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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`LAM RESEARCH CORP.,
`Petitioner,
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`DANIEL L. FLAMM,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01768
`Patent No. RE 40,264 E
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`DECLARATION OF TALIN GORDNIA IN SUPPORT OF
`LAM RESEARCH CORP.'S
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Mail Stop: PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`I, Talin Gordnia, declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of California.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of California.
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`I am also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts
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`in the Central and Northern Districts of California.
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`I am a member in good standing in all jurisdictions where I have been
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`admitted to practice.
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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 had an application denied for admission to practice
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`before any court or administrative body.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any
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`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
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`of the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9.
`I am currently seeking pro hac vice admission in the co-pending,
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`related matter filed by Petitioners, Case Nos. IPR2015-01764 and
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`IPR2015-01767. I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any
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`other proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office in the last three (3) years.
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`I am an Associate at the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP. I have been
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`litigating cases relating to patents for over five (5) years, including
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`cases involving co-pending proceedings in the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`these proceedings. U.S. Patent No. RE 40,264 E ("the '264 patent") is
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`assigned to Daniel Flamm and is at issue in a co-pending declaratory
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`judgment litigation involving Petitioner Lam Research Corporation,
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`Inc., Lam Research Corp. v Daniel L. Flamm, Civil Action No. 5:15-
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`cv-01277-BLF (N.D. Cal.), and in the case Daniel L. Flamm v
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`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, et al., Case 1:15-cv-613 (W.D. Tex.). I
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`am counsel for the Petitioner, Lam Research Corporation, in the N.D.
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`Cal. litigation. I have engaged closely in issues related to the '264
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`patent, including the preparation and filing of the complaint and the
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`preparation and filing of motions in the underlying litigation. As a
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`result, I have acquired substantial understanding of the underlying
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`legal and technological issues at stake in these proceedings.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true;
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`and further that these statements are made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that such willful false
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`statements may jeopardize the validity of U.S. Patent No. RE 40,264.
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`/Talin Gordnia/
` Talin Gordnia
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`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276
`Telephone: (310) 277-1010
`Fax: (310) 203-7199
`Email: tgordnia@irell.com
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`Date: May 9, 2016
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