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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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`SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA, INC.,
`SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. and RPX CORP.,
`Petitioner,
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`M2M SOLUTIONS LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-01073
`Patent 8,648,717 B2
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`AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF MICHELLE MORAN
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`4821-0255-6465.1
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`1.
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`I, Michelle Moran, am more than twenty-one years of age, am
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`competent to present this affidavit, and have personal knowledge of the facts set
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`forth herein.
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`2.
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`This affidavit is submitted in support of Patent Owner, M2M
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`Solutions LLC, for Pro Hac Vice Admission.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of Wisconsin.
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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 been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`No court or administrative body has every imposed sanctions or
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`contempt citations against me.
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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 of the C.F.R.
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`8.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9.
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`I have previously applied to appear pro hac vice in a proceeding
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`before the Office in the last three (3) years and was granted pro hac vice admission
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`by the Board in IPR2014-00167, -00170, -00178, -00179, -00390, -00392, -00393,
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`IPR2015-01670, -01672, -01823, IPR2016-00054, -00055, and -00853
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding, in particular as back up counsel in IPR2015-01670, -01672, -01823,
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`IPR2016-00054, -00055, and -00853 concerning U.S. Patent No. 8,648,717, the
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`patent at issue in this petition. I have a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from
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`Northwestern University.
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`11.
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`I have reviewed the patent, petition, and alleged prior art references
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`asserted by Petitioner in this proceeding.
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`12.
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`I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
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`States of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and that all statements
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`made of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information
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`and belief are believed to be true. I understand that willful false statements and the
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`like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. § 1001).
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`~% 2% 77/M2
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`Michelle Moran
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`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
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`777 East Wisconsin Avenue
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`Milwaukee, WI 53202
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`1PR2016—01073
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,648,717
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
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`915 day of June 2016.
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