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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VALVE CORPORATION
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00949
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`Patent 9,089,770
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`DECLARATION OF EHAB M. SAMUEL
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`IN SUPPORT OF THE PATENT OWNER RESPONSE
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`IRONBURG EX2012
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`I, Ehab M. Samuel, make the following Declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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`IPR2016-00948
`Patent No. 8,641,525
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`I am an attorney with the law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP,
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`and counsel for Patent Owner Ironburg Inventions Ltd.
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`I provide this Declaration in connection with the Patent Owner
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`Response in the above-identified Inter Partes Review proceeding requested at the
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office by Valve Corporation. Unless
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`otherwise stated, the facts stated in this Declaration are based on my personal
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`knowledge.
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`3.
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`Exhibit 2001 hereto is a true and correct copy of the prosecution
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`history for U.S. Patent No. 8,541,525 entitled “CONTROLLER FOR VIDEO
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`GAME CONSOLE.” An exhibit label and page number have been added to the
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`bottom of each page of this exhibit, but no other alterations have been made.
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`4.
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`Exhibit 2003 hereto is a true and correct copy of Dr. Glen Stevick’s
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`Curriculum Vitae. An exhibit label and page number have been added to the
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`bottom of each page of this exhibit, but no other alterations have been made.
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`5.
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`Exhibit 2004 hereto is a true and correct copy of excerpts from
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`Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed. 1998). An exhibit label and
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`page number have been added to the bottom of each page of this exhibit, but no
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`other alterations have been made.
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`6.
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`Exhibit 2005 hereto is a true and correct copy of excerpts from
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`IPR2016-00948
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`Webster’s New American Dictionary (1995). An exhibit label and page number
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`have been added to the bottom of each page of this exhibit, but no other alterations
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`have been made.
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`7.
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`Exhibit 2007 hereto is a true and correct copy of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,859,514 entitled “MULTI-FUNCTIONAL USER INTERFACE FOR
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`ELECTRONIC DEVICES.” An exhibit label and page number have been added to
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`the bottom of each page of this exhibit, but no other alterations have been made.
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`8.
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`Exhibit 2008 hereto is a true and correct copy of a printout of the
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`LinkedIn webpage for Simon Burgess. An exhibit label and page number have
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`been added to the bottom of each page of this exhibit, but no other alterations have
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`been made.
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`Exhibit 2009 hereto is a true and correct copy of a printout of the
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`LinkedIn webpage for Duncan Ironmonger. An exhibit label and page number
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`have been added to the bottom of each page of this exhibit, but no other alterations
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`have been made.
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`10.
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`I understand that willful false statements and the like are punishable
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`by fine or imprisonment, or both. I make this declaration of my own personal
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`knowledge, and all statements are true. If called to testify as to the matters stated
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`herein, I could and would testify competently.
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`IRONBURG EX2012
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`IPR2016-00948
`Patent No. 8,641,525
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`Executed this 17th day of January, 2017, at Los Angeles, California.
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`/ Ehab M. Samuel /
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