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`Paper No.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA, INC., SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.;
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`and RPX CORP.
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`Petitioner
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`V.
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`M2M SOLUTIONS LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 8,648,717
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`AFFIDAVIT OF RONALD F. LOPEZ IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
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`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Patent No. 8,648,717
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`1.
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`I, Ronald P. Lopez, am more than twenty-one years of age, am
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`competent to present this affidavit, and have personal knowledge of the facts set
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`forth herein.
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`2.
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`This affidavit is submitted in support of Petitioner’s Motion for
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`Substitution of Back—up Counsel Pro Hac Vice Admission of Ronald F. Lopez.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of California.
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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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`No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or
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`contempt citations against me.
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`7.
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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 the
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`C.F.R.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.10] et seq. and disciplinaryjurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § ll.l9(a).
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`9.
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`I have not previously applied to appear pro hac vice in a proceeding
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`before the Office in the last three (3) years.
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`10.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with experience in
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`numerous litigations involving patent infringement in District courts across the
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`country. I have a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
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`University of Washington, and I received my J.D. in 1983 from the University of
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`Michigan. I am lead counsel in the following proceeding, which involves the same
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`patent at issue and related patents:
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`MZM SOLUTIONS LLC v. SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA,
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`INC., et al., C.A. No. l:l4-cv-01102-RGA; and
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`I am also lead counsel in the following proceeding, which involves patents related
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`to the patent at issue:
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`MZM SOLUTIONS LLC v. SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA,
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`INC., et al., C.A. No. l:l2—cv—0O030—RGA.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding as a
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`result of my prior educational experience and my experience as lead counsel in the
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`related district court litigations. I have reviewed the patent, petition, and prior art
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`references in this proceeding, as well as the Preliminary Patent Owner Response
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`(Paper I 1) and Institution Decision (Paper 16). I am familiar with the subject
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`matter of the prior art relied on in the petition as well as the issues of claim
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`construction that have been briefed in the litigation and the petition.
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`12.
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`I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the law 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 and believed to be true.
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`I understand that willful false statements and
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`the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. §1001.)
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`Ronald F. Lopez
`Nixon Peabody LLP
`PO. Box 60610
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`Palo Alto, CA 94306
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`Tel. (650) 320-7716
`Fax (650) 320-7701