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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS IV LLC
`Petitioner
`v.
`PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2015-01076
`Patent No. 8,754,090
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`DECLARATION OF TCHAO J. THAO
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`08/19/15
`Coalition for Affordable Drugs IV LLC - Exhibit 1049
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`Case IPR2015-01076
`Patent 8, 754,090
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`In support of the Motion to Correct Petition, I, Tchao J. Thao, do declare and
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`state as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an attorney at the law firm of Merchant & Gould, PC in the
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`Minneapolis, Minnesota office.
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`2.
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`I assisted on the preparation of the petition requesting Inter Partes
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`Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,754,090 ("Petition"), as well as the supporting
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`documents submitted with it.
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`3.
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`Merchant &Gould maintains a folder entitled "Searches and
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`References" in its internal document management system for saving prior art
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`related to the '090 patent. The "Searches and References" folder is part of a
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`network directory specifically reserved for this matter, which is client matter
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`number 04852.000SUSWX. The prior art stored in the "Searches and References"
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`folder included an April 13, 2009 Pharmacyclics Press Release ("April 2009 Press
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`Release") and a December 9, 2009 Pharmacyclics Press Release ("December 2009
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`Press Release").
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`4.
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`In preparing the Petition for filing, I was asked to compile electronic
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`copies of the Exhibits to the Petition. The electronic copies of the Exhibits were to
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`be labeled according to their exhibit number listed in the Appendix of Exhibits. In
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`preparing the Exhibits, I accidentally selected the December 2009 Press Release
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`from the "Searches and References" folder instead of the April 2009 Press Release.
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`This was unintentional and a result of clicking on the wrong file link in the
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`"Searches and References" folder as both links were positioned next to each other
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`and the files were similar in layout and style. I intended to save the April 2009
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`Press Release as the Exhibit for filing. I was not aware of the mistake in collecting
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`and labelling Exhibit 1004 until I read the Patent Owner's Preliminary Response.
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`5.
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`I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
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`States of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and that all statements
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`made of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information
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`and belief are believed to be true. I understand that willful false statements and the
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`like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`Dated: August 19, 2015
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