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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`NEOCHORD, INC.
`Petitioner
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`UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016-00208
`Patent No. 7,635,386
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, the patent owner, University of Maryland,
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`Case No. IPR2016-00208
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`Baltimore (“Patent Owner”) hereby submits the following mandatory notices in
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`response to the Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,635,386 (“the
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`‘386 patent”), case number IPR2016-00208.
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`REAL PARTIES-IN-INTEREST (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1))
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`University of Maryland, Baltimore, a constituent institution of the University
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`System of Maryland, an agency of the State of Maryland, is the patent owner and a
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`real-party-in-interest in this proceeding.
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`Harpoon Medical, Inc. is the exclusive licensee of Patent Owner under the
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`‘386 patent and a real-party-in-interest in this proceeding.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2))
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`Patent Owner is unaware of any other judicial or administrative matter that
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`would affect, or be affected by, a decision in this proceeding.
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`III. LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3))
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`The Patent Owner designates lead and back-up counsel as follows:
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`LEAD COUNSEL
`C. Scott Talbot (Reg. No. 34,262)
`stalbot@cooley.com
`IPR2016-00208@cooley.com
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Erik B. Milch (Reg. No. 56,414)
`emilch@cooley.com
`Nancy A. Vashaw (Reg. No. 50,501)
`nvashaw@cooley.com
`Cooley LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 700, Washington D.C. 20004
`Tel: (703) 456-8072; Fax: (703) 456-8100
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`A Power of Attorney from Patent Owner is being submitted with this Notice.
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4))
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`Please address all correspondence to the lead counsel at the above address.
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`Patent Owner hereby consents to electronic service. Please direct all electronic
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`correspondence to:
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`stalbot@cooley.com,
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`emilch@cooley.com
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`nvashaw@cooley.com
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`IPR2016-00208@cooley.com
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`Date: December 7, 2015
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`BY:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/C. Scott Talbot/
`C. Scott Talbot
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) that complete copies of:
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` Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8;
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` Patent Owner’s Power of Attorney; and
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` this Certificate of Service
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`7th day of December, 2015, the same day as the filing of the above-identified
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`documents in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), upon:
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`Brad D. Pederson
`pederson@ptslaw.com
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`Eric H. Chadwick
`chadwick@ptslaw.com
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`Chad W. Wickman
`wickman@ptslaw.com
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`Patterson Thuente Pederson, P.A.
`80 South 8th Street, Suite 4800
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`With a courtesy copy to prps@ptslaw.com.
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`BY:
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`/C. Scott Talbot/
`C. Scott Talbot
`Reg. No. 34,262
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