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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016-01155
`U.S. Patent No. 8,694,657
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`DECLARATION OF JOHN W. McBRIDE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Petitioner Microsoft Corporation, Ex. 1049, p. Cover
`Microsoft Corp. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, IPR2016-01155
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`I, John W. McBride, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Illinois.
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`I have not 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 for admission to practice before
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`any court or administrative body denied.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations has been imposed against me by
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`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 of 37 C.F.R.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 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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`I have not appeared pro hac vice before the Office in the last three
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`(3) years.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with 9 years of experience
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`litigating patent cases in federal courts. My experience includes representing a
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`wide range of clients in complex intellectual property litigation. I have
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`Petitioner Microsoft Corporation, Ex. 1049, p. 1
`Microsoft Corp. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, IPR2016-01155
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`appeared as counsel for Microsoft in a number of litigation matters over the
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`span of my career.
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`I have worked with lead counsel in most aspects of his
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`participation in this proceeding. As such, I have reviewed and am very
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`familiar with (i) U.S. Patent No. 8,694,657 the patent at issue in this matter,
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`(ii) the prior art relied upon in Microsoft’s Petition, (iii) the legal and
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`factual arguments made by Microsoft, and (iv) the developments in this
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`proceeding after the filing of Microsoft’s Petition as well as the developments
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`in related matters before the Board. I have also been involved in a number of
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`other proceedings before the Board and I am familiar with its established
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`practices.
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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 are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements are made with knowledge
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`that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code.
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`Dated: February 14, 2017
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`/John W. McBride/
`John W. McBride
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`Petitioner Microsoft Corporation, Ex. 1049, p. 2
`Microsoft Corp. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, IPR2016-01155
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