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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ANCESTRY.COM DNA LLC,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`DNA GENOTEK INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 8,221,381
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2016-00060
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`DECLARATION OF JOHN R. LANHAM IN SUPPORT OF
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF JOHN R. LANHAM
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`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`sd-685304
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`IPR2016-00060
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`Attorney Docket No. 604140000012
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`I, John R. Lanham, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am more than twenty-one years of age, am competent to present this
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`declaration, and have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein.
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`2.
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`This declaration is made in support of Patent Owner DNA Genotek
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`Inc.’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of John R. Lanham Under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.10(c).
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`3.
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`I am an associate attorney at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster
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`LLP. I have been an attorney with Morrison & Foerster since 2008.
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`4.
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`I have been involved in the litigation of patent cases for seven years.
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`My work in patent litigation has included investigating the validity and alleged
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`infringement of various patents, working with technical expert witnesses,
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`appearing at trial, and representing clients in connection with specialized patent-
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`related proceedings including claim construction and disclosures such as invalidity
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`and infringement contentions and responses thereto.
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`5.
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`I am an attorney and a member of the trial team in (1) DNA Genotek
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`Inc. v. Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, Case No. 15-cv-00355-SLR (D. Del) and (2) DNA
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`Genotek Inc. v. Spectrum DNA, Spectrum Solutions LLC, and Spectrum Packaging
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`LLC, Case. No. 15-cv-00661-SLR (D. Del.). Both of these district court litigations
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`involve the same patent at issue in this proceeding, U.S. Patent No. 8,221,381 (“the
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`’381 patent”). I am also an attorney and a member of the trial team in pending
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`IPR2016-00060
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`Attorney Docket No. 604140000012
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`district court litigation involving U.S. Patent No. 9,207,164, a continuation of the
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`application for the ’381 patent, DNA Genotek Inc. v. Spectrum DNA and Spectrum
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`Solutions LLC, No. 3:16-cv-01544-JLS-NLS (S.D. Cal.) I have been actively
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`involved in all aspects of the above-referenced cases, including factual
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`investigation and assessment of validity and infringement positions regarding the
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`claims of the ’381 patent challenged by Petitioner Ancestry.com DNA LLC
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`(“Ancestry”) in this proceeding. I have reviewed in detail the ’381 patent and the
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`prior art raised in Ancestry’s Petition for Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 1). I am
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`thus very familiar with the ’381 patent and the issues raised in Ancestry’s Petition.
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`6.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California and the
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`State Bar of Colorado.
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`7.
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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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`8.
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`I have never had an admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body denied.
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`9.
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`I have never had sanctions or contempt citations imposed against me
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`by any court or administrative body.
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`10.
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`I have read and agrees to 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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`11.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`IPR2016-00060
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`Attorney Docket No. 604140000012
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`Conduct and disciplinary jurisdiction set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.20 et seq. and
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`12.
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in no other proceedings
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`before the Office in the last three (3) years.
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`13.
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`I hereby declare that all statements 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. 8,221,381.
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`EXECUTED at Salt Lake City, UT this 11th of August, 2016.
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`/John R. Lanham/
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`John R. Lanham
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