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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`PRONG, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`YEOSHUA SORIAS,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01317
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`Patent 8,712,486 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, GLENN J. PERRY, and
`KIMBERLY MCGRAW, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
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`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF NATHAN D. RENOV PURSUANT TO
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Prong, Inc., Exh. 1028, p.1
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`1.
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`I, Nathan D. Renov, am more than twenty-one years of age, am competent to
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`present this affidavit, and have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein.
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`2.
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`This affidavit is submitted in support of Petitioner, PRONG, Inc., for pro
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`hac vice admission.
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`3.
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`4.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of New York.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`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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`No court or administrative body has every imposed sanctions or contempt
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`citations against me.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial ?ractice Guide and
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`the rules for Trial Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, set forth in
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`part 42 of37 C.F.R.
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`8.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R.§11.l9(a).
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`9.
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`I have not previously applied to appear pro hac vice in a proceeding before
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`the Office.
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`Prong, inc, Exh. 1028, p.2
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`10.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. I have been representing and advising Petitioner (Prong, Inc.) on
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`litigation strategy regarding Patent Owner and the patent at issue in this inter
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`partes review (Pat. No. 8,712,486), and have over six years of patent prosecution
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`support and patent litigation support experience. I have a B.S. in Electrical
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`Engineering from City College of New York, the Grove School of Engineering,
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`and a JD. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
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`11.
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`I am familiar with and have reviewed U.S. Patent 8,712,486, the Petition
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`which is the basis for this proceeding (to which I contributed, under the
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`supervision of lead counsel Caleb Pollack), and the prior art references asserted by
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`Petitioner in this proceeding, as well as the Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response
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`and the Board’s Institution Decision.
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`12.
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`I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States
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`of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and that all statements made of
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`my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief
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`are believed to be true. I understand that willful false statements and the like are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. § 1001).
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`Prong, lnc., Exh. 1023, 33.3
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`Nathan D. Renov
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`Pear! Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP
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`1500 Broadway, 12th Floor
`New York, New York 10036
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`Tel: (646) 878-0800
`Fax: (646) 878-0801
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
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`CT: 9th day ofMarch, 2016./
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`Prong, |nc., Exh. 1028, p.4