UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR No.: IPR2016-01114
`Patent 7,777,753 B2
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`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL MCBRIDE IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
`MICHAEL MCBRIDE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I, Michael McBride, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`I am an attorney with the AZA law firm and represent the Patent Owner
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`Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC (“PUMA”) in the above
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`captioned proceeding. I am submitting this declaration in support of Patent
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`Owner’s Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Michael
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`McBride Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of Texas, as well as the following
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`a) U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas 2011.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body;
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body denied;
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`I have never been subject to any sanction or contempt citation imposed by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`8.
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`I have applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office in IPR2015-01500;
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`IPR2015-01501; IPR2015-01502 IPR2016-00923; and IPR2016-00924 in the
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`last three (3) years; and
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with experience in a significant
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`number of District Court litigation involving patent infringement, including
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`Markman hearings. My biography is attached as Exhibit 2007. I am counsel
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`for Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture in a co-pending litigation in
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`which U.S. Patent No. 7,777,753 is asserted against HTC Corporation, HTC
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`America, Inc., and Apple Inc. In those cases I have been directly involved in
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`all aspects of the case, including arguing two Markman hearings and
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`conduction discovery into infringement and invalidity. As a result, I am
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`familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding as result, including
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`the prior art on which Petition relies in this request, as well as the issues of
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`claim construction that been briefed in the litigation.
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`Dated: January 12, 2017
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`By: /s/ Michael McBride
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`Michael McBride
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Parthenon Unified Memory
`Architecture, LLC
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`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS,
`ALAVI &MENSING, P.C.
`1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500
`Houston, TX 77010
`Telephone: 713-655-1101
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`Michael D. McBride 
`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C. 
`1221 McKinney St., Ste. 2500 
`Houston, Texas 77010 
`mmcbride@azalaw.com 
`(713) 655‐1101; Fax (713) 655‐0062 
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`Michael McBride is an intellectual property lawyer who focuses primarily on patent litigation and 
`patent prosecution matters. On the patent litigation side, his cases have involved semiconductor 
`manufacturing and transistor design, flash memory controllers, fiber optic networks, digital video 
`compression and processing, CMOS image sensors, and more. He has also prosecuted patent 
`applications covering computer hardware and software technologies, aerospace technologies, 
`and upstream oil and gas technologies. 
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`After graduating from The University of Texas School of Law with honors, Mr. McBride served as 
`a law clerk to the Honorable Hayden Head of the United States District Court for the Southern 
`District of Texas. He has also served as a volunteer prosecutor for the City of Houston in the city’s 
`municipal courts.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. McBride worked in the product engineering 
`group of Fujitsu‐AMD Semiconductor LLC at its flash memory fabrication facility in Austin, Texas. 
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`Representative Matters: 
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` TiVo  Inc.  v.  AT&T  Inc.,  et  al.  (Eastern  District  of  Texas):  Represented  defendants  in  a  patent 
`infringement action involving digital video recording technology. 
` AT&T Intellectual Property I, Inc., et al. v. TiVo Inc. (Northern District of California): Represented 
`plaintiffs in a patent infringement action involving multimedia technology. 
` Virtual Sales Assistant, et al. v. Western and Southern Life Insurance Co., et al. (Western District 
`of Texas): Represented defendant in a copyright infringement action involving financial forms. 
` Convolve, Inc. v. Dell Inc., et al. (Eastern District of Texas): Represented defendant in a patent 
`infringement action involving hard drive technology. 
` Nomadix, Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Co, et al. (Central District of California): Represented defendant 
`in a patent infringement action involving wireless hotspot and router technology. 
` HSM  Portfolio  LLC  v.  Toshiba  Corp.,  et  al.  (District  of  Delaware):  Represented  defendant  in  a 
`patent infringement lawsuit concerning semiconductor circuit technology. 
` Zond, Inc. v. Toshiba Corp., et al. (District of Massachusetts): Represented defendant in a patent 
`infringement lawsuit concerning plasma‐based etching and deposition technology. 
` Digital CBT LLC v. AT&T Services, Inc. (Central District of California): Represented defendant in a 
`patent infringement lawsuit concerning video processing technology. 
` Solid  State  Storage  Solutions,  Inc.  v.  Fusion‐io,  Inc.  (Eastern  District  of  Texas):  Represented 
`defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning solid state drive technology. 
` Axon Energy Products, Inc.: Prepared and prosecuted foreign and domestic patent applications 
`related to upstream oil and gas technology and advised client on various trademark and copyright 
`issues. 
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` Schlumberger Ltd.:  Drafted  intellectual  property  licenses  and  assignments  in  connection  with 
`corporate acquisitions, mergers, and joint ventures. 
` American Bureau of Shipping, Inc.: Advised client on software licensing and copyright issues and 
`drafted software licenses and software development agreements. 
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`EDUCATION 
`J.D. (with honors), The University of Texas School of Law, 2008 – Associate Editor for Technology, 
`Texas Law Review 
` B.S., Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas, 2005 
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`BAR ADMISSIONS 
` State Bar of Texas 
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