF DEEPRO R. MUKERJEE IN SUPPORT OF MYLAN
`PHARMACEUTICALS INC.’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Deepro R. Mukerjee, declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of New York and
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`am a partner with the law firm of Alston & Bird LLP, 90 Park Avenue, New York,
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`NY, 10016.
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`I am an experienced litigator, with over 14 years of patent litigation
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`experience. I have represented clients in numerous patent infringement actions in
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`various technical areas relating to the chemical and pharmaceutical arts.
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`Since 2002, I have been a member in good standing of the Bar of the
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`State of New York (Bar No. 4046157).
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or 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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`I have never been subject to sanctions or contempt citation imposed
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`by any court or administrative body.
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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, as set forth in title 37, part 42
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`of the Code of Federal Regulations (“C.F.R.”).
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`8.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Rules of Professional Responsibility set forth in parts 10 and 11 of 37 C.F.R. and
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`to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`I have not appeared pro
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`hac vice in any proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`in the past three years.
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`9.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`current proceeding, IPR2015-01069. Specifically, I have reviewed the challenged
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`patent, the Petition, the accompanying exhibits and the Preliminary Response (with
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`accompanying exhibits) to the Petition. As a result of my review of the challenged
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`patent, Petition, and accompanying exhibits and Preliminary Response (with
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`accompanying exhibits),
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`I have acquired substantial understanding of
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`the
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`technology relevant to this IPR.
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`I, Deepro R. Mukerjee, hereby declare under penalty of perjury under 28 U.S.C. §
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`1746 and the laws of the United States of America, that the foregoing Declaration
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`is true and correct.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`Dated: September 2, 2015
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`Deepro R. Mukerjee
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