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`US. Patent No. 7,764,777
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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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`YMAX CORPORATION
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`Petitioner
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`FOCAL IP, LLC ‘
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016—01258
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`I US. Patent No. 7,764,777
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`AFFIDAVIT OF ALEXANDER WALDEN
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`YMaX Exhibit 1044
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`YMaX Corp. V. Focal IP
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`Case No. IPR2016-01258
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`US. Patent No. 7,764,777
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`1.
`I, Alexander Walden, am more than twenty-one years of age, am
`competent topresent this affidavit, and have personal knowledge of the facts set
`forth herein.
`I
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`2.
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`This affidavit is given in supportof Petitioner YMaX Corporation’s
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`(“YMax”) Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Alexander Walden.
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`3.
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`I am an associate at the law firm Bryan Cave LLP. I
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`I am an
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`experienced litigating attorney and have been litigating cases for more than
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`seven years. I have also been litigating patent cases for six years.
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`4.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of New York. I have
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`never been suspended or disbarred fiom practice before any court or administrative
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`A body. No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
`admiSsion to practice before it. No court or administrative body has ever imposed
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`sanctions or contempt citations on me.
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`5.
`I have read and Will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the Code
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`of Federal Regulations.
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`6.
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`I understand that I Will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 CPR. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 CPR. § 11.19(a).
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`Case No. IPR2016—01258
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,764,777
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`7.
`I was admitted pro hac vice in Case No. IPR2016—01433 on June 19,
`2017 (Paper No.. 15), in Case No. IPR2015i-01892 on May 10, 2016 (Paper No.
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`18), and in Case IPR2014—00090 on October '30, 2014 (Paper No. 28), both
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`proceedingsinvolving the Petitioner.
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`I also requested pro hac vice admission in
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`Case IPR2014—00088 (Paper No. 27), which was a then co—pending proceeding
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`with IPR2014-00090.
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`In Case'IPR2014—00088,
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`the Board indicated during a
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`conference call that it had no objection to the pro hac vice admission, but a written
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`Order was not issued in that proceeding.
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`I am also requesting pro hac vice
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`admission in two related IPR proceedings, Case Nos.
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`IPR2016-01256 and
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`IPR2016—01260, involving the same parties.
`I have not applied to appear in any
`otherproceedings before the Office in the last three (3) years.
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`8.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding.
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`I have litigated patent cases in the'area of electrical engineering,
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`I began representing
`computer science and electronic devices since at least 2009.
`v and advising Patent Owner Na; in matters relating to patent strategy in early
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`2017. Since that time, I have become very familiar with U.S. Patent No. 7,764,777
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`and with its prosecution file history.
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`In particular, I have assisted YMaX in
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`V preparing its reply to the patent owner’s response and its opposition to the patent
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`owner’s motion to amend, as well as other submissions in the above—referenced
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`proceeding.
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`Case No. IPR2016-01258
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`US. Patent No. 7,764,777
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`Alexander Walden
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
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`this 7thdayofJuly, 2217
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`Notary Public
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`SHEILA FREEMAN
`Notary Public, State of New York
`' No. 01FR4756733
`Qualified in Bronx County
`Commission Expires February 28, 20.19
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