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`US. Patent No. 8,457,113
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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
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`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016-01260
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`' US. Patent No; 8,457,113
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`- AFFIDAVIT OF ALEXANDER WALDEN
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`YMax Exhibit 1047
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`YMaX Corp. V. Focal IP
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`Case No. IPR2016—01260
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`US. Patent No. 8,457,113
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`1.
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`1, Alexander Walden, am more than twenty-one years of age. aim
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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 given in support of Petitioner YMax Corporation’s
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`(“YMax”) Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Alexander Walden.
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`I am
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`associate at 'the law firm Bryan Cave LLP.
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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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`I am a member in good standing ofthe State Bar ofNew York. I have
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`never been suspended or disbarred fiom practice before any court or administrative
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`body. No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`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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`I have read and will comply vvith 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 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 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a’).
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`7.
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`V- I was admitted pro hac vice in Case No. IPR20l6-01433 on June 19,
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`2017 (Paper No. 15),'in Case No. IPR2015—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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`proceedings involving 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. In Case IPR2014-00088, 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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`' IPR2016-01258, involving the'same parties.
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`I have not applied to appear in any
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`other proceedings 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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`computer science and electronic devices since at least 2009.
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`I began representing
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`and advising Patent Owner max in matters relating to patent strategy in early
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`2017. Since thattime, I have become very familiar with US. Patent No. 8,457,113
`and .with its prosecution file history.
`In particular, I have assisted Wax in
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`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. IPR2016-01260
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`US. Patent No. 8,457,113 -
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`Alexander Walden
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
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`this 7th day of July, 2017
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`Notary Public
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`‘ SHEILA FREEMAN ‘
`Notary Public, State of New York
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`Commission Expires February 28, 2019
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