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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING SYSTEMS, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-01613
`Patent 5,917,405
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`DECLARATION OF MR. STEVEN W. RITCHESON
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`Case IPR2015-01613
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`Declaration of Mr. Steven W. Ritcheson
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`I am an attorney and a member in good standing of the State Bar of
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`California.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`No application by me for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body has ever been denied.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have ever been imposed against
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`me 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 set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R..
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`I acknowledge and agree that I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of
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`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`I am concurrently applying for admission to appear pro hac vice
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`before the Office in the following related IPRs:
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`• IPR2015-01610 (Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. v. Joao
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`Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC);
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`Case IPR2015-01613
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`Declaration of Mr. Steven W. Ritcheson
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`• IPR2015-01611 (Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. v. Joao
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`Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC); and
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`• IPR2015-01612 (Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. v. Joao
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`Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC).
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`In addition to the proceedings identified in ¶ 7 above, I have applied
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`to appear pro hac vice in the following proceedings before the Office in the last
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`three (3) years:
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`• IPR2015-01508 (Nissan North America, Inc. v. Joao Control &
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`Monitoring Systems, LLC);
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`• IPR2015-01509 (Nissan North America, Inc. v. Joao Control &
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`Monitoring Systems, LLC);
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`• IPR2015-01585 (Nissan North America, Inc. v. Joao Control &
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`Monitoring Systems, LLC); and
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`• IPR2015-01645 (Nissan North America, Inc. v. Joao Control &
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`Monitoring Systems, LLC).
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in the above-captioned
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`I declare that all statements made are, to my knowledge, true, and all
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`statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and these
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`statements were made knowing that willful false statements so made are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the
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`United States Code.
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`Date: _4/12/16
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