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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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`AMIT AGARWAL,
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`IMMERSION CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`DECLARATION OF JOSEPH M. LIPNER IN SUPPORT OF
`IMMERSION’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`I, Joseph M. Lipner, 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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`the Bar of Massachusetts and the Bar of New York. I am also
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`admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the
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`United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Fourth and Ninth
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`Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Central District
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`of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of
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`California, and the United States District Court for the District of
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`Colorado.
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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 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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`I have not appeared Pro Hac Vice before the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board before.
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`I am a Partner at the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP. I have been
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`litigating cases relating to patents for nearly twenty (20) years,
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`including cases involving co-pending proceedings in the United States
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`Patent 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.
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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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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: May 12, 2016
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`By: /Joseph M. Lipner/
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`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`Michael R. Fleming (Reg. No. 67,933)
`MFleming@irell.com
`Babak Redjaian (Reg. No. 42,096)
`bredjaian@irell.com
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`Los Angeles, California 90067
`Telephone: (310) 277-1010
`Facsimile: (310) 203-7199
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