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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SONY CORPORATION,
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`RAYTHEON COMPANY,
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`Case IPR2016-00209
`Patent 5,591,678
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`DECLARATION OF JENNIFER SERAPHINE IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`I, Jennifer Seraphine, declare as follows:
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`I have been practicing in the field of intellectual property, and
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`in particular patent litigation, for over seventeen years.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bars of the State of
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`California, State of New York, District of Columbia, and am an inactive
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`member of the Florida Bar. I am also admitted to practice before the
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`following Courts:
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`U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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`U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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`Northern District of California
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`Eastern District of New York
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`Southern District of New York
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`I have been in private practice and litigating patent cases since
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`August 1997, following a two-year district court clerkship in the Southern
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`District of Florida.
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`I have never been suspended, disbarred, sanctioned, or cited for
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`contempt by and court or administrative body.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my
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`application for admission to practice.
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`I have read and will comply with Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of
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`the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office Rules of Professional Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et
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`seq., and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`In the past three (3) years, I have appeared pro hac vice in one
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`proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Ivera
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`Medical Corporation v. Catheter Connections, Inc., IPR2014-01124.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`I have reviewed the ’678 patent that is subject to Inter Partes Review in this
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`proceeding and the prior art references that are asserted by petitioners to
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`invalidate that patent. I have also assisted lead counsel Mr. Smith in the
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`drafting of the IPR petition for this patent.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief
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`are believed to be true; and further that these statements are made with the
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`knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable
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`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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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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`/Jennifer Seraphine/
`Jennifer Seraphine
`TURNER BOYD LLP
`702 Marshall Street, Suite 640
`Redwood City, CA 94063
`seraphine@turnerboyd.com
`Phone: 650-521-5930
`Fax: 650-521-5931
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`Dated: March 24, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing
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`Declaration of Jennifer Seraphine in support of Motion to Appear Pro Hac
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`Vice was served on March 25, 2016 via electronic mail on the Patent
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`Owner’s counsel: tfilarski@steptoe.com, sschlitter@steptoe.com,
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`dstringfield@steptoe.com, and 678IPR@steptoe.com.
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`By: /Matthew A. Smith/
`Matthew A. Smith
`Registration No. 49,003
`Counsel for Petitioner
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